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[uk_figs]

How do I get the converted maps on my PC into the transit map app? It is not listed under the apps that allow file transfer.
I used photoshop elements to convert from tiff to png.

[erich weaver]

Originally Posted by ronschreck

Any suggestions for a bluetooth GPS that works with the iPad? I don't have an internal GPS in my iPad.

Yes - This is what you want:

http://www.vansairforce.com/communit...&highlight=gns


erich

[Kevin Horton]

Originally Posted by uk_figs

How do I get the converted maps on my PC into the transit map app? It is not listed under the apps that allow file transfer.
I used photoshop elements to convert from tiff to png.

I just installed the Transit Maps app on my iPod Touch. Files can only be loaded into Transit Maps if they exist at a web URL. If the file you want is on your PC, the author expects you to set up a web server on your computer. This is a three-click job on a Mac (click System Preferences in the Dock, click Sharing, click the check box for Web Sharing), but I have no idea how to do that on Windows.

[ronschreck]

Originally Posted by erich weaver

Yes - This is what you want:

http://www.vansairforce.com/communit...&highlight=gns


erich

Agree. That's what I want. And I found it here for $25 less!

[erich weaver]

Not so fast Smokey...

Check the shipping charges. It's coming from Germany. I may have just saved your marriage.

Erich

[ronschreck]

Originally Posted by erich weaver

Not so fast Smokey...

Check the shipping charges. It's coming from Germany. I may have just saved your marriage.

Erich

OK, so I only saved $15. That's over three gallons of avgas! I can go fly. Or, better yet, maybe I should take the little woman out for breakfast. I hear my marriage is in trouble.

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by Kevin Horton

I just installed the Transit Maps app on my iPod Touch. Files can only be loaded into Transit Maps if they exist at a web URL. If the file you want is on your PC, the author expects you to set up a web server on your computer. This is a three-click job on a Mac (click System Preferences in the Dock, click Sharing, click the check box for Web Sharing), but I have no idea how to do that on Windows.

Under Linux it's next to trivial as well. For Windows, you can install a tiny web server that you can turn on and off for this purpose, there are a few free ones out there.

The iTunes App Store page for Transit Maps now says that version 2.1 added support for opening image files from "other apps such as mail." I haven't been able to figure out how to do that yet though.

A few months ago I contacted the author to see if he could add support for TIFF files natively, so you wouldn't have to convert them. He responded that he hadn't considered it, but would look into it. I suggested that being able to read a TIFF from within a ZIP file might be handy too, given how the FAA distributes the maps, but that would be a more significant programming task.

[hevansrv7a]

Originally Posted by Kevin Horton

I just installed the Transit Maps app on my iPod Touch. Files can only be loaded into Transit Maps if they exist at a web URL. If the file you want is on your PC, the author expects you to set up a web server on your computer. This is a three-click job on a Mac (click System Preferences in the Dock, click Sharing, click the check box for Web Sharing), but I have no idea how to do that on Windows.

I just installed Transit Maps on my iPod Touch and downloaded the jpg version of the back of the TAC for Detroit (19,323 kb - smaller than TAC or Sectional). The application choked on it. It said it was probably too big but offered me the choice of "processing" it anyhow. It has been running (says "processing") about 20 minutes and I don't know/can't tell if it is stuck or working. I will update if/when I know.

If you want to try it yourself, here is a link.

My initial reaction to this is "buy SkyCharts Pro" - it runs very well on the iPod Touch 4G.

[Kevin Horton]

Originally Posted by hevansrv7a

I just installed Transit Maps on my iPod Touch and downloaded the jpg version of the back of the TAC for Detroit (19,323 kb - smaller than TAC or Sectional). The application choked on it. It said it was probably too big but offered me the choice of "processing" it anyhow. It has been running (says "processing") about 20 minutes and I don't know/can't tell if it is stuck or working. I will update if/when I know.

If you want to try it yourself, here is a link.

I tried the Detriot TAC from that link, and got the same message about the file maybe being too big. But, it processed it in less than 3 minutes, and it works fine. Maybe you've got a background app that is hogging memory. You might try rebooting the iPod Touch and then trying the import again.

[Snowflake]

While it's kind of neat to have all the charts on your iPod Touch, i'm not sure how realistic it is to bother. You wouldn't want to try and pan/zoom around them in flight, and even on the ground I find my iPhone4 to be too small a screen to bother with map applications more complex than google maps to find a street.

Every map i've put on the iPad has triggered the "this map may be too large" warning, but every one has processed in a minute or two and works perfectly.

I just wish there was an easier way to get images into Transit Maps. That's really the only downside for me.