#3 Generic fetch functionality

[David Frisby]

When you build the Fetch functionality, will it be
possible to enable the fetch string to be automatically
built based on user-defined string so that people like
me, who can't get any good maps from mapblast can
use somthing like Yahoo Japan Maps...

Here is an example of a map centered on my house...

http://map.yahoo.co.jp/pl?
nl=35.39.28.60&el=139.44.60&la=0&fi=1&sc=3

I guess nl=latitude, el = longitude and sc=scale
(3=3000/1 in this case, but 4 is actually 6500/1, so no
logic there???)

It would be amazing to be able to fetch maps on the fly
based on current location and user-defined fetch string.

Dave

[Ralf Haselmeier]

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I'm working on this. But the http protocol on zaurus' qtopia
must be implemented manually (this would be much easier in
Qt3).
Your URL displays a web page with a very detailed map. Do
You know a corresponding URL which returns only the image
of the map?

[David Frisby]

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Here is the url whichgets just the gif...

http://image.map.yahoo.co.jp/ymap/mk_map?
&width=1000&height=1000&la=0&scale=20000&nl=35/39/29&
el=139/45/00
looks like the scale is now good

[Ralf Haselmeier]

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Bob implemented this in 0.9.0