Bug fix release of xGPS Maps Manager

Small post to say that we have released a small bug fix release of xGPS Maps Manager. This version doesn’t improve anything excepting that now it is working with the new Google Maps changes and the zoom levels have been “unified”. The zoom level you see on the left of the window correspond to the zoom level of the current view of the map. If you enter the same number in the text area for the downloaded maps zoom level, it will download the maps at the same zoom level you are seeing. It means that 17 is the most detailed zoom level, and 1 is the less detailed one.

xGPS Maps Manager can be downloaded here:

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98 Responses to “Bug fix release of xGPS Maps Manager”

  1. Mathieu says:

    @ Brian: Not we are based in Europe, Switzerland. But turn by turn directions will use Google so as long as your country is supported by google it should work. I don’t think the 30th will be THE date :-) . I think we will have about 2-3 days of delay. Sorry for that.

  2. jedi4444 says:

    there are other ways to generate maps? You can use tools google maps?
    this application and too slow and over again by errors

  3. Alex says:

    Hello,

    I Downloaded this manager, and I am getting the following messages when I start it:

    Data corrupt !
    Unable to download tile !

    Nothing happens….
    I’ve tried to download it on my Ubuntu Intrepid and Windows XP… got the same….

  4. Brian says:

    Mathieu
    no need to apologize at all! This is great that you are working on this for those of us that are using it. I am amazed at the software so far, using it with the iGPS360 is great, I am really looking forward to the development of turn by turn. Thanks again for the hard dedicated work.

  5. kilo says:

    I am also getting gray maps all of a sudden. Was working this morning, but not anymore. Using v 1.0-1.5 on iPhone and using the java based app up above (xgpsmanager -2). Tried it on a PC and a Mac, as well. Gray maps all around, even after deleting the .db file, trying different computers, etc.

  6. Mathieu says:

    Really weird. It’s working for me. Anyone else having the same problem? Is it working for somebody?

  7. Brian says:

    just tried and it is working fine for me.

  8. Mathieu says:

    Ok fine. Be careful to not to download many maps at once from the same IP address. Google doesn’t like that and sometime blocks your IP.

  9. Anton says:

    Maybe you have downloaded the maps for a different zoom-level?
    Try to zoom out a few times, if the map is only downloaded for example at zoom-level 5 you can’t expect to see anything on level 1.
    Bye Anton

  10. solohck says:

    I thought of google blocking my IP as well, but I also tried it at school where I have never used this program before and it does not work either. Not sure what the problem is.

  11. jedi4444 says:

    I have tried from different parts but still not right. even now already tried 2 times not ever gone through.
    no other possibility.

  12. Vijay says:

    Effective Nov 24 my xgps software stopped working on iPhone. It’s not showing any maps. Is there any fix. Thanks, Vijay

  13. Mathieu says:

    For those who have problems for downloading maps please try and report the following:

    1. Delete all the downloaded maps in xGPS and xGPS Maps Manager
    2. In xGPS, Go to settings, scroll down and select the language to English.
    3. Exit the application
    4. Relaunch it and try to download
    5. If it still not work, please go to this website and tell what you see:
    http://mt1.google.com/mt?v=w2.88&hl=en&x=67928&y=46325&z=17
    6. If you see a part of a map, please report where you are trying to show a map (i.e. in which country and city are you?)

  14. Ftmch says:

    I am also getting grey maps on xGPS and xGPS Maps Manager – both were working fine previously. I have followed Mathieu’s instructions, I can see part of a map in the top left corner of my screen at the listed website. I am in Brisbane Australia.

  15. Rafael says:

    Mathieu,

    first of all thanks for this nice application, and congratulations for it

    I have this small problem:

    I have downloaded the same map at different zooms (the total of the maps has ~115 mb). Then I noted that there was a missing rectangle at the the the zoom 13.

    I opened Maps Manager again and I navigated to the missing area, I changed the zoom to 13 and the maps was missing at the Maps Manager too!
    I suspected that he wont try to download the map again while he already has all the maps around.

    So I moved the file of the maps to try getting the missing area, and voilà: the missing area showed up!

    But I dont want to download all the maps again.

    So I see two possibles solutions: merge the two files or make something to the Maps Manager try to get the missing area again… any suggestion?

    thanks in advance

  16. Rafael says:

    never mind

    I think I got it now. I just used the zoom 13 again and it worked.

  17. solohck says:

    I still see nothing but gray, no maps show up when doing the above. When going to the link, I see a small square of a map in the upper left hand corner that has 2 roads on it. I am in York, Pennsylvania, United States.

  18. Jimmy says:

    What i would like to know is where the “.db” is saved to on vista (i know, i wish i had xp too :P ). I tried downloading a map yesterday and it said it downloaded successfully but i cant find where it downloaded to. Also is it the iphone directory /var/mobile/Library/ that the map goes in?
    Cheeers
    Jimmy

  19. ajmorris says:

    Same for me as well…still gray on the ipod touch and the map manager on it spins for a long time then it’s gray as well. same small map square in the upper left of the link..

    Georgia, USA

  20. Mathieu says:

    Bug fixed in the last version.

