We-Travel Working Full Tutorial (Voice, Directions, 3D, FullScreen, Touch)

We-Travel GPS tutorial by GeorMar

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We-Travel is an offline GPS, it gives you voice-guided directions and auto-rotating maps in 3D. It is the best choice for those without a data plan and do not want to use AmazeGPS. It is fully free and it is Java based.

Here's a tutorial that I have written to the best of my ability. Please tell me if anything does not work or there are any typos, etc.

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1. Download and install XAMPP for windows (I installed it at C:\xampp)
    You can find it at http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html#641

2. Go to C:\xampp\mysql\bin
3. open my.ini in notepad and do the following changes (first take note of your RAM size in your computer)
    a) innodb_buffer_pool_size = 80% of your RAM Value
        example for 2GB of Ram: innodb_buffer_pool_size = 1600M
    b) innodb_log_file_size = 25% of innodb_buffer_pool_size value
        example for innodb_buffer_pool_size = 1600M: innodb_log_file_size = 400M
    c) innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit = 0 (must be 0)
    d) under the line [mysqldump], max_allowed_packet = 32M
4. Go to Start > All Programs > XAMPP Control Panel
5. Run Apache and MySQL, and make sure the "Svc" checkboxes beside them are checked
5. The "Admin" button should be working, click on it. It should open the URL http://localhost/phpmyadmin
6. If you have a "WeTravel" or a similar database from a previous mysql installation, press on it to open the database page, at the bottom of the page, click on "Check All", and then at the top of the page, press "Drop" (which basically stands for delete), if you get any caution screens, press OK or continue.
7. Go to the home page if you are not already on it.
8. Under "MySQL localhost" you will find "Create new database", put "wetravel" in there and change "Collation" to "utf_general_ci" and make sure that "MySQL connection collation" is set to "utf_general_ci" as well. Click on the "Create" button.

9. That was the weird and complicated part (well, kinda)
10. Go to http://we-travel.co.cc/ and click on Downloads
11. Download V00.02 RC31 - Experimental, or V00.02 RC 30. (from under "Applications")
12. Download WeTravel_Mapgenerator_v0.1.2_Windows.zip (under "Tools" > "Mapgenerator")
13. Extract the WeTravel_Mapgenerator_v0.1.2_Windows.zip to a folder somewhere (ex. Desktop\WeTravel)
14. Run start Wetravel Mapgenerator.exe
15. Create new folders under the WeTravel folder to make things more organized (call them maps, and osm)
16. In the We-Travel properties screen, browse for the OSM and Maps Folders
17. Under MYSQL DATABASE:
     Host: localhost
     Name: wetravel
     User: root
     Pass: <empty>
18. Press OK to start the program

THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO CREATE MAPS, All using the mapgenerator. This is the one with the least amount of work. Look further down the tutorial for more ways.

19. Open Openstreetmap > Batch Cloudmade Generator (advanced users)
20. Chose the area that you want to use. (ex. Ohio (US State))
21. When Confronted with the "Create Tiles (Zoom 11->1)?" click "Yes"
22. "Also zoom 14->12?", click "NO" (that takes a really long time and has a greater chance to fail)
23. Wait for the download to finish. The size depends on the country's size, waypoints, and the number of streets and POIs. (ex. Ohio is 113086Kb big <--never thought I'd say that ever). After the download finishes it will extract a file that's about 2GB Large.
24. The Program Will Preload Files and do everything else automatically until it is finished. This can take hours or even days depending on the part of the map that you selected or the country that you are converting.

25. Install the RC31 package on your phone using TKFileExplorer, look for other tutorials if you need help with doing that.
26. Download the latest phoneinstaller from the we-travel website (http://we-travel.co.cc/joomla/index.php?option=com_phocadownload&view=category&id=27:phone-installer&Itemid=17&lang=en)
27. Attach the phone as Mass Storage
28. Open phoneInstaller and go through the installer until you get everything on your phone. Everything is really simple and self explanatory.
29. After the map is done converting, I would recommend that you transfer it as a .zip or .rar file and extract it on the memory card from windows (maps should be in their own folders under the main Maps Folder in the WeTravel Directory of your memory card, so like this: G:\WeTravel\Maps\OHIO\).
30. Open the WeTravel Program on your phone. When asked to scan for the Wetravel directory, press ok.
31. When asked about address. Press Cancel. You will get a blank map.
32. Go to Menu > Settings > Advanced > Map Config > Chose Map from drop-down list (ex. "OHIO")
31. Go back the settings menu > GPS > Internal GPS.
32. To enable full screen, go to Menu > Settings > Screen > Full Screen (press on "Windowed")
33. To enable 3D, go to Menu > Settings > Screen > 3D (set to 3D on)
      Also, go to Menu > Settings > Advanced > Screen Details > Check "Float 3D" box
34. To enable Touch Screen, go to Menu > Settings > Advanced > Screen Details > check "Touch Screen" box.
35. To rotate screen as desired, go to Menu > Settings > Advanced > Screen Details > Screen Orientation
36. Hopefully it would work.

Please do tell if this has worked on your phone.

