http://www.danielfett.de/ Homepage von Daniel Fett de-de Daniel Fett, rss@danielfett.de Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:49:27 +0200 As promised, version 0.7.0.1 of the Advanced Geocaching Tool is here, fixing some Bugs: Uploading of fieldnotes didn't work Small improvements in the indicator for the current position Save the last state of the "follow position" button Disable HTML view by default If you haven't done it yet, please vote for AGTL in this thread! Read the last blog post for more information on the new features in the 0.7.0.0 release.... http://www.danielfett.de/privat,blog,version-0.7.0.1-and-coding-competition rss@danielfett.de (Daniel Fett) http://www.danielfett.de/privat,blog,version-0.7.0.1-and-coding-competition Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:30:00 +0200 This is the quick start guide for the Advanced Geocaching Tool for the Maemo platform. http://www.danielfett.de/internet-und-opensource,software,agtl-quick-start-guide rss@danielfett.de (Daniel Fett) http://www.danielfett.de/internet-und-opensource,software,agtl-quick-start-guide Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200 Version 0.7.0.0 of the Advanced Geocaching Tool is here! New features include: Text-to-Speech-Feature! - Select a target, activate TTS and put your earplugs in to enjoy completely stealth geocaching. Search for cities - in the geonames.org database to navigate quickly Download map tiles for selected zoom levels - for offline use New Map drawing - scale indicator on map, on screen display for target distance, better visibility for icons and text Better search features - E.g. search geocaches ar... http://www.danielfett.de/privat,blog,version-0.7.0.0-and-coding-competition rss@danielfett.de (Daniel Fett) http://www.danielfett.de/privat,blog,version-0.7.0.0-and-coding-competition Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200 Due to a website update at geocaching.com, users of AGTL where unable to download the full details for some geocaches. I released an update just minutes ago. Users which have the extras-devel repository enabled, will get the upgrade for AGTL via the package manager. If you don't have extras-devel enabled, please click on this link (via your phone's browser) to download and install the update.... http://www.danielfett.de/privat,blog,how-to-upgrade-2 rss@danielfett.de (Daniel Fett) http://www.danielfett.de/privat,blog,how-to-upgrade-2 Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200 If you recently tried downloading the details for a geocache with the Advanced Geocaching Tool, you probably ran into a problem: An error message pops up, telling you that the cache cannot be downloaded. This is due to a website update at geocaching.com. Users which have the extras-devel repository enabled, will get an upgrade for AGTL via the package manager. If you don't have extras-devel enabled, please click on this link (via your phone's browser) to download and install the update. If th... http://www.danielfett.de/privat,blog,how-to-upgrade-advanced-geocaching-tool rss@danielfett.de (Daniel Fett) http://www.danielfett.de/privat,blog,how-to-upgrade-advanced-geocaching-tool Sat, 05 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200 Just a quick update - version 0.6.1.2 of the Advanced Geocaching Tool is released. It contains two bugfixes: Scrolling in the options window Downloading of waypoints As this version should now be near bug-free, I have promoted it to extras testing. If you have tested it out, please vote at the package page. Coming for the next version: Portrait mode support (see screenshots)! Improved handling for coordinates and many other improvements and new features.... http://www.danielfett.de/privat,blog,agtl-update-0.6.1.2-released rss@danielfett.de (Daniel Fett) http://www.danielfett.de/privat,blog,agtl-update-0.6.1.2-released Tue, 18 May 2010 16:35:00 +0200 Version 0.6.0 of the Advanced Geocaching Tool has just been uploaded to Extras-Devel. Update 1: There was a bug preventing some users from starting the application. A bug fix release, Version 0.6.1, is on its way. Update 2: There was another bug, also preventing startup of the application. If you have version 0.6.1 and it doesn't start, open the Terminal application and type: mkdir ~/.agtl and press return - this should fix it until version 0.6.2 arrives What's new in this release? Sun Indi... http://www.danielfett.de/privat,blog,geocaching-n900-maemo-agtl-release-0-6-0 rss@danielfett.de (Daniel Fett) http://www.danielfett.de/privat,blog,geocaching-n900-maemo-agtl-release-0-6-0 Tue, 11 May 2010 15:36:00 +0200 AGTL, the Advanced Geocaching Tool on Maemo, has the ability to provide the user with map views of different sources. Since Version 0.5.1 you can add new map types. And this is how: First, make sure you can edit the file /home/user/.agtl/config on your phone. You can do this either by using ssh/scp or directly on the phone, using xterm and vim or some other text editor. Next, get some tile URLs. As this is an inofficial way to access the google tile servers, it is not documented. However, you c... http://www.danielfett.de/privat,blog,map-types-geocaching-maemo-n900 rss@danielfett.de (Daniel Fett) http://www.danielfett.de/privat,blog,map-types-geocaching-maemo-n900 Sun, 09 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200 With the help of my application, the Advanced Geocaching Tool, the Nokia N900 becomes a near perfect geocaching device. However, there are three things lacking: The built-in gps is not as accurate as a standalone receiver. You have to protect the device from water, dirt and drops. It doesn't have an electronic magnetic compass. The first thing is said to improve somewhat with the coming firmware update. The second point can be compensated with a good protective case. I use this arm strap fr... http://www.danielfett.de/privat,blog,sun-natural-compass-geocaching-maemo-n900 rss@danielfett.de (Daniel Fett) http://www.danielfett.de/privat,blog,sun-natural-compass-geocaching-maemo-n900 Thu, 06 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200 With the release of Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx", the OS ships the kernel module eeepc_laptop by default. What is different from the previous Ubuntu release is that the Super Hybrid Engine is now fully supported by the kernel. The Super Hybrid Engine allows the user to throttle down CPU and fans when less computing power and more battery life is required. Activating the power saving mode gives about an hour additional battery life on my Asus EEEPC 1000HE. Until Lucid Lynx, Ubuntu users... http://www.danielfett.de/privat,blog,super-hybrid-engine-eeepc-1000he-ubuntu-lucid rss@danielfett.de (Daniel Fett) http://www.danielfett.de/privat,blog,super-hybrid-engine-eeepc-1000he-ubuntu-lucid Sun, 02 May 2010 16:50:00 +0200