Waymaker gps

Waymaker is a map application that lets you see locations in a number of ways, and helps you do some useful things with that information.

You can see a persons eye view of either your own location or one you enter the coordinates of, or you can get walking or driving directions to your choice of destination from where ever you are.

If you just want to download the app and skip the rest of this text please check the very end of this text for important notes.

As well as the options already mentioned if you are a user of the KidSafe app you can also copy the gps or gsm text which that application sends and paste its content into the coordinate box. Choosing the KidSafe option will then show you a persons eye view of exactly where that text was sent from.

Waymaker has three screens, all can be navigated to using the blue arrows you will see on screen or by swiping across the screen in the direction you wish to navigate (only the map screen itself needs you to use the blue buttons).

Screen one shows basic status information, screen two shows the map or street view you ask for and screen three lets you select a map type to display or enter gps coordinates.

If you enter coordinates into the coordinate box on the options screen, or paste text from the KidSafe application, please remember to select your maptype AFTER entering this data :)

Back to the map types and getting map directions is very easy, just choose your map type (for example "walking directions") and then simply head on over to the map screen.

You will see a green marker, labelled B, just drag that over the place on the map that you want directions to and it will automatically download turn by turn directions for you.

The directions are at the bottom of the screen and you can drag them to the top by simply grabbing hold of the text at the bottom and sliding it up to the top.

This app should work correctly on any Android device with a screen resolution of at least 320x480 and version 1.6 or better of the Android operating system.

It requires a data (internet) connection in order to download the maps or street views you ask it for so if you have no such connection waymaker will be unable to show that information.

On devices with a slow processor, or a slow data connection,the display of maps or street views may take a few seconds longer than you expect and if you ask for a street view or KidSafe view of an area not yet covered by Googles street view cameras you will simply see a blank screen.

On such devices you will find that the blue direction buttons which navigate to and from the different screens may have a small delay if the app is downloading or displaying data.

This is not an application problem but is caused by Android trying to share the low memory and processing power fairly between waymaker and any other apps.

Waymaker should adapt to any screen size but if you do encounter any display issues with it please email so they can be fixed and please note this will not display properly on resolutions that are lower than 320x480.

Note:

This app is not suitable for low memory devices because the temporary storage of your current locations streetview images can use up to fifteen megabytes of your devices memory.

However the application can be moved to external storage, and has been tested on a 500Mhz phone with 38 Megabytes of internal memory free and while it did run in such a situation navigating between screens was notably slower than normal and the low memory did affect display times.

If you see no map on screen it means either your internet connection is off or very slow or that you have the auto refresh setting enabled.

Occasionally you may see an error message when pressing the arrow button to go to the next screen, although rare this issue is known about but so far has not been reproducible however if you click the OK button then it should perform correctly.