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==The Tablet of Adventure==
 
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* '''student:''' Susanna Huhtanen
* '''student:''' Susanna Huhtanen
* '''mentor:''' Henri Bergius
* '''mentor:''' Henri Bergius
* '''Project Status:''' accepted, in development
* '''Project Status:''' accepted, in development
* '''Repository''': http://github.com/cannonerd/adventure_tablet
* '''Repository''': http://github.com/cannonerd/adventure_tablet
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* '''Package''': http://maemo.org/packages/view/adventure-tablet/
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* '''Homepage''': http://cannonerd.wordpress.com/the-tablet-of-adventure/
Status updates for the project can be found on [http://cannonerd.wordpress.com/ the blog]
Status updates for the project can be found on [http://cannonerd.wordpress.com/ the blog]
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==Project summary==
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===Project summary===
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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)
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)
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===Progress===
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==Progress==
'''what works'''
'''what works'''
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* osmgps map
* osmgps map
* pointers for your location and destination location
* pointers for your location and destination location
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* bearing
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* selecting between adventures - added hardcoded Malmi adventure until custom adventures are supported
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* a finish for a mission
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* social features
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* generate new Geohash at midnight
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* custom adventures
'''what doesn't'''
'''what doesn't'''
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* bearing - needs some debugging in the mathematics of great circle navigation
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* generate neighboring graticules Geohashes (i.e. Helsinki and Vantaa)
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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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[[Category:Google Summer of Code]]
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* selecting between adventures - selector not implemented
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Latest revision as of 15:41, 2 August 2010

Status updates for the project can be found on the blog

[edit] 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)

[edit] Progress

what works

  • geohash algorithm
  • distance between your location and destination
  • osmgps map
  • pointers for your location and destination location
  • bearing
  • selecting between adventures - added hardcoded Malmi adventure until custom adventures are supported
  • a finish for a mission
  • social features
  • generate new Geohash at midnight
  • custom adventures

what doesn't

  • generate neighboring graticules Geohashes (i.e. Helsinki and Vantaa)