Core Dump

I’m working on a new set of icons for GpsMid. If you’re curious how they look check here. The full set of svg and pngs and a sample GpsMid midlet is here. The pngs were created using”Export as bitmap” function in Inkscape, but now I found a better solution: ImageMagick. I started with simple:

convert i_about.svg i_about.png

but the generated icon was too small:

I wanted 100×100 pixels with transparent background. Next I tried: 

convert i_about.svg -extent 100x100 i_about.png

but again, the result was not good enough:

Adding -geometry helped a little bit:

The image is very fuzzy. To solve it we have to add -density option.

Now it looks quite good except for the missing piece – a transparent background. “-background none” solves the last issue: 

convert -density 1000x1000 -background none i_about.svg -geometry 100x100 i_about.png 

This is my perfect 😉 icon for GpsMid!

Project GpsMid has oficially moved from CVS to git. The git repo can be found here. If you want to test it type:

git clone git://gpsmid.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/gpsmid/GpsMid

and enjoy!
I’m not sure how to do it under window$, so please convert to linux and then try it, if you’re still a window$ user 😉 There is also a repo for OSM2GpsMid – essential if you’re baking your own midlets with OSM maps.

SI thought it will never happen – I don’t need a blog. But a blog seems to be the easiest option to publish some information that are screaming to hit the net. Things related to GpsMid, git for beginers, linuxwacom, OpenStreetMap and other. More to come.. soon.