Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Introduction: MarbleToGo(Navigation Mode)

Hello KDE Community

I am Siddharth Srivastava, an undergraduate Computer Science Engineering(6th Semester) student from New Delhi, India.

I would be working on the project MarbleToGo(Navigation Mode) during GSoC 2010. The project aims at adding new functionalities to Marble and making interface for Small Screen devices such as Nokia N900 sophisticated and customizable with the help of float items.

Well, I have categorized the project in four parts (or phases as I like them to call):-

1) Smooth re-centring and zoom adjustments of the map based on the location of the GPS Device(user) on the map so that you are not disturbed or lost on the screen while driving .
2) To show the current route instructions consisting of information about the route, landmarks etc. In addition to this the time required and the distance travelled would also be shown to the user.
3) Managing Maps in offline mode: This allows to pre-download the required data that the user would be using during his journey including the possible zoom levels and any additional requirement through a widget. This would be helpful in case, when the user doesn't have constant access to the Internet.
4) Design of interface for Small Screen Devices so as to make use of Marble more convenient and sophisticated by providing users an option on what they want to see on the screen. This would allow marble to take maximum advantage of the available space on the screen.

5 comments:

  1. Looks cool. Quick question:

    Does MarbleToGo make use of KDE's mobile UI libraries currently developed by KDAB http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-maemo/2010-April/000078.html ?

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  2. I would like to see this software available also for older devices like Nokia 5800XM.
    Do you think it could be possible?

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  3. GPSd support und smooth zooming would be great! I cant wait :)

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  4. @KAMiKAZOW
    Right now, Marble is development of Marble is concentrated on Qt version. When stable KDElibs are available for Maemo, we can look to switch to that.

    @Carlos
    :)

    Note: Sorry for late responses, my exams are going on !!

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  5. @David
    The support is not currently available and lots of work still needs to be done. It is possible but someone needs to initiate the development process. :)

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