GSoC 2010/Projects/the Tablet of Adventure

(New page: ==The Tablet of Adventure== * '''student:''' Susanna Huhtanen * '''mentor:''' Henri Bergius * '''Project Status:''' accepted, in development * '''Repository''': http://github.com/cannoner...)
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===Progress===
===Progress===
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'''what works'''
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* geohash algorithm
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* distance between your location and destination
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* osmgps map
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* pointers for your location and destination location
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'''what doesn't'''
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* bearing - needs some debugging in the mathematics of great circle navigation
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* social features - will be done using Qaiku
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* custom adventures (friend race) - adventure editor not implemented
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* selecting between adventures - selector not implemented

Revision as of 17:03, 11 July 2010

The Tablet of Adventure

Status updates for the project can be found on the blog


Project summary

The Tablet of Adventure is a tool for generating and sharing location-based adventures with Maemo devices. The adventures may be manually created or follow the Geohashing "automatic adventure generator" concept as popularized by the xkcd comic (#426)

Progress

what works

  • geohash algorithm
  • distance between your location and destination
  • osmgps map
  • pointers for your location and destination location

what doesn't

  • bearing - needs some debugging in the mathematics of great circle navigation
  • social features - will be done using Qaiku
  • custom adventures (friend race) - adventure editor not implemented
  • selecting between adventures - selector not implemented