[PATCH] Work on a dive localisation tool using GPS coordinates

[Lubomir I. Ivanov]

On 13 January 2013 13:17, Pierre-Yves Chibon <pingou at pingoured.fr> wrote:
> For each dive recorded, place their GPS coordinates onto a map using the
> OSM-GPS-MAP library.
>
> This map is accessible via the "log" menu or the shortcut ctrl+M (M as map).
>
> We check for the GPS coordinates "0, 0" which are the default when we do not
> have real GPS coordinates set.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pierre-Yves Chibon <pingou at pingoured.fr>
> ---
>
> With this commit the basic logic is ready, we "just" need to add functionality
> to add/edit GPS coordinates for a dive.
>
> Comments welcome :)
>

installation for the required libraries for this on both ubuntu 12.04
and debian 6.0.4 is pretty trivial, but the map widget shows nothing
(white screen) on said debian distribution.
this could be due to the outdated GTK it is using - 2.20.1-2.

native installation on windows is a mess, but that's pretty normal and
the widget works. i had to hunt for some of the DLLs such as
libsoup-2.4-1.dll.
also, it requires the oddly named z.dll (which is pretty much zlib).
things are probably smoother when cross-compiling.

i was wondering, what are the points against invoking googlemaps in a
browser window, not that i insist on that as a replacement?

lubomir
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