Maemo Plazer
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Henri Bergius, henri.bergius@iki.fi

This is a Plazes geopositioning client for the Maemo platform. It can be used for connecting WiFi access points to physical locations using the Plazes database. If you manage to discover a new Plaze, the tool will open a browser window into Plazes where you can input information about the new place.

See also <https://garage.maemo.org/projects/maemoplazer/>.

## Usage

You need a Plazes user account. Accounts can be registered in <http://plazes.com/>

Maemo Plazer can be run by tapping the "Maemo Plazer" entry in the Extras application menu.

Alternatively, open a terminal window on your Maemo device and run:

    $ maemoplazer

Maemo Plazer will pop up a password dialog to get your Plazes account and then attempt to log in.

If your position is found on Plazes an informative bubble will be shown with its information. If you discover a new Plaze, a browser info will be opened.

As long as the application is running it will watch for new WiFi connections and try to plaze you whenever a new connection is detected.

## Known issues

See the tracker at [Maemo Garage](https://garage.maemo.org/tracker/?group_id=190).

## Development plans

The idea is to make Plazes an alternative position source for Maemo applications. This would mean applications could get position data even without requiring a GPS device to be present. Uses could include:

* Automatically setting system clock to correct timezone
* Opening Maemo Mapper in user's present location
* Opening Maemo Stars in user's present location
* Setting instant messaging status based on location preferences (the "I don't want my clients to call when I'm at home" scenario)
* Populating a "Wikipedia pages near you" feed to RSS reader and Maemo Mapper POI database

## Credits

Original PyPlazes was developed by Paul 'Enki' Boehm, Joe LaPenna and Verena V. Hafner. It has been adapted to the Maemo environment by Henri Bergius and Eero af Heurlin. The SimpleGladeApp.py library used to display the Glade UI was developed by Sandino 'tigrux' Flores-Moreno.

## Related information

* GeoClue, the GNOME/Maemo geographical information library
  <http://live.gnome.org/GeoClue>
* Geotagging in Maemo 3.0
  <http://maemo.org/platform/docs/howtos/howto_connectivity_guide_bora.html#GPS>
