GPS options screen, the GPS track text was truncated

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Hello

GMapCatcher Version 0.8.0.0
Windows XP SP3

I uninstalled version 0.7.7.2, keeping the saved maps.
Uninstall went OK.
I installed version 0.8.0.0
Installation went OK.

Issues:
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A) I was unable to show any map from any service anywhere.
The green rectangle DOWNLOADING was displayed for ever, even on areas where the 
maps are available offline in my computer.
From time to time a grey tile pops up.
This green rectangle stayed there even when I checked OFFLINE.
I tried different services with no success.

B) In the GPS options screen, the GPS track text was truncated.

Attached a screen dump illustrating the 2 issues.

Note:
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I uninstalled version 0.8.0.0 keeping the saved maps.
I installed version 0.7.7.2
Everything went back to normal: offline maps available and downloading and 
updating working as expected.

Best regards

Original issue reported on code.google.com by alfon...@hotmail.fr on 16 Oct 2012 at 11:17

Attachments:

• v0.8.0.0_issues.JPG

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We changed the repository structure for the cases when the option to use a 
different folder per Map Service is selected, which is probably your case...
The old one was very very messy, it was time to organize, now you should see:
- MapServer Name
  -Map Layer
    -All the folders as before
I you want you could move the folders to the correct location and it should 
work OK

About the GPS option I just committed a fix for that r1536

Original comment by heldersepu on 16 Oct 2012 at 11:40

• Changed title: GPS options screen, the GPS track text was truncated
• Changed state: Fixed
• Added labels: Milestone-Release0.9

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Hello

Many thanks for your fast reply.
Version 0.8.0.0 main issue not solved: unable to view any map on any service 
except zooms 15 and 16.

Following your message this it what I did:
Version 0.7.7.2 working OK.
I saved my image folders to another disk.
I uninstalled version 0.7.7.2, removing also the images.
I installed version 0.8.0.0

Result:
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Main problem not resolved.
Only zoom levels 15 and 16 show anything on any service.
When going on line, the DOWNLOADING green rectangle pops up and nothing 
happens: from time to time a grey tile appears.
When going offline, the DOWNLOADING rectangle stays there: it only goes away 
when changing the favorite map service in the "change theme" menu, or after a 
long time when the whole screen is covered by grey tiles.
The problem is the same whichever favorite service is selected.
When closing GMapCatcher, if the DOWNLOADING rectangle is still there, the 
program sometimes hangs and has to be terminated from the Windows task manager.

Then I did:
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I uninstalled version 0.8.0.0, removing images.
I removed the .GMapCatcher folder in my user directory.
I removed anything GMapCatcher in the Windows Registry.
I installed version 0.8.0.0
No change, same problem.

I installed version 0.8.0.0 in my secondary computer, which never had before 
GMapCatcher installed. 
No change, same problem.

I uninstalled version 0.8.0.0 from my main computer.
I installed version 0.7.7.2.
Everything went back to normal.

Something on this version 0.8.0.0 that I obviously don't understand.

Best regards

Original comment by alfon...@hotmail.fr on 17 Oct 2012 at 3:23

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It seems that GMapCatcher can not download map tiles. 
What map server are you using? The default is Nokia and it should work fine.

Original comment by heldersepu on 17 Oct 2012 at 3:29

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If you are up for some debugging you can try installing:
http://www.fiddler2.com/fiddler2/version.asp
And see what requests is GMapCatcher sending

Original comment by heldersepu on 17 Oct 2012 at 3:41

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Hello and thanks for your time.

Version 0.8.0.0 clean install, with the default map server Nokia. No change in 
any settings after installation.
After a quite long time (several minutes), there is eventually some tiles 
poping up. The process is painfully slow (one tile every couple of minutes 
approximately).
On version 0.7.7.2 the tiles were appearing very fast (Virtual Earth, Open 
Cycle, Yahoo, CloudMade, Open Street).

I have installed Fiddler (v2).
When running v 0.7.7.2, when tiles are updated, Fiddler is immediately showing 
a bunch of web sessions, the tiles and web sessions appearing very fast.
When running v 0.8.0.0, absolutely nothing appears on the Web sessions for 
quite a long time. Then slowly the tiles and web sessions do appear.
I have disabled firewall and antivirus just in case: no change.

Example of web session when using version 0.8.0.0 with Nokia as map server:
GET 
/maptile/2.1/maptile/a2e328a0c5/normal.day/14/7762/6505/256/png8?token=r0sR1DzqD
kS6sDnh902FWQ&lg=ENG HTTP/1.1
Host: 4.maps.nlp.nokia.com
User-Agent: GMapCatcher/0.8.0.0 +http://code.google.com/p/gmapcatcher/
Connection: close
Accept-Encoding: gzip

If I change the map server to Virtual Earth, nothing happens: no tiles, no web 
session: I let GMapCatcher on for a while to see if eventually something was 
happening. After 30 minutes I gave up. 

