(The title screen artwork is by Art Fitzpatrick and can be purchased here. I just felt that a link would be the right thing to do, in return for borrowing part of this great painting - ’69 Pontiac GTO at Hydra Island 
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Clicking on the Save Car Location button saves 4 clicks…
and takes you right to this screen…
Click on Coordinates, then Done, and your Car’s present parked location is in memory.
To locate your parked car…
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QuickSilver CarLocator ~ Version 1.47
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Reincorporated the additional Pin/Unpin feature of the Map cursor popup menu that Mio had removed for the C220 and C230. To add a thumbtack pin, tap the screen where you’d like it to appear and select Pin. To delete a pin, tap the pin and select Unpin.
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OP’s incorporation of the Binocular button (Fit Route view on screen) and the Route calculator button (Recalculate toggling method each time, also known as the trip computer) borrowed from the Olivercp Skin (GREAT JOB OP!!) in the Browse Map screen. I tweaked the placement of these buttons to make them easier to access with your finger.
Note that these buttons only appear if there is a route in memory.
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OP’s incorporation of the POI button in the Cockpit screen and his subsequent button added in version 1.47 in the Map Settings menu to toggle it’s display on the map screen.
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I took the liberty of upgrading OP’s POI button so that it matches the other POI buttons in this package.
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CD’s improved Browse Map and Cockpit View icons, with matching toggle buttons while in Map View and Cockpit View.
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Ameridan’s revised flyover button, again just to be unique and replace the fly with a biplane.
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Ameridan’s revised Coordinates button (trail boots).
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Ameridan’s revised Address button (mailbox).
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Name change to “Quicksilver CarLocator”.
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Reincorporated the factory Message Panel, along with my own buttons, since I felt the Quicksilver version was too bland.
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I’ve also revised screens and icons to give this skin it’s own look (Version 1.42 was CD’s Quicksilver ‘66 skin) and tweaked some of the original code that basically named the favorites Home and Work on some of the screens, regardless of any renaming you may have done, so that they reflect your changes as much as possible.
This skin by default names the two favorites Home and Car, and the main screen has a new button to program your current location and assigns it to Car, the intent being that it will facilitate finding your Car later.
This is a skin alternative, not an Unlock package, and can be used as a new skin without unlocking – just don’t use the Exit button.
To avoid a lot of confusion when doing Route preplanning, stay in Browse Map mode with Auto-Recalculation turned off, since Cockpit mode is always focused on your current location and will appear to be ignoring your route.
Version Log…
QuickSilver Reborn – A MioMap 3.3 Skin
Created By Ashwin Wavde
Inspired by Quicksilver for MioMap 3.2 by Matt Mullins (roscoe)
QuickSilver Reborn 1.0
* QuickSilver 1.0 for MioMap 3.2 modded for MioMap 3.3
* Added Cockpit Bar transparency
* Fixed turn distance guide visibility
* Various other improvements
QuickSilver Reborn 1.1
Compiled 2:56 PM 4/08/2007
*Adding compatability for split-screen data.zip
QuickSilver Reborn 1.3
*Added simple static car over arrow
Quicksilver ‘66 for C230
*Icons redone by CD
*GTO car over cockpit arrow - CD
*added toggle buttons cockpit view <-> browse map view – CD
*config folder fixed for C230 (roundabouts weren’t being announced) – ameridan
Quicksilver CarLocator for C230 1.45
Compiled 6:00 PM 2/15/2008
*2nd favorite tailored to Car location, rather than Work – ameridan
*All Favorite icons redone – ameridan
*New shortcut button on Main Screen to input location coordinates of parked car – ameridan
Quicksilver CarLocator for C230 1.46
Compiled 7:30 PM 2/27/2008
*added the the Binocular (Fit Route view on screen) and Route calculator (Recalculate toggling method each time) from the Olivercp Skin to the Browse Map screen – OP
*added POI button to cockpit screen – OP
*redid POI button to match others – ameridan
Quicksilver CarLocator 1.47
[probably the final version of CarLocator as community efforts to refine skin further will be without my dedicated CarLocator feature] – ameridan
Compiled 12:00 PM 3/6/2008
*toggle for displaying POI button added to Map Settings – OP
*redid flyover button – ameridan
*added pin/unpin button to browse_map cursor popup – ameridan
Version 1.47 download is available HERE. The file DATA.ZIP should simply replace (after backing up your original) AS-IS (don’t unzip):
- \My Flash Disk\MioMap\MioMap2\DATA.ZIP, if C230 is unlocked
OR if you are using my Menu with Skin Management, place DATA.ZIP into a folder in your SD card’s Skins folder named “Quicksilver CarLocator″
As an option to try out Dominique’s Skins trick in an unlocked C230, copy the “SKIN” folder from the Version 1.46 download into \My Flash Disk\MioMap\MioMap2 (or the contents of DATA.ZIP within should be added into \My Flash Disk\MioMap\MioMap2\SKIN\DATA.ZIP). See the Blog on Version 1.46 for more on this.
What I have in mind for a geocache / straight-line navigation screen…
By changing the value of compass_type in the [debug] section of SYS.TXT from the default of 0 to 1,2, or 3 [option 3 doesn't appear to function in US units]- the compass arrow takes on a different appearance, as shown above.
I was hoping to find the bmp file that produces the compass images above, similiar to the diriconbig.bmp file that is used for visual indications in the cockpit screen (I’ve uncompressed it to see what it looks like - it is shown on the right).
Using that as a guide, I wanted to produce a compass rose (like the one shown below) in various positions to produce a screen on this order. If this doesn’t work out, perhaps we’ll just use #3 on a circular background instead.
Or just use the same strategy that’s used to create the speedometer screen…
Now as murphy mentioned, the other hurdle to clear is getting the navigation computations to occur without having to use road data. You are able to avoid highways, dirt roads, toll-roads, etc., so we’ve just got to figure out how to also avoid all other roads and streets.
To be continued…
(Here’s an iGO 8 screenshot that’s close)
No stylus required with this skin!!
[Update 4/1/2008] Made some headway this past week.
Quicksilver CarLocator 1.48
Compiled 4/1/2008 – ameridan
*fixed the Stop Recording Track Log button on the map screen that resulted in an error – ameridan
*flyover button tweaked – ameridan
*cursor button text changes from “Cursor” to “Close” when menu bar is opened – ameridan
*back button changed from small pale green arrow to larger yellow arrow – ameridan
*added “Clear Pins” button to History screen, and changed Clear button text to “Clear All” – ameridan
*Cockpit screen & Map screen menu bars – back button changed from down arrow to left arrow – ameridan
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MAJOR UPDATE TO BROWSE / NAV MAPS SETTINGS SCREEN – ameridan
*POI button on Cockpit screen (from ver 1.46) changed to Cockpit settings button for quick access to Settings
*display/hide toggle button in Cockpit settings menu in place of zoombar display/hide
*added toggle option in Cockpit settings for auto day/nite in double-button with manual toggle
*added toggle option for Cursor menu popup in double-button with Info show/hide toggle
*added track recording start/stop button in double-button with Manage track logs button – also serves as latge indicator that track logs are RECORDING.
When I think “Back” I expect a left arrow, so that’s what I’ve got now. This is what the normal Settings screen looks like now with the new “double-buttons” I’ve created.
clicking on the Settings icon (gear)…
gives you these options directly vs.
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