Globalhash support

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Look for a button to quickly ascertain the globalhash.
2. Doh! There is none.
3. Come to this sad realization.

What is the expected output?  What happened instead?
Pretty much the same functionality as the current geohash feature, 
only slightly altered for the globalhash algorithm.

What version of Geohash Droid are you using?  On what phone?
v0.7.4 on the Nexus One

Please provide any additional information below.
The globalhash algorithm: http://wiki.xkcd.com/geohashing/
Globalhash

Original issue reported on code.google.com by pacob...@gmail.com on 22 Mar 2010 at 10:39

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I had this feeling someone would ask for Globalhash support sooner or later... 
:-)

To be honest, that shouldn't be hard at all, so long as I make sure to work out 
spots
in the code where it's expecting a graticule to always be defined.  I'm just 
right
now in the middle of a major overhaul to allow background tracking outside of 
the map
(and other more interesting things later).  I'll get to work on Globalhash 
support as
soon as I've got that worked out.

Original comment by captains...@gmail.com on 22 Mar 2010 at 1:26

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Rockin! Well, no hurry. Whenever you get around to it. Thanks for the 
marvelous app =D

Original comment by pacob...@gmail.com on 22 Mar 2010 at 1:30

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All right, here's an update on this...

In-code right now, I've got support for globalhashing.  That is to say, it 
knows how
to calculate a globalhash, it knows not to treat it like a normal geohash (that 
is,
it won't try to plant nearby flags around it), and it'll go to the wiki and 
update
properly if need be.

The only catches right now are that the wiki doesn't actually have a template 
for
globalhash expeditions yet (so I can't pre-fill the page and the photo gallery 
might
not work properly), and I can't figure out where to stick the globalhash 
option.  Not
sure how to put it in without making the main screen more cluttered than it is. 
:-)

I'm trying to come up with an idea for it.  Maybe I'll just put it in the 
option menu
on the main screen, since it's a pretty rare option to begin with.  But, rest
assured, the next version will probably have globalhash support.

Original comment by captains...@gmail.com on 31 May 2010 at 12:48

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w00t! You're the best! You win 2 Internets.

Original comment by pacob...@gmail.com on 31 May 2010 at 12:52

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So, I tells ya what you're going to do.  On the website right now is 0.8.1-pre1,
which has globalhash support (including wiki posting).  If you want to give 
that a
shot and see if that's the sort of interface you're going for (not that I'm 
expecting
you to go near the Arctic Circle today).  If there's no objections, I'll get it 
out
on the Marketplace soon.

Original comment by captains...@gmail.com on 2 Jun 2010 at 6:19

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Just tried it out. Not bad, if I do say so myself (and 
I do!) The only niggling issue is one of UI. There is 
no indication from the app that the wiki posted 
correctly. Even just a little spinner and an 
automatic close of the window after it's done 
would clear up the ambiguity.

Original comment by pacob...@gmail.com on 2 Jun 2010 at 6:31

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Er... what do you mean by that?  I mean, there's a popup over it right now that 
should be showing what it's doing and clear out when it's done.  Or is it not 
doing 
that in some cases?  That WOULD be a problem...

I'll grant that the message or photo screens don't go back to the main map when 
they're done and they could probably be more informative about when they 
finish, 
though.  I'm probably not going to have them go back to the main map 
automatically 
(especially the photo uploader, since you could pretty easily be uploading a 
few 
pictures at once), but I could have them maybe pause for a couple seconds when 
they're done before clearing the popup.

Original comment by captains...@gmail.com on 2 Jun 2010 at 4:18

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I added a quick change to the wiki posting stuff.  Now it'll pop up a message 
saying the post was successful.  Should be a lot clearer now, at least better 
than the previous "don't give any feedback on success" thing.

I uploaded 0.8.1-pre2 with that change.  Try it out!

Original comment by captains...@gmail.com on 8 Jun 2010 at 3:15

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Not sure if it's your app or not, but sometimes trying to reopen the background 
app causes the phone to become unresponsive and eventually reboot. Could be 
that it's interacting badly with my Froyo RC build, but I thought you ought to 
know. Thanks for the updates!

Original comment by pacob...@gmail.com on 8 Jun 2010 at 4:38

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Hm... if it's causing the phone to reboot, I'm going to go ahead and say that's 
not my app.  That's in the realm of the OS going haywire, I'd say. :-)

At any rate, if globalhashing and the extra popup are working, I'd say this 
issue's done.  And 0.8.1 might be released soon.  Thanks!

Original comment by captains...@gmail.com on 8 Jun 2010 at 4:50

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