  21. Bo says:

    Same problem for Baltimore, MD USA

    —–
    I still see nothing but gray, no maps show up when doing the above. When going to the link, I see a small square of a map in the upper left hand corner that has 2 roads on it.
    —–

  22. Mathieu says:

    Sure. Update xGPS to the last version (see the last blog post)

  23. Bo says:

    Excellent. It is all working now.

  24. Richard says:

    Hi !

    First of all, great application !

    I have come across a problem, when this application is downloading it chokes my router. I can ping another machine in my network locally without problems however outgoing starts to timeout.

    Also when i ping the local ip of my router all is ok until i turn on this tool to download maps. It starts out quite fast but slows down after about 10 seconds and i notice my network starts to fail. Stopping the application and all works again.

    I’m on a 10 mbit line.

    Regards,

    Richard

    The Netherlands

  25. Alex says:

    I am still getting Corrupted Data qhen I launch xgpsmanager-2.

    Anyone has a clue, please ????

  26. Mathieu says:

    xGPS Maps Manager is again bugged due to Google Maps change (see latest blog post). A release is scheduled for this weekend.

  27. MHomscheidt says:

    I have a problem uploading maps to the iPod touch.

    Used hardware
    • Mac mini with Mac OS X.4.11
    • and/or Powerbook Pismo (upgraded to G4) running Mac OS X.4.11
    • iPod touch 1st generation with 8GB

    Trying to upload maps doens’t work at all on both machines. They are downloaded to the Macs the iPod does not appear under Services like described in xgpsmanager. Also the hint with setting xGPS on the iPod to english (both Macs and the iPod have german as their default language) doesn’t change anything.

    Apart from that great software

    Regards
    Michael

  28. MHomscheidt says:

    I also have problems uploading maps to my iPod touch (1.gen, 8GB). I can download maps to my Macs running Mac OS X.4.11 but the iPod is never listed under devices like described in the upload window.

    I tried it on both of my Macs, a Mac mini (G4) and a upgraded (G4) Pismo. Both have their default language ‘german’. I tried to set the iPod to ‘english’ like described above but had no luck.

    Regards
    Michael

  29. Mathieu says:

    That’s because this functionality (the upload to device button) is not yet available. It will be in future releases.

  30. [...] Si certo, hanno fatto un software java che te le fa scaricare dal pc/mac e inviare al telefono! xGPS Maps Manager: utilizzare le mappe sull’iPhone in modalit

  31. Mix says:

    Xgps Maps Manager 2 java problem under Windows VIsta

    Hi, i can start the application but unable to see annything but grey.

    if i start the apps using: java -jar xgpsmanager-2.jar it’s the same but i can those error messages:

    Data corrupt !
    Unable to download tile !
    Data corrupt !
    Unable to download tile !
    Data corrupt !
    Unable to download tile !
    Data corrupt !

    i have tried with jre1.6.0_07 and jre6
    Thanks !

  32. Mathieu says:

    Yes it’s because xGPS Maps manager is currently buggy due to a Google maps change. Please wait the next update.

  33. Qbik says:

    For me the main think on todo list it possible to manually download all zoom level in one time

    it’s a little bit annoying when You have to mark region all the time for each level

    the rest is great, thx

  34. gimmy says:

    Ftmch says:
    November 25, 2008 at 1:15 PM
    I am also getting grey maps on xGPS and xGPS Maps Manager – both were working fine previously. I have followed Mathieu’s instructions, I can see part of a map in the top left corner of my screen at the listed website. I am in Brisbane Australia.

    same hereanybody help please

  35. Lucco says:

    Please… help my !!!!!
    I’m trying to upload to my Iphone the Argentinian’s maps but it doesn’t work.
    Kornolio or everybody… let my know the FORMULA !!!
    Tks.
    PD: Is it another program to driving direction like this ?

  36. Adam says:

    Hi I’m getting greyed out maps on xGPS for the iphone 3GS. Displays for some out the further out zoom levels but nothing for street level. Also seems to be unable to compute directions from Reykjavik (my location) to other areas.

    Hoping to use this tomorrow so any help greatly appreciated!

  37. Al says:

    I am having the same problem as some of the other posts.

    All I can see is grey when trying to download maps with XGPS Manager. It was working fine a few days ago. I am running XP. I then tried to install it at work running Vista and I am having the same problem.

    I donwnloaded the latest version of Java on both computers to see if that would fix it but nothing.

    Any ideas?

  38. Al says:

    By the way I am in Sydney, Australia.

  39. Chas says:

    I am having the same problem on a MAC running xGPS Manager 1.1.0. Grey screen on the ‘Download a Map’ window.

  40. cy says:

    Having the same problem as Chas. xGPS Manager 1.1.0 will show only some old tiles from when i used it 5 or 6 months ago. When I move to another area of the map and try to zoom in it does not update

  41. Arda says:

    yes same problem i cant download maps :( what we are doing now ?

  42. NonoKurd says:

    Same problem here. Unable to download anything on Vista x64. Java is enabled. It does download on my iPhone directly running OS 3.1 but I want to save them on my laptop. Any ideas how to fix this?

  43. Mathieu says:

    This problem will be fixed in an upcoming release.

  44. Llegué a tu blog de casualidad. Muy bueno. Adios!

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