[OSM-dev] GSOC 2009 - Update on Android navigation application using OSM data

[Iulian Banaga]

Hello all,

I am one of the students who have been accepted in GSOC 2009 programme on
behalf of OSM. Since the first period (community bonding) has passed a week
ago I feel like it would be nice to give you an update om my work. As the
work that needs to be accomplished for this app is huge I will not be too
active on the mailing lists, but I will provide updates regularly.

I was actively developing this app before getting in GSOC, so for the first
period (April 15th - May 23rd) my proposal was to finish the folowing tasks:
- work on the issues I have right now with rendering the labels
- create basic UI interface: buttons for zoom in/out, future navigation
buttons
- optimize rendering code

I spent a lot of time developing and I managed to accomplish all the tasks
mentioned above and some other tasks that were proposed for the second
period (May 23rd - July 6th) like:
- work on basic routing algorithm
- searching engine available

I just recorded a small demo on the emulator that describes the current
functionalities, and I made it public on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv_eMF8xkMg. Please have a look and tell me
what you think.

The application code will soon be pushed (I had to spend some time to clean
up and reorganize the code before I considered it good enough) to the Google
Code project I have created http://code.google.com/p/osm-android/ and then
everybody can give it a try and see how it works on the emulator. Feedback
is welcome!

My focus on the next period (until the mid term evaluations) will be on
thoroughly testing the renderer and the basic routing algorithm and
increasing performace where possible. I will also like to work on a layout
that can provide more information about the calculated route, like the total
distance, the estimated time and some other like the current position, the
current speed and so on.

Regards,
Iulian Banaga
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