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[Frans Schreuder <fransschreuder@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Michael,

The library in the ppa (libosmscoutimport0) was first compiled without
libxml, but it should be now.
I suspect that you should update the library from the ppa, that way it
should work.
Both issues shouldn't be the case if you use the gui OSMScoutImport or
the script osmscout-import.

Frans

On 06/03/2015 11:25 AM, Michael Zanetti wrote:
> Hey Frans,
>
> totally excited about this. Currently downloading maps and finding my
> way through the converter script. Just as small feedback:
>
> * Had to figure that I need to copy the map.odt file manually to my
> home dir.
> * Only after downloading the pbf file I got the message that support
> for pbf files is not enabled in the build in your ppa.
>
> Br,
> Michael
>
> On 02.06.2015 21:18, Frans Schreuder wrote:
> > Dear Ubuntu-phone mailing list,
>
> > I have spent a few weeks developing an offline routing /
> > navigation application (LGPL) based on openstreetmaps /
> > libosmscout. I want to publish the app in the Ubuntu App Store, but
> > I am facing a problem: I need read access on a location on the SD
> > card. I will explain why.
>
> > 1.) The maps take quite some space on the device (Netherlands is
> > 1.3GB, Germany is 4+ GB). At least on the BQ Aquaris this space is
> > not available in the home directory, at least not if you also want
> > to remain with some space available.
>
> > 2.) The maps have to be converted to a binary format with a tool on
> > the PC. Until I got some server space and time to host some
> > readily converted maps, the user will have to transfer maps
> > manually to the phone. If this would be the app data space, that
> > location is not by default readable if you browse the phone on the
> > PC.
>
> > 3.) Converting the maps on the phone is not really an option, as
> > the process uses several GB as temp space, and on an i7 pc it can
> > take over 1 hour for a map of a small country.
>
> > For now there are no good apparmor rules that matches the need of
> > this application, Picture read could be possible, however it needs
> > the maps to be placed in <SD_CARD>/Pictures/osmscout. That is an
> > ugly solution, but it works. Another solution is to set the app as
> > unconfined, and use the location <SD_CARD>/Maps/osmscout. However
> > this is not the solution to allow for any app, I think this app
> > really adds value to the Ubuntu phone. Would it be possible to
> > create an app-specific rule that allows (Read, and maybe later
> > Write) access to <SD_CARD>/Maps/? Or otherwise to allow this app to
> > be published as unconfined?
>
> > The source code for the app can be found here:
> > https://github.com/fransschreuder/libosmscout
>
> > The tool to convert maps can be obtained on a desktop: sudo
> > apt-add-repository ppa:fransschreuder1/osmscout-import sudo apt-get
> > update sudo apt-get install osmscoutimportgui0
>
> > Thanks for your comments,
>
> > Regards,
>
> > Frans Schreuder
>
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