I closed GMapCatcher and reopened it.
For a while, some tiles appeared with Virtual Earth as map server, again 
painfully slowly.

Example of web session when using version 0.8.0.0 with Virtual Earth as map 
server:
GET /tiles/a120222102312.png?g=392 HTTP/1.1
Host: a0.ortho.tiles.virtualearth.net
User-Agent: GMapCatcher/0.8.0.0 +http://code.google.com/p/gmapcatcher/
Connection: close
Accept-Encoding: gzip

If I tick the offline box, the slow downloading continues.

Summary:
v 0.7.7.2: all OK
v 0.8.0.0: The tiles do appear but extremely slowly. When changing the map 
server while tiles are trying to download, the new map server does't seem to be 
taken into account. GMapCatcher has to be closed and reopened.

Do you need any other info from the Fiddler session ?

Best regards

Original comment by alfon...@hotmail.fr on 17 Oct 2012 at 5:37

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No that is enough, unfortunately this is something related to your connection.

The map tiles that it is trying to download is:
http://4.maps.nlp.nokia.com/maptile/2.1/maptile/a2e328a0c5/normal.day/14/7762/65
05/256/png8?token=r0sR1DzqDkS6sDnh902FWQ&lg=ENG

Sorry but I'm not experiencing this problem...

Original comment by heldersepu on 17 Oct 2012 at 6:02

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My recommendation: switch to Linux!

Original comment by heldersepu on 17 Oct 2012 at 6:04

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Hello

Thanks for the replies.

Concerning the connection, my impression is that this is perhaps not the actual 
problem:
- The problem is happening on version 0.8.0.0 and not on version 0.7.7.2, using 
the same connection.
- I don't have any problem to access the tiles that are being so painfully slow 
to download with version 0.8.0.0 if I just access them through a browser (in my 
case Chrome) : the tiles pop up instantaneously on the browser when entering 
their address.
- Fiddler shows that the web sessions take a long time to initiate: once they 
are initiated the corresponding tiles appear instantaneously. Seems like the 
problem is not the connection itself, but maybe the time to initiate the 
connection.

Best regards

Original comment by alfon...@hotmail.fr on 17 Oct 2012 at 7:58

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Changing status to new, as the problem isn't confirmed or anything yet. I'll 
try and reproduce this tomorrow or the day after that. If I can't, changing to 
invalid. So this is basicly as a reminder for me :P

Original comment by kipenros...@gmail.com on 17 Oct 2012 at 7:59

• Changed state: New

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Hello

Even more strange:
Tiles do appear (extremely slowly) ONLY when Fiddler is up an running.
If Fiddler is not running, the tiles don't appear at all: after a while, the 
DOWLOADING rectangle stops and the screen is left full of grey tiles ("we are 
sorry but we don't have maps....").

Description:
- v 0.8.0.0 downloading with Fiddler not started: nothing happens, no tiles 
downloaded, screen full of grey tiles. DOWNLOADING rectangle then disappears.
- Starting Fiddler: DOWNLOADING rectangle reappears the tiles do start to 
slowly appear. The screen starts to show part of the map. DOWNLOADING rectangle 
disappears before the screen is covered by the tiles, but the map continues to 
slowly being covered by map tiles.
- Stopping Fiddler: DOWNLOADING rectangle reappears, the tiles don't update 
anymore: screen gets progressively completed by grey tiles. DOWNLOADING 
rectangle then disappears.

Best regards

Original comment by alfon...@hotmail.fr on 17 Oct 2012 at 8:18

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I guess this is a case of "your computer does not like you"

Original comment by heldersepu on 17 Oct 2012 at 8:32

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I just installed Win8 in a test VM and is not downloading any tiles
After that I installed Fiddler and it downloads only when fiddler is open

Original comment by heldersepu on 18 Oct 2012 at 12:34

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Yes something is definitely going on, here I recorded a video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qncTG6GWhzY 

Original comment by heldersepu on 18 Oct 2012 at 1:10

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I just rebuilt the windows installer, Please try it and let us know:
http://code.google.com/p/gmapcatcher/downloads/detail?name=GMapCatcher-0.8.0.1.e
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Original comment by heldersepu on 18 Oct 2012 at 3:23

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Hello

Problems mentioned on this issue appear to have been solved by version 0.8.0.1.

Many thanks !

Original comment by alfon...@hotmail.fr on 18 Oct 2012 at 1:50

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Original comment by heldersepu on 18 Oct 2012 at 2:11

• Changed state: Fixed

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Original comment by heldersepu on 18 Oct 2012 at 2:12

• Changed state: Done
• Added labels: Milestone-Release0.8.0.1
• Removed labels: Milestone-Release0.9