RoutinoFrontend
I’ve just released Routino Frontend to the world wild web. The current code needs manual installation. A proper installer will be created only in case I see there’s some interest in this application.
Routino Frontend will start the GPS subsystem and allow you to get the current GPS location as departure or destination. Additionally, up to three via points are accepted.
To get the coordinates for via or destination points, go to Mappero, point the map to the desired location, press the left uppermost on-screen button, choose »Show Position« and copy it to the device’s clipboard.
After a route is calculated, the resulting file will be placed in the documents folder of the device, ready to be loaded into Mappero or Maep.
The code is in its early stages and needs refactoring. Please note that the current frontend will invoke routino in blocking mode. As soon as you process a route, Routino Frontend will not return before it finished. In case you calculate a long route, this means that Routino will eat all your CPU, memory, swap memory and battery power until it has done its job (which means that you probably need to remove the battery to quit it).
If you are more familiar with Python (and especially its subprocess module) as I am and you can help to add a nice cancel button which reliably kills Routino please drop me a line.
