[Roadmap-commit] roadmap STATUS,1.2,1.3 TODO,1.13,1.14

[Paul F. <pg...@us...>]

Update of /cvsroot/roadmap/roadmap
In directory 23jxhf1.ch3.sourceforge.com:/tmp/cvs-serv10292

Modified Files:
	STATUS TODO 
Log Message:
first cut at updates for 1.2


Index: STATUS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/roadmap/roadmap/STATUS,v
retrieving revision 1.2
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -C2 -d -r1.2 -r1.3
*** STATUS	18 Oct 2007 22:16:47 -0000	1.2
--- STATUS	6 Nov 2008 03:31:56 -0000	1.3
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*** 5,42 ****
  		    Paul Fox, current RoadMap maintainer
                                 ---------
!                              October 2007
! 
! New Release 1.1.0
! 
!     RoadMap finally has a new public release!  It's been nearly two
!     years since 1.0.12 was released.  Though the next release was
!     delayed by developer turnover, and lack of time, there have been
!     a lot of improvements going on -- they just haven't made it into
!     a tarball until now, with the release of 1.1.0.
! 
!     Major new developments in 1.1.0 include;
  
! 	* The ability to import, export, edit, and follow on-screen
! 	  routes, the automatic saving of traversed track data, and
! 	  various facilities for storing waypoints, and other landmarks
! 	  and points of interest, all in the open GPX format.
  
! 	* On-screen labeling of streets and landmarks.
  
! 	* Much more flexibility in the user interface, including
! 	  fully customizable menus, toolbar, and active on-screen
! 	  objects.  The user can configure all of these, or even none: 
! 	  an initial command menu can be obtained simply from a
! 	  long-click on the screen if so desired, in order to free as
! 	  much of the screen for maps as possible.
  
! 	* New support for Canadian maps, and for display of state and
! 	  provincial boundaries, and railroads.
  
! 	* Anti-aliased map drawing, courtesy of the AGG library.
! 	
! 	* 3D perspective map rendering.
  
! 	* A more flexible database format.
  
      There's more detail in the changelog.
--- 5,29 ----
  		    Paul Fox, current RoadMap maintainer
                                 ---------
!                              November 2008
  
! New Release 1.2.0
  
!     RoadMap has another new release.  It's been over a year
!     since 1.1.0 was released.  Lots of work has been done since
!     then, both in terms of features, and platform support.
  
!     Major new developments in 1.2.0 include;
  
! 	* Support for OpenStreetMap maps, both geographically-based
! 	  (i.e., arbitrary rectangular tiles) and political (i.e.,
! 	  country-based).  The ability to use OSM maps moves RoadMap
! 	  from being a highly US-centric program to one which can
! 	  be useful worldwide.
  
! 	* Resurrection of the Windows CE port.  Since the port is
! 	  supported via cross-compilation with ming32w, maintenance
! 	  is much easier for the developers.
  
! 	* Initial support of the iPhone.
  
      There's more detail in the changelog.
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*** 44,57 ****
  Two Branches
  
!     In that same two-year time period, another branch of the project
!     managed by Ehud Shabtai (hosted in CVS as "roadmap_editor") has
      added the ability to create and edit maps, and to upload the
      results to a central postgres database.  Since the maps as
      created can contain the meta-data needed for successful
!     auto-navigation, that feature has been added to the roadmap_editor
!     branch as well.  The roadmap_editor branch also contains some
!     experimental UI features, better internationalization support,
!     more sound support, and other useful stuff.  This codebase is
!     being used very successfully in the FreeMap Israel project.
      
  	{{ http://www.freemap.co.il }}
--- 31,43 ----
  Two Branches
  
!     Not much progress has been made in merging code from the forked
!     "roadmap_editor" branch, but some work has been ongoing.
!     (Managed by Ehud Shabtai "roadmap_editor" has
      added the ability to create and edit maps, and to upload the
      results to a central postgres database.  Since the maps as
      created can contain the meta-data needed for successful
!     auto-navigation, that feature has been added to the
!     roadmap_editor branch as well.  This codebase is being used
!     very successfully in the FreeMap Israel project.
      
  	{{ http://www.freemap.co.il }}
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*** 59,86 ****
      (Sadly for many of us, google doesn't yet translate Hebrew.)
  
