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 ====== grp1 - TeamNullPointerException ====== ====== grp1 - TeamNullPointerException ======
-  - Oskar Sonninen -- Student Number -- LUT +  - Oskar Sonninen -- 0326770 -- LUT 
-  - Mikko Kaistinen -- Student Number -- LUT +  - Mikko Kaistinen -- 0334791 -- LUT 
-  - Anssi Salo -- Student Number -- LUT +  - Anssi Salo -- 0259245 -- LUT
  
 ===== Idea ===== ===== Idea =====
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 {{:maemo2010:grp1:GRP1_Maemo_presentation.pdf|}} {{:maemo2010:grp1:GRP1_Maemo_presentation.pdf|}}
  
 +  * Main idea; simple gps tracker which gives users position on the map.
 +  * Coding language Python
 +  * Should work on LUT campus area
 +  * Gives gps data to the workers on 8th building phase construction site
  
 ===== Workflow ===== ===== Workflow =====
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 **10.30-13.59**: Implementing location warning and tweaking GPS coordinate conversion **10.30-13.59**: Implementing location warning and tweaking GPS coordinate conversion
 +
 **13.59-14.00**: Wrinting wiki and slides ;) **13.59-14.00**: Wrinting wiki and slides ;)
  
 +
 +===== Implementation =====
 +
 +Code was done using pymaemo (python designed for maemo that uses gtk for layout management). GPS coordinate conversion to distance was done using formula found from the
 +[[http://cyberpython.wordpress.com/2010/03/31/python-calculate-the-distance-between-2-points-given-their-coordinates/|web]].
  
  
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 ^Feature ^ Priority ^ Status | ^Feature ^ Priority ^ Status |
-|GUI|1|x| +|GUI|1|Done| 
-|GPS coordinates|1|x| +|GPS coordinates|1|Done| 
-|Map|1|x| +|Map|1|Done| 
-|Converting GPS coordinates to metric format|1|working on it| +|Converting GPS coordinates to metric format|1|Done| 
-|Warning of closing boss|1|x | +|Warning of closing boss|1|Done| 
-|Making a marker to map based on coordinates|1|dropped| +|Making a marker to map based on coordinates|1|Dropped| 
-|User triggered manual refresh|2|dropped |+|User triggered manual refresh|2|Dropped |
 |Reading other devices GPS coordinates|2|will not be implemented at on codecamp| |Reading other devices GPS coordinates|2|will not be implemented at on codecamp|
  
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 ===== Conclusion ===== ===== Conclusion =====
  
-● Maemo didn't have good functions to draw +● Maemo didn't have good python libraries to draw image layers.
-images over images+
  
-● Layout was quite tricky (still not what we +● Layout was quite tricky to make (still not what we 
-wanted)+wanted).
  
 ● GPS was hard to debug because connetions ● GPS was hard to debug because connetions
-to satellites can't be made inside+to satellites can't be made inside. Maemo Xephyr couldn't emulate GPS easily. 
 + 
 +● Scratchbox wasn't all too useful. It broke down once and Xephyr can't be rebooted without using command-line. 
  
-● Scratchbox wasn't all too useful+● Python hugely fastened development.