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google map, Processing (Score:0)
I know you're doing your own thing, that's cool, but maybe it'd be simpler as a google map app? (If possible.) I guess the problem would be updating the data.
What you're doing reminded me incidentally of using Processing [processing.org]. It's possible to export as either a Java app or as an applet for a browser. (The main problems for me with Processing are: 1) it's Java-based, 2) the IDE seems buggy in Linux (at least I had problems sketches, as it would freeze the IDE).)
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Yeah, this should have been a Google Maps app. I looked at the API briefly but felt bogged down. Also, I don't have GPRS/EDGE any more, so I wanted something that worked off-line with the on-line version being an after thought. I have played with Processing a bit. Where I got stuck with it was CPU usage and the Flash-like fps thing, where it tries to draw so many frames per second regardless of whether anything has changed on the screen. It had some threads that were very CPU hungry that I really didn'