MFM-Garmin 101108 Feedback

[perpetual]

I think it's not matter of date problem.
The guy just wanna ask either he download the correct MFM latest map or not.

[Albert_Chong]

I think it's not matter of date problem.
The guy just wanna ask either he download the correct MFM latest map or not.

Oic.. Sorry, I don't know MFM already change to release latest map by daily basic
I surely confirmed what I downloaded the exe file name was MFM-Garmin-101108.exe, so sorry I don't know still got "MFM-Garmin-101107.exe" exist.

[gpsnerd]

I think it's not matter of date problem.
The guy just wanna ask either he download the correct MFM latest map or not.

yeap, u got me right on the spot

[gpsnerd]

after download i check map data, its dated 101107?

is this normal?

yes. coz it is compile on the sunday nite (nov 7) and release on monday (nov 8)

thanks for the confirmation bro

[SnappyVC]

Somehow I am not able to locate an area in Butterworth. The address street is Lintang Tanjung Indah, 12300 Butterworth. Not one street is available. Can anyone confirm how to find it.

[cynide]

I think it's not matter of date problem.
The guy just wanna ask either he download the correct MFM latest map or not.

Oic.. Sorry, I don't know MFM already change to release latest map by daily basic
I surely confirmed what I downloaded the exe file name was MFM-Garmin-101108.exe, so sorry I don't know still got "MFM-Garmin-101107.exe" exist.

Bro not daily but weekly.

[ann ann]

01. Date / Time: ( 2010-11-10 / 20:17am )
02. Location (singapore)
03. ISP / Package ( Starhub )
04. Servers: (YouSendIt )
05. Download Speed average: (110KB/sec)

[ad4rum]

ohh so all this is to collect data 'manually' to show how 'welcome' MFM actually is.
but won't a hit counter do the same job?
I can surf MFM, without downloading anything.
I can also download, without surfing MFM.
I don't think anyone is out to "Poisoning" any data & effort, its just their browsing habits.

You get me wrong, we DO NOT kept the record for general surfing on the mfm site, We ONLY collect the data for map downloads. That's why you see the "EXTERNAL LINKS" are not allow now and the page for download is not in mfm site, it is link to another page.

The page serve 2 main purposes:
1) Try to load balance the traffic to multiple servers (which currently being abuse by some members)
2) Every time you click or "refresh" the page, it will record the "download". Coz currently, we "trust the good faith" that members will just use the link being generated by the system and use it as it is. Not kept "Refresh" the page to get different links"

Some members advice me not to "shown" the server that assign by the script, but by doing so, the members will really "STOP" there?
Our challenge here is, how can we provide the reasonable fast download experience for members yet the data collection is "clean" and "accurate".

I see, so its for monitoring and reducing the downloads.

Just a thought, by right, when we do updates, we shouldn't be downloading the whole *.img, we just need the updated parts of it.

examples, say, for the whole week, this 60308888.img got no changes at all, then this 60308888.img should be excluded from the "update".
or
if there's only a very minor/small changes to this 60308888.img, then won't it be easier to download the "changes" only in order to make this 60308888.img an updated one?

At the download section, we'll have the Core program MFM at 65MB
every week, download an update(changes only) maybe the size of 5MB ?
Or even a change log, so user can decide if the download is necessary.

Becos for me, I don't drive out of sg, and I generate the gmapsupp.img (abt 10MB) using Mapsource with Singapore Map Data only.

SGonly.JPG

[ppfoong]

If statistic of download is not too important, then probably Dropbox is a solution.

By putting the file in Dropbox and share it out, everybody will automatically get the latest version delivered to their PC. The number of users can be tracked as sharing has to be configured manually.

Alternatively, can put the file in "public" folder of Dropbox. This kind of public sharing is similar to what can be done with Megaupload, Rapidshare, etc. It could be another channel to the existing.

For more information about Dropbox, can refer to this article:
Using Dropbox service to sync, backup, share and publish files

[joejoney]

someone somebody can upload the MFM-Garmin 101108 at others server?

mine had problems with fileserve... help