UDB Waypoint editor

Team,

I've just added a new tool to both the SVN repository and the project downloads. It's a simple web page that you can download and use to graphically edit waypoints using Google Maps. A few of us have been using the alpha version for the last couple of months and felt it was ready to share with a wider audience.

You can download the file from the project's featured downloads, udb_waypoints.html or from SVN in the newly created "waypoint_editor" folder under the tools folder. Either way, save the file on your local machine somewhere and then open it with your favorite web browser. From there, you can choose to copy in your own waypoints file, or start with the sample waypoints pattern provided.

Modifying waypoints is pretty simple, either click on an empty space on the map to add a new waypoint, or click on an existing waypoint to edit it. Waypoints can have any of the supported flags assigned to them, set their altitude individually, and have their camera view point set individually. This version of the tool supports both absolute and relative waypoints. When the home waypoint (with the center dot on it) is moved, the tool will try to save your home location as a cookie (or using local storage if your browser is HTML 5 compliant) and restore it the next time you load the page. If you are using the relatively new "FIXED_ORIGIN_LOCATION" option in your waypoints, the tool will automatically use that as your home location.

As with almost everything in this project, your feedback is greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

Adam Barrow

Update August 25th: Sorry for the confusion with the first version -- I've uploaded version 1.4.1 (check the title of the page to see what version you have) that should work much better. It has been updated to use Google Maps API v3 (v2 seems to be broken for some newer browsers) and I also fixed some issues with cross-browser cookie handling. Thanks again for all your feedback. Please let me know either here or on the UAVdevboard mailing list if you have any other feedback.

Hi Viky,

Adam is working the problem. There was a beta version of the tool that worked ok, but had some rough edges. In polishing off the rough edges in preparing for a release, Adam apparently created some new bugs.

The released version does not work for me, either. No map displayed. The beta version was working just fine on my computer, so I sent it to Adam so he could compare it with the released version.

It is my understanding that Adam's paying job keeps him rather busy, so it may take him a while to fix it. Adam is like most of the UDB developers in that respect, he is a volunteer. I told him when he released the UDB waypoint editor tool that "No good deed goes unpunished."

I am sure that he will make an announcement when he re-releases it.

I accept the responsibility for this. My exchange with Chris Anderson prompted Adam to hurry up with the release.

So, I apologize to everyone.

Sorry.

Best regards,
Bill

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Riccardo Kuebler August 25, 2010 at 11:13pm

Adam,

it seems I'm the only one unable to have it working :(
I'm using previous, slightly modified, versions instead. They work well I don't understand why (the latest isn't). Btw. the actual version is working on a pc with W7, but unfortunately this is not the pc I use for those things (XP, sp3, Chrome, Firefox, IE8).

Best regards,

Ric
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Morli August 25, 2010 at 11:09am

It is in the download section though it does not say so. I run win 7 x86 32 bit and works fine so far.
Earl August 25, 2010 at 8:44am

Nice !
I run win7 and it seams to work fine.
Earl
3D Robotics

Chris Anderson August 25, 2010 at 8:16am

Adam has updated the version in the SVN repository to 1.4.1 and that works fine for me. Solves all the problems with this version. I expect he'll be posting it in the downloads section soon.
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Morli August 25, 2010 at 2:16am

Thanks Chris.
The updated ver is now available from google repository. It works and I have tested it in IE, Firefox, and Opera. It is also tested in Safari. Link to download is here, for some reason older version gets downloaded from cache some times and it may not work. The updated version is 31kb size.
Vikram August 24, 2010 at 9:15pm

Its alright billu bhaiya, we will wait till it works.Thanks to you and adam , apart from ur busy schedules you r doing a lot for community. Its quite useful tool, so it tempted me to try it at the earliest.
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Morli August 24, 2010 at 12:40pm

Thanks Billu Bhaiya. I don't think we can attach files with post in Ning .
T3

William Premerlani August 24, 2010 at 12:36pm

Hi Morli,

I tried to attach the beta version to this post, but something is blocking it, so I emailed it to you instead.

Best regards,
Billu Bhaiya
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Morli August 24, 2010 at 12:25pm

Can you point me to the beta version?, may be I can take look at it and see if I can help . I was able to fix the key issue but not the " no map " white screen yet :(. Thanks
T3

William Premerlani August 24, 2010 at 8:28am

Hi Viky,

Adam is working the problem. There was a beta version of the tool that worked ok, but had some rough edges. In polishing off the rough edges in preparing for a release, Adam apparently created some new bugs.

The released version does not work for me, either. No map displayed. The beta version was working just fine on my computer, so I sent it to Adam so he could compare it with the released version.

It is my understanding that Adam's paying job keeps him rather busy, so it may take him a while to fix it. Adam is like most of the UDB developers in that respect, he is a volunteer. I told him when he released the UDB waypoint editor tool that "No good deed goes unpunished."

I am sure that he will make an announcement when he re-releases it.

I accept the responsibility for this. My exchange with Chris Anderson prompted Adam to hurry up with the release.

So, I apologize to everyone.

Sorry.

Best regards,
Bill

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