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Installation package for Maemo 5 on the Nokia N900

ModRana is available from the Extras-devel repository, in the Location & Navigation section.

• If you want to install from the command line, type this as root:

  apt-get install modrana
  

• modRana will be installed to /opt/modrana, this folder also includes the configuration files
• tiles are stored in /home/user/MyDocs/.maps/ (a hidden folder)

• Maemo 5 packaging notes

Installation package for SHR on the Neo FreeRunner

​http://www.modrana.org/data/modrana_0.27-4_all.ipk

a walkthrought for intalation on QTMoko

• on SHR unstable the packages python-netclient and python-misc need to be installed

• in default configuration, tiles are stored in /usr/share/modrana/cache/images, because the on device space is limited, it is advised to store the tiles on the memory card, the path can be modified in user_config.conf in the modRana main folder

• modRana stores tiles in the same way (when not using sqlite to store tiles) as TangoGPS/FoxtrotGPS - you can configure bot to share the same map folder

• map layers can be configured in map_config.conf in the main modRana folder

• Maps folder sharing configuration example:
  • our TangoGPS tiles are stored in /home/root/Maps, f.e. a OpenStreetMap layer in /home/root/Maps/OSM
  • we set tile_folder in user_config.conf to /home/root/Maps
  • then we set the !openStreetMap layer prefix OSM (/home/root/Maps/OSM -> OSM)
  • modRana will then use for OpenStreetMap layer tiles this path: /home/root/Maps + OSM -> /home/root/Maps/OSM

Installation package for Ubuntu and Debian

​http://www.modrana.org/data/modrana-0.27-4_all_SVN.deb

Tarball

This archive contains an universal version of modRana and basically also contains the complete source:

​http://www.modrana.org/data/modrana-0.27-4_SVN.tar.gz

• just unpack and run modrana.py
• prerequisites: python (cca 2.5+), GTK2 and Cairo, optionally Simplejson
• when on Maemo 5, install python-hildon and python-dbus nad run with python modrana.py n900
• install espeak to enable text to speach

A simple script for testing internet connectivity

​test_internet_connectivity.py

This is a CLI script for testing the availability of internet connectivity.

Changelog

* modRana V0.25 *

• map rotation is now optimized - only tiles that are really visible will be now loaded and drawn
• map overlay has also been optimized - it should be now as fast as a normal single-layer map, thanks to caching
• line wrapping & bigger font for turn-by-turn navigation
• progress on the current route is now shown for turn-by-turn navigation
• more visible buttons for turn-by-turn navigation
• the About screen in the Info submenu now contains contact information for the modRana project
  • a few new icons were added
  • there is now a "EV charging" preset in POI search
  • fixed a few notification that were not showing up
  • the text-to-speach CLI string can now be interactively after switching to manual mode in Options->Sound->Voice
• added a missing dependency on python-hildon
• added a "Dr.\" should now be correctly substituted for "Drive" in voice output

* modRana V0.24 *

• fix needless redrawing in centered mode slowing down map rendering
• fix GUI not redrawing after pressing buttons
• new way of loading tiles which gives priority to currently visible tiles first
• lowered default number of automatic tile download threads to lessen I/O load
• new info menu with an About submenu showing current version :)
• better N900 integration
  • proper App-Menu which enables fast access to often used features (centering, map rotation, etc.)
  • volume keys are now used for zooming by default
  • modRana now uses Hildon banners for notifications
  • zoom feedback using a Hildon banner
• sound can now be turned ON and OFF
• saving of automatically downloaded map tiles can be now turned off

* modRana V0.23 *

• new optional map dragging technique, which is a lot faster but not so pretty as the default one
• support for long pressing buttons
• long press of the escape button (green arrow in upper left corner) switches directly to the map screen
• configurable threshold for disabling centering by dragging the map
• startup timing
• fixed broken list scrolling in options
• fixed black screen at startup caused by the new shifted centering code

* modRana V0.22 *

• tapping on buttons no longer disables centering
• map movement is now properly synchronized with position indicator movement(while centering is on)
• support for centered icons that use a nice themeable background
• properly sized icons to avoid needless resizing
• reworked button text rendering
• proper spaceport icon
• fixed text entry not working in fullscreen\* fixed usability issues with text entry popups

-> tapping outside the popup no longer saves popup content -> tapping outside the popup also cancels POI adding, if in progress -> previously entered text is now highlighted by default

* modRana V0.21 *

• don't redraw on background
• add theme support + an example "night" theme
• ensure routing start while moving
• cache cairo drawn icons to improve performance
• center text on icons
• add a 64x64 icon
• enable navigation box hiding
• add previous/next turn buttons

