AndNav! - Android Map-Routing-System!

plusminus · Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:12 am Post subject:

Hey guys,

the next release will also include the following feature Arrow Down

There will be an arrow painted to the map, that indicates the next turn:

I hope you'll like it Smile

Regards,
plusminus

lux_1 · Freshman Joined: 15 Oct 2008 Posts: 4

can you inform me , how i can run andnav in realdevice.

I did download AndNav_20080528_v0.6.0_alpha.apk

I would like to know how i can run this app?

plusminus · Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 1:36 am Post subject: Re: Andnav in realdevice

lux_1 · Freshman Joined: 15 Oct 2008 Posts: 4

I tried to install in this app in real android device .. But i am getting error any tips..

C:\android\android-sdk_114343_windows\tools>adb install -l AndNav_20080528_v0.6.
0_alpha.apk
400 KB/s (1477010 bytes in 3.603s)
pkg: /data/local/tmp/AndNav_20080528_v0.6.0_alpha.apk
Failure [INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_MANIFEST_MALFORMED]

C:\android\android-sdk_114343_windows\tools>

DDM123 · Junior Developer Joined: 14 Oct 2008 Posts: 10

Hello again, plusminus. I saw that AndNav was briefly in the Android Market, so I snagged it, and it is coming along nicely.

Anyway, keep up the good work. Lots of people are looking forward to the finished product.

plusminus · Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 12:59 am Post subject:

DDM123 · Junior Developer Joined: 14 Oct 2008 Posts: 10

It appears to be working pretty well. I did have to force close it just now when I zoomed in to my location when I had a route plotted out. My GPS seems to think I'm up in Harlem, but that's where I was a few hours ago. (regular google maps thinks the same thing) You mentioned before that the Google API doesn't allow for live navigation, could you explain that to me real quick?

I live in NYC and don't have my car handy, so I can't test out the navigation functions. I think the application is brilliant, and I'm glad I could help test it out a little 2 weeks ago or whenever that was.

plusminus · Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 6:24 am Post subject:

DDM123 · Junior Developer Joined: 14 Oct 2008 Posts: 10

So do Google's TOS mean that there will never be a realtime-navigation app available? Or could it use non-Google APIs for navigation? So does that mean AndNav! is capable, but that feature is just omitted?

I hope I see it in some form in the future.

plusminus · Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 4:19 pm Post subject:

DDM123 · Junior Developer Joined: 14 Oct 2008 Posts: 10

And OpenStreetMaps can handle directions and whatnot? I was just looking through it and it seems capable for the most part. Is AndNav2 already in the works? I'd love to beta test it.

One thing I should mention is that I was giving a demo of all my new Android apps to my fiancee last night, and she had trouble figuring out how to use AndNav. For me it's easy, but she had problems making a route. Unfortunately, she's the kind of person Android apps should be geared towards.

plusminus · Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 6:24 pm Post subject:

DDM123 · Junior Developer Joined: 14 Oct 2008 Posts: 10

Personally, I'd start with text-based options. And have the main menu be:

1) Where am I?
2) Get Directions
-> By Address
-> By Map
(Maybe include By Name, using wikipedia or google or something, since wikipedia apps are so popular)
-> Favorites
-> Home
3) First Aid
4) Settings (leave structure as it is, just with more text)

5) Exit (Important, since people complain that other applications don't close by simply hitting back or home)

It would to see speed statistics on the navigation screens, since it would be nice to know my speed if I were riding a bike or something, as well as maybe altitude, even though GPS altitude is somewhat inaccurate.

ChrisAshton84 · Once Poster Joined: 28 Oct 2008 Posts: 1

Hi, I just noticed you are working on a version that uses OpenStreetMaps?! Great! I've been interested in seeing open maps on an actual device. (I live in a new subdivision which after a year still does not show up on any of the map databases.) If you make any progress with this I'd love to know as it'd be great to have GPS which can actually get me home.

Also, if you're going to be using this, could you add an option to log your coords? I know there are other apps which do this for android but they all seem to require an online account. Being able to log new streets in this app and upload them to the OpenStreetMaps site would be ideal - I know the site already has people doing this, but allowing anyone with an android phone to contribute would really help.

Thanks, and I hope this works out!

plusminus · Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 2:50 am Post subject: