MotionX GPS ridaje !

[marcothecorfurovers]

Tempo fa introdussi il tema per capire come ripristinare l'uso di Motion X. Chiesi anche al team di supporto Motion X quale fosse la ragione per cui non si potessero più scaricare le mappe e la risposta fu la seguente:

Hi Marco,

Thank you for contacting the MotionX® support team. After years of offering a top-rated GPS app for the iPhone, we have made the difficult decision to remove MotionX-GPS from the iTunes App Store. We realize MotionX-GPS has a large following but those who already own MotionX-GPS will be able to continue using it. There are some features that will no longer be supported in the app due to the infrastructure costs associated with ongoing hosting. These include:

Sharing waypoints or tracks with others via the built-in email sharing (alternative methods are available — see the attached document)
Auto Live Position Updates
Wikipedia Search
MotionX Road and MotionX Terrain map types (Apple, Google, Bing, NOAA, and custom maps will continue to be available)
By the way, you can add Thunderforst maps (the provider for MotionX maps) directly to MotionX-GPS with the Custom Map URL feature (Menu > Setup > Custom Map Types). You can also download map tiles from any custom maps you add for offline use. This feature is an add-on, which will need to be unlocked. Let us know if you'd like more information on the Custom Map URL and how to add Thunderforst maps?

Thunderforst Sign Up & URL Format for MotionX-GPS: https://tile.thunderforest.com/MAP_TYPE/[z]/[x]/[y].png?apikey=YOUR_UNIQUE_API_KEY
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Nonostante rientri fra i possessori che possono fare uso dell'app senza ricomprarla, devo comunque creare un account su Thunderforest.com, per poter scaricare le mappe sul mio device, che richiede una API Key. Nonostante me la cavi piuttosto bene con l'inglese, il testo é decisamente lungo e pieno di specifiche per cui vorrei trovare qualcuno che possa sintetizzare e rendere tutto più semplice. Qualcuno del gruppo l'ha già fatto e ha tempo e modo di supportarci (me ed altri eventuali possessori delusi)? Grazie

[marcothecorfurovers]

Hi Marco,

I've included information on the Custom Map URL feature (along with an example URL from USGS) and information on how to add Thunderforst Maps to MotionX-GPS below. This will be the only way to download and store Thunderforest maps (the provider of MotionX maps).



Custom Map URLs:
The Custom Map URL format is specific to the map provider and it varies from map provider to map provider. It consists of a text string beginning with "http://" or "https://", has a domain name, some possible parameters, and there will be some symbols that MotionX-GPS substitutes with real-time tile request information when it contacts the server. You will need this feature unlocked at Menu > Setup > Purchases and you can enter URLs at Menu > Setup > Custom Map Types > New. If you'd like to make the map downloadable, toggle "Download map for offline use" after entering the URL.

The possible symbols that MotionX-GPS accepts in the URL are [X], [Y] and [Z] coordinates and zoom or [T] or [Q] for the quadrant.

To lookup map imagery in a map provider’s database, most will use tile coordinates of x and y, plus zoom, however, some map providers use a single quadrant coordinate instead. While some map servers expect zoom/y/x in the URL for the tile request, other map providers use different formats, and unfortunately, there is no specific standard ordering. For instance, you may receive the following URL to use for the map server:

https://tile.examplemap.org/terrain/3/2/1.png
In order for MotionX-GPS to properly fetch tiles from a map provider, a generalized prototype URL scheme must be furnished. This generalized URL scheme will be used by MotionX-GPS to fetch any tile, at any coordinate, with any zoom. To accomplish this, the symbols "[X]", "[Y]", and "[Z]" (without the quotes) is inserted in the place of explicit coordinates.

With the example URL given above, a custom map types can be created to be used in MotionX-GPS by mixing the known explicit URL with the symbols representing x, y, and zoom to form a custom map prototype URL:

https://tile.examplemap.org/terrain/[Z]/[X]/[Y].png
When MotionX-GPS needs a map tile fetched from a provider, it will replace the "[X]", "[Y]", and "[Z]" symbols with the actual coordinates and zoom for the tile required, and then use the resulting URL to contact the map provider's server to fetch the map tile.

Note that some map providers dispense of the coordinate/zoom scheme altogether and use a single quadrant parameter instead. This quadrant may be specified in the prototype URL using the "[T]" symbol or "[Q]" symbol (no quotes).

You can perform a search online for "map servers URLs" to find map tile servers of your own to use. Here’s an example of USGS’s topographic map server URL formatted correctly for MotionX-GPS.

USGS Provided Topo Map URL:

https://basemap.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/ ... /MapServer
USGS Topo Map URL Formatted for MotionX-GPS (Copy & Paste into MotionX-GPS):

https://basemap.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/ ... rver/tile/[Z]/[Y]/[X]
Select here for all USGS URLs
Note: The X, Y, Z, Q, and T values in URLs are generalized parameters, and are included in these URLs intentionally. Do not replace them with actual numeric coordinates, except for testing in an external web browser.



Adding Thunderforst Maps:
Go to Thunderforest's website to sign up for an account, enter your details, and then select "Create Account."
Next, go to your email, find the message sent to you by Thunderforest, and then select "confirm my account".
You should be redirected to sign-in to your Thunderforest account. Once you're signed in, scroll down to the "Tile Layers URLs" section in the dashboard, and then copy the URL for the map type you'd like to use.
Open MotionX-GPS and go to Menu > Setup > Custom Map Types > New, and paste the URL.
Modify the URL to change curly braces into square brackets, i.e. for the Outdoors map, you would modify as follows:
BEFORE:
https://tile.thunderforest.com/outdoors/{z}/{x}/{y}.png?apikey=your-unique-api-key
AFTER:
https://tile.thunderforest.com/outdoors/[z]/[x]/[y].png?apikey=your-unique-api-key


All the best,
Tom Lewin

[Carl]

Per quello che ne so motion x è defunto, qualche mese fa mi hanno fatto pagare per poter scaricare le mappe personalizzate perchè le altre non si scaricavano piu e poi dopo poco anche le personalizzate non si scaricano piu.

Non ho capito dal tuo messaggio se per te funziona.

[Carl]

Scusa mi pare di capire dal tuo testo alla fine del messaggio che chiedi suggerimenti, mi era sfuggito.

Come dicevo sopra ho seguito la loro procedura lunga e complicata e secondo me butti via i soldi perchè per poco tempo ho scaricato delle mappe ma ad oggi non si puo piu