* modRana V0.20 *

• optimized map drawing
  • all time consuming tile related operations (loading, sending download requests,...) were moved to a separate thread
  • there is now a limit on the number of concurrent automatic tile download threads
• sequential sqlite access. which might fix some of the "database locked" issues
• shutdown should be now more robust and better logged
• fixed button hiding not working correctly
• SHR@NEO FreeRunner:
  • fixed wrong speed being displayed in SHR on the Neo FreeRunner?
  • gpsd output speed toggle (knots per second in gpsd vs meters per second in FSO-gpsd) in options->GPS

* modRana V0.19 *

• N900: multi mode screen blanking control (always on, while moving, while moving in fullscreen, while in fullscreen, with GPS fix,..)
• use Russian voice for street names that contain Cyrillic literals
• navigation is now auto-started by default
• initial dbus support
• fix wrong speed being displayed for metric units
• fix weird behavior occurring after searching for extremely long roads (like Moscow-Honolulu :)
• fix last directions step message not being displayed
• Ubuntu 10.04: fix crash on startup caused by missing device module
• fix directions CSV rules only being used once and not accepting Unicode

* modRana V0.18 *

• asynchronous online service access
• multilingual directions and voice navigation

* modRana V0.17 *

• improved POI functionality - finally ! :)
  • store current position, place on the map, local search results or manually specified POI
  • easy route finding from the current position to a POI
  • show POI on the map
  • categories
  • old POI import
  • CSV export
  • can share database with Mappero (optional)
• all routes now show the route info button on the map screen
• improved terminal output logging
  • creates a new log fail for each modRana session (provided that logging is enabled in options->debug->log stdout
• many small improvements

* modRana V0.16 *

• optional sqlite tile storage - especially usefull on FAT32 like filesystems
  • tiles are stored in a single file
  • this avoids small tiles taking up many large clusters
  • tiles should therefore take up much less space than when storing to files and folders
• special state tiles
• batch tile download is now improved and faster
• modRana stdout to file logging support

* modRana V0.15 *

• automatic map rotation support
• map scaling support (2X,4X)

* modRana V0.14 *

• turn-by-turn navigation
• espeak based voice navigation

* modRana V0.13 *

• draw logging trace
• distinct track coloring + manual color selection
• folder based tracklog categories
• more robust tracklog handling
• valid and OSM compatible GPX output
• better looking generic icons

N900:

• default tile folder is now .maps in MyDocs
  • this makes modRana share maps with Mappero and Maep

* modRana V0.12 *

• bugfix release

* modRana V0.11 *

• GUI for track logging -> directly to a GPX file
• tracklog cathegories
• deleting tracklogs
• ondemand tracklog loading => much faster aplication start
• limit on the maximum number of in memmory tiles(user feedback - thanks)
• netwok usage modes - full/partial(= no automatic tile dl)
• slight improvements of the user interface
• added new icons
• new MTB layer for Czech republic

* modRana V0.10 *

• now widget, showing remaining distance/time
• imporoved OSD route profile widget
• more intuitive tracklog visibility setting

* modRana V0.09 *

• Ubuntu/Debian? installation package

* modRana V0.08 *

• text input
• address routing
• toll and highway avoidance

* modRana V0.07 *

• map overlay support
• route profile widget
  • activate a tracklog in tools -> set active
  • if upgrading from older version, delete the cache file on Neo in cache/tracklogs/tracklog_cache.txt
• show current pozition on the route profile
• the map should be show, even if these is no space left on the device

* modRana V0.06 *

• the map is now more sharp and uninterrupted
• GPS on the N900 was confirmed as working

* modRana V0.05 *

• Neo FreeRunner package
• TangoGPS compatible tile storage
• map layer configuration in map_config.conf
• improved batch tile download

* modRana V0.04 *

• N900 GPS support
• fully configurable user interface (using the user_config.conf config file)
  • each profile can have a custom UI
  • size and position of UI buttons and elements can be changed
  • size and position of information widgets can be configured
  • information widgets: time, speed, speed statistics, coordinates...
• tiles folder can be set from the config file
  • on the N900 /home/user/MyDocs/modRana_tiles/, is used (to modify the tile folder path on N900, change it in the N900 section)
• position indicator indicator
• by using the first CLI argument, the current device type can signalized to modRana
  • for now, its is used mainly for N900 specific features or initial screen/window resolution
  • supported codes: n900, neo, n95, eee, q7, square, ipaq
• potecially faster method for loading map tiles
• improved threading support (thanks ivir for feedback)

Licence

ModRana is licensed under GPL v3 and all third pasty modules under their own respective (open source) license.