Track@Way 0.0.3 FULLY USABLE release today!

Go here:
Track@Way 0.0.3 download

and enjoy!

This release brings ful MAP support and its completely usable for tracking!

enjoy and report any issues, please!

Almost ready for Track@Way 0.0.3...

Guys, the maps works!
I am rewriting the help system now, because i want to make the first release (without www.gobreadcrumbs.com support) during June.

Next step will be to add support for www.gobreadcrumbs.com, both to export tracks and also to IMPORT tracks using their cool API.... and i hope to release this too before the end of June.

Meanwhile i will keep fixing bugs (there seems to be one with tracking? its not clear to me) and adding help and refining the UI!!!

So stay tuned, Track@Way 0.0.3 with maps support will be released within the next two days!

Given the good results of yesterday, today i am adding the manual calibration.

The idea is to show the map and let you "drop" a new claibration point on it. Then you can interact with it using your fingers: drag it around, tap and edit it... It should be fun...

Some great news...

I have been silent for a few days... because i was hardworking for you guys!

I finally fixed the new map system... Its great, and i am going to test it on my 5800 right now. Unfortunately, i broke by C7 so i have to wait until i can fix it. But anyway, the 5800 is as usual a great test-bed.

Now you can load as many maps as you want and display them... its fast, its good, enjoy!

Stay tuned...

And on my 5800 it works great! Its quite fast and its nice to see ALL your maps on the screen at once without having to reload them each time! I really like this.

Now i am adding some stuff, like manual calibration, map enabling/disabling and such... Lets say i plan to release a 0.0.3 Technology Preview by 31 May 2011....

Update: i added also support for deleting loaded maps, edit the map title, and enabling/disabling a map. The next thing needed is support for manual calibration...

I finally localed and fixed an annoiyng bug in Track@Way 0.0.2 which lead to slowness...Yes, QDialog is definitely BROKEN on Symbian^3... So i implemented my exec() slot and now it is back fast as usual.

I am working on improving the maps too, i had some good ideas on a double cache which sdould let you display an unlimited number of maps on screen damn fast...

... but since i will be in vacation for a couple of days, you will have to wait :)

Adding map support...

Work is progressing well.

I am adding map support and its taking much less than expected. Ok, i am mostly copying code from FreeTrack just making the minimum changes to overcome the most significant limits and add the new functions. But i want to add map support quickly, then improve next.

Stay tuned...

Update: while there is still a LOT to optimize, i am very proud to annunciate that MAPS WORKS!!!

Well i expect to find more quirks and bugs, but at least on the emulator, maps works!

Now, to real device testing...

Stay tuned...

Ok, on the device it is working... but on Symbian^3 is incredibly SLOW.... much slower than S60v5???

Two new releases in one day!

Yesterday i released both FreeTrack 1.3.32 and Track@Way 0.0.2tp!

FreeTrack 1.3.32 finally fixes the "unable to calibrate map in landscape mode" and removes some links which where forbidden by OVI store (sites which had some advertisement unaccepted by OVI). So go get it from www.trackaway.org and enjoy!

Track@Way Technology Preview 0.0.2 instead its a big leap forward for Track@Way. The LiveTrack is now again usable, GPX can be imported and exported, waypoints are back, and you and also NAVIGATE to a waypoint... Autosave is back too, so you can actually USE Track@Way now, but it still lacks the map.

The tracks created by Track@Way are already much better than FreeTrack (thanks to DOP calculations!!!), so if you like you can use both at the same time, FreeTrack with the map and Track@Way tracking...

Now, this will be a "long" weekend due to my electoral activities in my home city, so be patient but rest assured i will spend a lot of time thinking on how to start working on maps, which are the next big step i am going to add...

(i also got some ideas on routes, but this will be another time)

My tests yesterday where very much positive. So i decided to add one more thing to the upcoming TP0.0.02...

Waypoint navigation.

You will be able to select a waypoint and Track@Way will help you navigate to it by showing direction and distance to it!

Consider it to be "experimental" at the moment, and it will only work for LiveTrack waypoints. But its a start!

Since yesterday TP0.0.2 is working. I am working on fixing many small glitches, so that friday i will update an usable version.

Stay tuned...

Toward Track@Way TP0.0.2...

I have good news...

So far the LiveTrack with support for multi-legs is ready (expect lots of bugs...), and loading/saving GPX is again operative. Now output is GPX 1.1 (not 1.0 anymore) and all custom tags are managed as <extensions>. Also, DOP is properly saved and precision is an extension, now.

I have also rigged a "preliminary" version of the TracksManager, so you can load extra tracks and see them.

Some more debugging and some new icons, and you should have the 0.0.2 release by friday!

Ok, as of today i plan to finally fix load/save the LiveTrack. Yesterday night i also added (finally) back the drawing of the LiveTrack on the Tracking Table!

I still need to fix the waypoints list and edit dialog... so some more patience is required.

Anyway, stay tuned.. because next week the Track@Way 0.0.2 Technology Preview will be released!

Today i have updated the LiveTrack dialog, now it will show legs and waypoints too, and some info on the track.

I found out some bugs in autosave management, so i need to fix those. Also, i need to axtivate the waypoints dialog page (right now its always empty), then i need to write/copy the QPainter code for drawing on the tracxking table following the new more Qt-style approach.

Stay tuned...

Ok guys...
GPX files now loads! Some testing is required, but the load section works. I got misleaded and had to rewrite most of the code. Anyway now its simple enough that i like it and it "seems" to be working...

Next step is to support GPX writing...

What is going on...

I am rewriting the GPX load support...
Its taking some time, unfortunately, since i hit a couple of other problem that i am fixing too...

So stay tuned...

Post Easter update...

Hi All!
even if i did not update this blog all over the Easter break, development is proceeding. I am in the final stages of redefining the Live Track page and a new layout for TrackAway which will make things simpler and easier to access.

Live Tracks now support "legs", so you can split your track in separate sections, each one with its length and (in the future) statistical data. The new Live Track now support autosave and multiple legs.

I have also redesigned a bit the UI approach. Now there is not anymore a "selectior" dialog where all the buttons are located. On the botton of the screen there are five buttons to access the five main areas:
- GPS page
- Live Track
- Track list
- Map manager
- System buttons (screen orientation, quit, minimize...)

The buttons will be "live" so they show tracking status / gps status like today.

This is coming up much more tidier and easy to access.

Give me some more time to work on refining things... Also i need to implement support for full GPX format. After that, i will release a new TP 0.0.2 which will be, at least, usable but without maps.

Stay tuned... my guess is this release should be sometime before 16 May.