Thank you, I did finally figured it out but thanks for the total camander tip.

ok I was having this same problem and after trying a bunch of different things I noticed that when I unzipped the files it was putting them in bin/bin and lib/lib. Make sure the bin folder and lib folder are in the same directory. like gmaps/bin and gmaps/lib not gmaps/bin/bin and gmaps/lib/lib. Hope that helps



-Loki

Can't get the shortcut to work. I can get the emulator to work without the -xjam:run=1. but when I add the tag it gives me the can't be found/trusted error. Any ideas?

I use spb pocket plus and on the today function I hold down stylus select add > file > go to folder and select the emulator. Then I have quick access to it on the today screen


LôKî™

I used Totalcommander to go to the emulator file and highlight it and then go to file/A/create shortcut and then use the treeview to select the Windows\start menu\ programs and put the shortcut there.

I then renamed emulator.exe.lnk to Google Maps.lnk and it works perfect!

Thanks all.

Thanks so much for this. There is no way I would have figured this out on my own.

Succorso

Is there a way to get the VM into full screen mode? The options get cut off when you select the pushpins and it would be great to get it to take up the entire screen.

Great Find!

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Can someone be kind and give me a step by step install. Please asume that I know nothing. I know some things, but not this stuff. Thanks

Ok. I've tried out a whole bunch of configurations and finally have gotten this to work to my liking.

Here's a write up of the steps already outlined in the thread for those of you looking for a start.

1) Go get the 6.1 VM from IBM @ http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp...eme&S_PKG=dl61

Trial: WebSphere Everyplace Micro Environment ver 6.1 (MS Windows, Windows CE, Windows Pocket PC, Windows XP) is what you want.

Look for file name ibm-weme-wm50-arm-midp20-6.1.0-20060321-073242-781.exe since you have a QVGA phone and not a hi-res or smartphone. DrWowe has a thumbnail in this thread that shows how this will look. The one drawback to this version is that satellite images will not show. The version below will show satellite images.

The previous post mentioned getting ibm-weme-wm50-sp-arm-midp20-6.1.0-20060321-073117-918.exe however this causes the bottom of the screen to truncate the menu and not show the pinpoint information as in the google maps java demo. However, this version does allow you to use the 2 menu keys on the bottom of the phone to drive navigation. The version I suggest makes you tap the screen option.

Try each out and figure out which one you want. You can install both just in separate folders. I have both installed.

2) Install in your PC, the go to the folder: C:\Program Files\IBM\WEME\runtimes\61\wm50-arm-midp20

3) Extract the zip file weme-wm50-arm-midp20_6.1.0.20060317-111429.zip and copy the BIN and LIB folders to your storage card (about 3 megs). You can put this in any folder as long as the BIN and LIB folders are in this folder. The thread suggests \Storage Card\Program Files\J9\MIDP20 as the standard location.

4) Download 1.jad.txt from pc6700lover's post on 4.23.06 in this thread. Copy this file to your main phone memory root (/) and rename to 1.jad. I've included the file as an attachment for clarity.

5) Run the emulator.exe inside the \Storage Card\Program Files\J9\MIDP20\BIN. Choose install and point to the main phone memory root (/) and type /1.jad to install the 1.JAD file. This will download the Google java app and install the midlet.

6) Launch the midlet and enjoy!

7) (Optional) You probably want to create a program shortcut to launch the midlet directly from your programs list. Launch Total Commander and navigate to \Storage Card\Program Files\J9\MIDP20\BIN. Select File, >>>>> (A), create shortcut and specify \Windows\Start Menu\Programs. You can use the Tree button to find this folder. Navigate to the shortcut and rename to "Google Maps.lnk".

8 ) (Optional) Select the shortcut file and hit the notepad button in the bottom of Total Commander to edit the file. The contents of the shortcut should be the following:

256#"\Storage Card\Program Files\J9\MIDP20\bin\emulator.exe" -Xjam:run=1

If you read the install.pdf that comes with the VM you will see that this command will start the VM and run the first installed midlet.

Enjoy everyone!

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Thanks I will give this a try. can you explain where the (root) file is on my phone to put the 1.jad file? Do I need a reg edit program?
Sorry for being clueless

It's the root folder for your phone's main memory. This is listed in the file explorer and Total Commander as "/".

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Beautiful POST - Google maps on the phone is fantastic, and the satellite images are just freakin sweet! Giggity!

Just out of curiosity...where does all the information go once it has been downloaded from the internet...something like a cache...

Yes I'm wondering about the caching of maps as well.. I initially put my folders in the main memory but if i'm going to be caching huge map files i suppose i should move it to the storage card..?

I was unable to find the total commander folder. Is this only available on the Sprint Version 6700?

I was also unable to download the Trial: WebSphere Everyplace Micro Environment ver 6.1 (MS Windows, Windows CE, Windows Pocket PC, Windows XP) is what you want. It wants you to have a IBM email addy. Is there another program that I can use.

Thanks

don't know if this the temp directory of the cached maps, but ever since i ve installed j9, I've had 3 new folders in mydocuments. midlets, recordstore. and temp. they all carry files that have something to do with google maps.

Finally figured it out...
Thanks everyone

where do you get IBM VM?

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I just found another implementation of Google Maps and the other mapping applications out there in my search for GPS support in Google Maps.

Check out http://www.mgmaps.com/index.php.

Does anyone out there have a gps receiver? This program supports tracking your position. I'd like to get some feedback from people out there before I go buying a BT GPS receiver. I'm specifically interested in the Holux 236 if anyone has one out there.

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Regarding the shortcut for the emulator:

Another method I found posted at another site was to fix the association of .jad / .jar files so that by default, when clicked on, they would open the emulator. This can be done by the registry add below.

Note that two lines will need to be slightly modified to point directly to the location that you saved the emulator.exe file. In my case I have the emulator.exe saved on my storage card inside a folder named bin, which is inside another folder named ibm1.




[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\jadfile\Shell\Open\Command]
@="\"\\Storage Card\\ibm1\\bin\\emulator.exe\" \"-Xjam:install=file:%1\" -Xjam:showUI"


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\jarfile\Shell\Open\Command]
@="\"\\Storage Card\\ibm1\\bin\\emulator.exe\" \"-Xjam:install=file:%1\" -Xjam:showUI"


Attached is the registry file with the location of emulator shown above.




Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT]



[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\jadfile]
@="Application Descriptor"
"EditFlags"=dword:00010000


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\jadfile\Shell]
@="(value not set)"


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\jadfile\Shell\Open]
@="(value not set)"


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\jadfile\Shell\Open\Command]
@="\"\\Storage Card\\ibm1\\bin\\emulator.exe\" \"-Xjam:install=file:%1\" -Xjam:showUI"


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jad]
@="jadfile"


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\jarfile]
"EditFlags"=dword:00010000
@="Java Archive"


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\jarfile\Shell]
@="(value not set)"


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\jarfile\Shell\Open]
@="(value not set)"


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\jarfile\Shell\Open\Command]
@="\"\\Storage Card\\ibm1\\bin\\emulator.exe\" \"-Xjam:install=file:%1\" -Xjam:showUI"


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jar]
@="jarfile"



Thanks to Menneisyys at aximsite!

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emulator fix.zip (493 Bytes, 160 views)