New Application Beta: You Are Here (Free Beta) - Page 2

eposadas · #16 03-04-2009, 12:35 PM

Dude, this is exactly what I've been looking for...for a while now. We could use it to email my boss saying, hey, this road sign needs attention ( I work for a DOT) ...or this bridge has been damaged....and in my signature is my exact location, and even a map! Perfect. Only problem is that I can't get it to work on my Curve. Still have a blank signature.....

M3ta · #17 03-04-2009, 12:41 PM

9000 / 4.6.0.241

Doesn't work.

Matt Cason · #18 03-04-2009, 01:57 PM

have it enabled and checked for my email address and setup for google maps like and used the default sig that it had in there, but even after a battery pull I only get my standard sig on my Verizon Storm 9530 running 4.7.109

juched · Thread Author #19 03-04-2009, 02:50 PM

Let me review some things in the code. This works fine on my Bold and another bold a friend has.

Try disabling and re-enabling while outside. After a few minutes (sometimes GPS takes forever to return) when you re-enter the "you are here" selection under options it should show you "Last known GPS coordinates". If that doesn't show then the app didn't get a valid response from the GPS.

I will also try to put up an update with event logging for errors.

Thanks!

juched · Thread Author #20 03-04-2009, 02:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by M3ta

9000 / 4.6.0.241

Doesn't work.

I am running 4.6.0237, and the other bold is 162.

juched · Thread Author #21 03-04-2009, 02:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by disturbedenergy

Doesn't seem to work on my storm.

1) The list of email accounts is incomplete. It is listing 4 accounts, when I have 5.

2) The only options I have are to select the email account and enable. There are no other options.

3) Even after selecting one of the email accounts, and enabling, it does not save.

Sounds to me like your last email address is causing an exception in the code, and then the rest of the options are not rendered. Is there anything different about that last account?

A logging build will help.

thanks for the feedback, I will work on this.

eposadas · #22 03-04-2009, 03:32 PM

Got it to work on my Curve. Two questions.

1. How do I get a flag to show on the Google Maps? It just shows the general area.

2. When I click on the link in the email from my device...I'm sent to Google's homepage. Is this just a setting I need to change?

juched · Thread Author #23 03-04-2009, 08:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eposadas

Got it to work on my Curve. Two questions.

1. How do I get a flag to show on the Google Maps? It just shows the general area.

I will have to see how they set a flag via the URL.

2. When I click on the link in the email from my device...I'm sent to Google's homepage. Is this just a setting I need to change?

Google maps detects the blackberry browser and goes to the standard page.

kb9jmq · #24 03-04-2009, 09:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by juched

kb9jmq, how would you use such an app? I am curious.
this may not be a very popular app, but it may appeal to some... so I built it!

In geocaching you know the GPS coordinates of an item and you try to find it. Rather than lug some GPS device around I would love to just use my Storm since I use if for everything else already. I figure if my phone can hand my coordinates to Google for its maps it could let me see them also

juched · Thread Author #25 03-05-2009, 09:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by disturbedenergy

Doesn't seem to work on my storm.

1) The list of email accounts is incomplete. It is listing 4 accounts, when I have 5.

2) The only options I have are to select the email account and enable. There are no other options.

3) Even after selecting one of the email accounts, and enabling, it does not save.

I updated the beta to version 0.9.2. Can you try this version (just re-install on top) and then send me your Event Logs? This will help me determine what is happening on your device.

Thanks!

juched · Thread Author #26 03-05-2009, 09:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matt Cason

have it enabled and checked for my email address and setup for google maps like and used the default sig that it had in there, but even after a battery pull I only get my standard sig on my Verizon Storm 9530 running 4.7.109

I will try with a signature setup as well. Can you try version 0.9.2 and send me logs as well?

Thanks!

juched · Thread Author #27 03-05-2009, 11:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matt Cason

have it enabled and checked for my email address and setup for google maps like and used the default sig that it had in there, but even after a battery pull I only get my standard sig on my Verizon Storm 9530 running 4.7.109

Some digging has shown that Verizon blocks access to the GPS from native BB apps which are not provided by them.

BlackBerry Support Community Forums - Re: Storm, Verizon, and GPS - BlackBerry 9500 Series Smartphone - BlackBerry Storm - BlackBerry Support Community Forums

Looks like Google Maps just got approved by them.

Thanks!

eposadas · #28 03-05-2009, 11:54 AM

Not that you asked for any.....but how difficult would it be to make this accessible with an icon? (I'm really asking because I have zero programming experience). In my opinion, this is a cool app....but would be more useful if you could enable/disable with a click or two. That way you can easily pick and choose who you want to receive your lat/long...

disturbedenergy · #29 03-05-2009, 12:41 PM

Juched,

Actually, there are at least a dozen Verizon apps that are not native that support GPS. Four off the top of my head are WhereRYu, Poynt, Blip, Where.

dE

juched · Thread Author #30 03-05-2009, 01:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by disturbedenergy

Juched,

Actually, there are at least a dozen Verizon apps that are not native that support GPS. Four off the top of my head are WhereRYu, Poynt, Blip, Where.

dE

Thanks for the heads up. I will wait for the logs to review then and see what error is occuring.