i aslo looking for gps for sri lanka. nokia phones, no gps map for sri lanka, google you needs network connection, gps does not need network connection, in here Canada work with out network connection. My phone is N95, i think it is very old, i bought it 3 years ago in Hong Kong
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Help about GPS!!
- Thread starter rehan1986
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I have come across this program, GspMid, a GPS mobile application with a map for Sri Lanka. Map gives a fairly complete details of Colombo with major/minor road names, etc. But other areas of Sri Lanka is rather bare, but should improve in future. (Wanted to see how it compares with Garmin Mobile XT).
http://gpsmid.sourceforge.net/index.html
It says, "... GpsMid is a free, fully offline, vector based map application for your mobile phone. It displays your current position on a zoomable map and can be used to search for and navigate to roads or points of interest of your liking. As all data is stored in a compact binary format on your phone you will incur no charges for extra data downloads. GpsMid uses map data by OpenStreetMap, a wiki based open source map...."
You can download GpsMid for Sri Lanka at http://gpsmid.sourceforge.net/prebuild/
Make sure to download both jad and jar files.
http://gpsmid.sourceforge.net/index.html
It says, "... GpsMid is a free, fully offline, vector based map application for your mobile phone. It displays your current position on a zoomable map and can be used to search for and navigate to roads or points of interest of your liking. As all data is stored in a compact binary format on your phone you will incur no charges for extra data downloads. GpsMid uses map data by OpenStreetMap, a wiki based open source map...."
You can download GpsMid for Sri Lanka at http://gpsmid.sourceforge.net/prebuild/
Make sure to download both jad and jar files.
ow ow Lankawata wadane A'ka... Oya Navigation walata use karanney mona software ekada? Nokia OVI ekenda oya GPS use karanne?
Nokia wala Use karanne Microsoft Virtual Maps Eke maps.. A'ka hama thanakata update karala naha.. Open Street eke maps use karana softwares walinuth puluwan poddak A'kata wada street views bala gannata.. namuth Google map eken thamai Godakma ganna puluwan..
thx
i think we should all do our part in collecting the data.
but,after i posted this, i realised whats the use of knowing the monitoring stations as its off limits to the public...
also, tsunami sirens went off @ 3:30am when it was over,in some parts of sl...
they neva went off in col 3-5.
and whats the issue with sl meteorogical site and it being run by SLT, yet speed of the website is like 14.4kbps dialup speeds and some pages are dated 2008, serious...-
and when u click a city this is what it said (im not joking here ) - Available when installation of Automatic Weather Stations (AWS)
are completed. and that page was edited 2008.
and when i tried accesing the site it said - This webpage is not available.
The webpage at http://www.meteo.gov.lk/ might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address.
= kind of funny when earthquake hit us...
i think we should all do our part in collecting the data.
but,after i posted this, i realised whats the use of knowing the monitoring stations as its off limits to the public...
also, tsunami sirens went off @ 3:30am when it was over,in some parts of sl...
they neva went off in col 3-5.
and whats the issue with sl meteorogical site and it being run by SLT, yet speed of the website is like 14.4kbps dialup speeds and some pages are dated 2008, serious...-
and when u click a city this is what it said (im not joking here ) - Available when installation of Automatic Weather Stations (AWS)
are completed. and that page was edited 2008.
and when i tried accesing the site it said - This webpage is not available.
The webpage at http://www.meteo.gov.lk/ might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address.
= kind of funny when earthquake hit us...
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on a different but interesting side to mobile phones and gps and laptops. i came across a interface to convert mobile phone gps to external bluetooth gps which u can then pair with a pc... but battery life must b dropping very fast as ur using both gps and bluetooth...
http://www.symarctic.com/beta/static.php?page=extgps_download
try and see and upload screenshots for all of us 2 see...
bookmark these 2 weblinks on both pc and mobiles ,might save ur life
http://www.iris.edu/seismon/
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/
also on 2nd link, there are guidelines u can follow for before/during/after earthquakes. print it out and paste on walls is my best idea
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i didnt discover it, a member of my team made the discovery. credits to him...
mooda harak yako lankawe GPS patta widihata weda
mame n95, n85 use kara dekema elata wedakara
ube phone eke receiver eka check karaganin
mame n95, n85 use kara dekema elata wedakara
ube phone eke receiver eka check karaganin
this dataset doesnt belong in this thread but it may be useful with regard to earthquake sensor locations....as promised, i deliver the goods...
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/operations/network.php?network=GSN
I came across this Garmin link for Sri Lanka Map WITHOUT the place abbreviation problem we expeerienced before. This map shows road and place names without abbreviating them to initials.
"Free routable maps for Garmin brand GPS devices"
http://garmin.na1400.info/routable.php
Select Sri Lanka and you can download .img map for the country.
Plus Point:-
Shows place and road names WITHOUT abbreviating them like the earlier Sri Lanka map.
It covers Colombo very well with all road/street names.
Now the bad side:-
Map contains a part of South India and Maldives.
Other cities of Sri Lanka are not so well covered and other parts of the country is spotty. For those parts, old Sri Lanka map (even without place names) is preferable.
As this map is drawn from Open Street Map, we should be able to see improvement in coverage as they improve upon it. Just download and see.
"Free routable maps for Garmin brand GPS devices"
http://garmin.na1400.info/routable.php
Select Sri Lanka and you can download .img map for the country.
Plus Point:-
Shows place and road names WITHOUT abbreviating them like the earlier Sri Lanka map.
It covers Colombo very well with all road/street names.
Now the bad side:-
Map contains a part of South India and Maldives.
Other cities of Sri Lanka are not so well covered and other parts of the country is spotty. For those parts, old Sri Lanka map (even without place names) is preferable.
As this map is drawn from Open Street Map, we should be able to see improvement in coverage as they improve upon it. Just download and see.
This covers only Colombo right? For other parts, it contains the details of only main roads. So I still think the previous map with the secondary GMAPSUPP2.IMG file which shows the labels in all the country, is better.
Btw thx a lot for updating us about latest stuff.
This new map shows Colombo road/place names and is good for Colombo area. But the old map offers better details for the rest of the country, and even without road/palce names, it's preferable for out of colombo use for that reason.
I wish we could use both maps together. Even if you rename them gmapsupp.img and gmapsup2.img, you'll only get the first map displayed.
I wish we could use both maps together. Even if you rename them gmapsupp.img and gmapsup2.img, you'll only get the first map displayed.
