Hi, 2012/9/20 Nils <internation...@gmx.net>: > I used to be able to plan routes (running, cycling) using google maps, > then adding &output=kml to the link, and then receiving the KML file. > Then I would usually do fine edits in Viking (OSMs have better biking > path info), export as a gpx track, save to my unit, and go. > > Since a little while this has stopped working andwill likely not come > back, see > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11680872/google-maps-output-kml-broken > > and in particular > > https://code.google.com/p/gmaps-api-issues/issues/detail?id=4321 > > Would it be possible in any way to integrate JSON based functionality > into Viking, i.e. to paste the google link and then retrieve the path > directly into Viking or something similar? There are some code fragments > in the two posts and in the links from the posts.
Interesting (bad) news: viking has a "Direction" feature based on Google. I imagine this feature no more works. To solve the issue, many solutions can be imagined. First one: implement one of the workaround, based on JSON/XML format provided by Google. But we have to choose the right one, the most durable API. Can someone invest on the links provided above? Ideally, a format processed by gpsbabel would be really really nice. Second one: we extend the "Direction" feature in order to allow other routing service. (It is a long living task on my todo list) Third one: extend the "Direction" feature to allow complex routing computation. I'm thinking about the following use case: - the user draw a simple track inside viking, with enought trackpoints to affect the routing engine (2, 3, more?) - the user right-click this new track and select a (new) entry to reclaim a computed route - the selected track is used by viking to compute the parameters for the routing engine, submit the request and display the result as a new track -- Guilhem BONNEFILLE -=- JID: gu...@im.apinc.org MSN: guilhem_bonnefi...@hotmail.com -=- mailto:guilhem.bonnefi...@gmail.com -=- http://nathguil.free.fr/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;258768047;13503038;j? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html _______________________________________________ Viking-devel mailing list Viking-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/viking-devel Viking home page: http://viking.sf.net/
