Added option for larger map image.
Settings for zoom, map or satellite, text position and image size saved.
Fixed image not shown if there is a ampersand "&" in the location text, now replaces the "&" with "and".
New version 3.4
Added preference settings to select default save directory and file type, added more zoom levels
New version 3.3
Locator now only uses rsvg-convert to save the image as either PNG, PDF, EPS, PS, SVG, depending on the version of rsvg-convert used all these save formats may not be available.
Added error messaging and click on image to view location with Google Maps.
New version 3.2
Latest update, now the location text can be edited and positioned beneath the image.
The search now works a little better with the inclusion of comma's "," between each word within the script search string.
fixed a few annoyances, now functions cleanly, clearing the gui image and text on non searchable terminology.
New version 3.1
Latest version now has the location and coordinate text on the image, this can be saved as a PDF or PNG, PDF text is selectable.
The PDF save uses rsvg-convert, I think that's standad on most pups, the PNG save requires gst-launch-0.10, that's gstreamer with plugin-bad from what I gather.
To create a save just name the file something.pdf or something.png, if it don't work then you are missing the needed applications, to check if you have them
Code: Select all
# which gst-launch-0.10
/usr/bin/gst-launch-0.10
# which rsvg-convert
/usr/bin/rsvg-convert
Hope this is found to be of some use
New version 3.0
bug fixes
Reworked the GUI, no custom font's, enabled maximize, image now is resized to suit screen resolution, tested at 640x480, not that anyone would use that lower res.
changed zoom spinbutton to combobox, this makes it easier and quicker to specify a zoom level.
should be able to add gettext to this now,
New version 2.0, now views map image or satellite image with zoom.
I used the entry input as in pfind, just input the search text and hit enter on the keyboard. I found zoom works best with the scroll wheel, the mouse button sometimes jumps two steps.
I'm not at all proficient with scripting so others may like to do more to this.
If you have installed the older versions remove them first, as I have renamed the script "locator", it was "locator.sh".
New version 1.1, smaller GUI, larger font, will only run the one instance and can view the location on Google maps.