-     Ehud estimates that they have mapped 75% of Israeli roads, all
-     through user contributions.
- 
- Future
- 
-     But that leaves RoadMap with two codebases, somewhat (but not
-     completely) incompatible with each other at many levels.  (The
-     worst incompatibility right now is that the map databases are of
-     different formats, making it hard to easily switch from one
-     codebase to the other.)  Clearly the long-term ideal would be to
-     merge the two branches, and some progress has been made, on a
-     feature-by-feature basis.  Indeed, many of the features listed
-     above originated on the "editor" branch.  A full merge implies a
-     lot -- probably too much to expect in the short term.  But every
-     feature that gets migrated in one direction or the other is a
-     step in the right direction. 
- 
  Help Wanted!
  
      If you know something about GIS and want to help with the
!     conversion of new map sources, or know a lot about Win32 and want
!     to finish the WinCE or Win32 ports, or are just a good coder who
!     wants better open-source mapping capabilities, please join the
!     list and we'll figure out how you can help!
  
  
--- 45,54 ----
      (Sadly for many of us, google doesn't yet translate Hebrew.)
  
  Help Wanted!
  
      If you know something about GIS and want to help with the
!     conversion of new map sources, or are just a good coder who
!     wants better open-source mapping capabilities, please join
!     the list and we'll figure out how you can help!
  
  

Index: TODO
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RCS file: /cvsroot/roadmap/roadmap/TODO,v
retrieving revision 1.13
retrieving revision 1.14
diff -C2 -d -r1.13 -r1.14
*** TODO	12 Oct 2007 19:12:27 -0000	1.13
--- TODO	6 Nov 2008 03:31:56 -0000	1.14
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*** 9,45 ****
     feel especially free to contact the author(s) with patches.  ;-)
  
!    *  International maps:
        
        RoadMap began as a rendering engine for the US Census bureau Tiger maps,
!       but it's clear that it can be more useful than that.  There is now
!       shapefile support, and other early work has been done for postgis and
!       shpmp support, but the RoadMap database itself is still strongly
!       US-centric -- all of the maps (even for the rest of the world) must be
!       given fake US county identifiers.  Work has been done to outline the
!       problem, but no work has been done to implement a solution as yet.
  
     *  New Tiger map format
  
!       The census bureau has published its spec for the new shapefile format
!       which will replace the existing tiger format in the future.  When a
!       sample map becomes available, we should begin implementing a new
!       converter for that shapefile spec.  This would also be a good time to
!       address other current issues, such as the polygon shape point issue,
!       placenames, perhaps others.
! 
!    *  Font size changes:
! 
!       Currently, the only font capable of appearing in different sizes on the
!       screen at once is the primitive internal "linefont".  Some work has been
!       done to add better font control for QT, but nothing has been done for
!       the other desktop toolkits.
! 
!    *  Error messages on screen:
! 
!       The error messages are logged on the standard output, and to individual
!       dialog boxes.  Standard output isn't very useful in a GUI app, and the
!       dialog boxes can multiply much too fast with recurring errors.  Some
!       sort of an "error log" window would be a good compromise.  (One issue is
!       fonts:  should be big enough to be readable in a car.)
  
     *  Use checkbox widget in the menus and toolbars:
--- 9,27 ----
     feel especially free to contact the author(s) with patches.  ;-)
  
!    *  Better OpenStreetMap support
        
        RoadMap began as a rendering engine for the US Census bureau Tiger maps,
!       but it has now grown the ability to render OpenStreetMap data.  This
!       OSM support deserves to be fleshed out in many ways.
  
     *  New Tiger map format
  
!       The census bureau has released data in its new shapefile format,
!       which replaces the previous TIGER format.  We could begin
!       implementing a new converter for that shapefile spec, or we could
!       ignore further TIGER updates, and concentrate on OSM, since OSM now
!       incorporates the TIGER maps.  If editing changes from the RoadMap
!       editor branch could be incorporated, RoadMap could in theory even
!       help contribute new OSM data.
  
     *  Use checkbox widget in the menus and toolbars:
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*** 91,98 ****
        appears in the roadmap_editor branch, but it's not complete.
  
!    *  Show GPS location and speed
        
!       The speed shows on RoadMap, but not on RoadGps.  The location shows on
!       none.  There should be a way to show the location, at least in RoadGps.
  
     *  Use GPS time and map's timezone
--- 73,79 ----
        appears in the roadmap_editor branch, but it's not complete.
  
!    *  Show GPS location
        
!       There should be a way to easily display the current location.
  
     *  Use GPS time and map's timezone
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*** 150,154 ****
  
        A precursor to this work would be to make the roadmap plugin API
!       match the roadmap_editor plugin API (again).
  
     *  Places
--- 131,136 ----
  
        A precursor to this work would be to make the roadmap plugin API
!       match the roadmap_editor plugin API (again).  (Some progress has
!       been made on this.)
  
     *  Places