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Pre-generated Maps from We-Travel:
1. Go to we-travel.co.cc
2. Go to Downloads tab
3. Under Maps, you will find may sources of User generated and Pre-generated maps.

Pre-generated Maps from bplaced
1. go to http://gps.bplaced.net/cms/
2. on the left, you should find different continents, search over there to try and find your country and map.


OSM-Maps
1. Go to http://downloads.cloudmade.com/
2. Find your country or State by going through the continents.
3. Download the file ending in .osm.bz2, it should be the largest of the files (in most cases) (ex. ohio.osm.bz2 (110.4M))
4. Open the downloaded file with winrar.
5. Drag and Drop the file included someplace that you will remember (ex. desktop)
6. The extraction process will take a while. Please be patient. OSM Files can be HUGE.
7. Open Mapgenerator as indicated above in the tutorial.
8. Under the Map Properties tab, you should find "OSM Path" with an empty box beside it and a "Brows.." button, click on the "Brows.." button.
9. Find the .osm file that you have extracted earlier and open it.
10. Click on Osm to WeTravel.
11. "Give a name for Your Map" <--can be whatever you like, Press oK
12. Zoom 11 ->1, YES
13. Also Zoom 14 -> 12, NO
14. This conversion process can take hours or even days, leave your computer with minimal usage or programs, do not overload the computer or it will shut down or give you a blue screen.
15. After it is done, It should give you the option to go to the Map directory, press yes.
16. Zip the "Map" folder that is included. You can change the folder to any name you like, preferably to the name of the map as well as the date that it was generated.
17. Copy the Zip file to your Maps folder under the WeTravel folder on your phone's memory card (ex. G:\WeTravel\Maps)
18. Extract the folder from the zip file.
19. Go to Menu > Settings > Advanced > Map Config > Chose Map from drop-down list (ex. "OHIO")

Garmin Maps if you have a pre-existing Garmin Map
NOTE: WeTravel MapGenerator does not work with NT (non-tiled) Garmin Maps.
1. Open WeTravel Mapgenerator as indicated above in tutorial.
2. File > Open Garmin Navigation Map (or Garmin topo (topographical) map)
3. Go to your previously downloaded or stored Garmin Map (should be a file ending in .img)
4. Select Garmin to WeTravel.
5. follow from step 11 from the OSM-Maps tutorial right above this one.

Download a small area from the map; city, county, etc.
1. Open WeTravel MapGenerator as indicated above in tutorial.
2. Press on Openstreetmap > Download Area > Download Area
3. Find the part of the map that you want to download. Move the map using the right mouse button, and select a bounding box using left mouse button.
4. Click on Download.
5. It should say: Downloading... Please be patient.. If it gives an error, try changing the download server (Openstreetmap > Download Area > Change Download Server) to http://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/trackpoints?bbox=
NOTE: The api number (0.6) may change in the future. As of this time, it is still 0.6
6. If all goes well and the download is finished, follow from step # 11 from OSM-Maps tutorial above.

Select a small area from pre-existing map
1. Follow the above tutorials to select a Garmin or Openstreetmap map.
2. Do not hit the "Garmin to WeTravel" or "OSM to WeTravel" buttons.
3. If the selected is a Garmin Map:
    a. go to Garmin > Generate Area
    b. Select area by moving the map using the left mouse button, and selecting the area using the right mouse button.
    c. Click Generate
4. If the selected is an OSM map file:
    a. go to Osmstreetmap > Generate Area
    b. Give a name to your map, preferably with a date as to avoid confusion later
    c. It will preload the map, then give you a prompt to select the area you wish to select.
    d. Move the map using the left mouse button, select the area using the right mouse button.
5. Follow from step # 11 from OSM-Maps tutorial above.

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Columbus, OH (+ surrounding areas)

If you have generated a map and would like me to post it here, please PM me the link and information of the map as well as the link to the map. Megaupload is preferred.

Nice work...that is a lot of steps...also we travel sounds like a nintendo game lol.

Hey what is up with all those changes in mysql? Never did that before. Is that new on their forum? I havent checked in for over a month.  Is xammp the same as mysql?

Helpp you are already way above me. i just installed mysql and ran it and the ran the map generator. I dont recall seeing anything on their forum about this.

I take it you know what you are doing then? lol. How was we-travel? Did you use OSM or garmin. Last US garmin that was non NT was 2008. I have a copy of that. Thats what I was trying to use. OSM cloudmade was about 10 years behind for my area. I really like the looks of it about 4 months ago when I played with it. There was a black menu that looked great on our phone. But I tried making maps forever and never got anywhere. They would complete but with no cities.

Just want to clarify should we try to keep with the same size limit for the maps as mgmaps? or if this also works on the eternity should we let them try to make a bigger map incase it still bricks our phone?

Also thanks for the tutorial it was well written some confusing parts at the beginning but that was more to do with not understanding what you are having us do.

Cookies for you!

*update*
im having trouble downloading a map (Michigan) using the first method. I keep on getting Error Downloading osmmap. any ideas? also have tried the other ways and keep getting the same error message except for the garmin map

I also did the OSM Method but also after getting to Load POI Info got an error will try again this time with less stuff running in the background

well what i did was shutdown the program and restart it and now it works just great and been making a map for 1 day halfway done