Minor improvements and bugfixes

src/ui/MapWidget.cc

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 #include <QComboBox>
 #include <QGridLayout>
-
+#include <QDir>
 
 #include "MapWidget.h"
 #include "ui_MapWidget.h"
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ MapWidget::MapWidget(QWidget *parent) :
     mc = new qmapcontrol::MapControl(QSize(320, 240));
     mc->showScale(true);
     mc->showCoord(true);
-    mc->enablePersistentCache(qApp->applicationDirPath());
+    mc->enablePersistentCache();
     mc->setMouseTracking(true); // required to update the mouse position for diplay and capture
 
     // create MapAdapter to get maps from
@@ -76,10 +76,10 @@ MapWidget::MapWidget(QWidget *parent) :
     // Set default zoom level
     mc->setZoom(16);
     // Zurich, ETH
-    //mc->setView(QPointF(8.548056,47.376389));
+    mc->setView(QPointF(8.548056,47.376389));
 
-    // Veracruz Mexico, ETH
-    mc->setView(QPointF(-96.105208,19.138955));
+    // Veracruz Mexico
+    //mc->setView(QPointF(-96.105208,19.138955));
 
     // Add controls to select map provider
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ void MapWidget::updatePosition(float time, double lat, double lon)
 {
     Q_UNUSED(time);
     //gpsposition->setText(QString::number(time) + " / " + QString::number(lat) + " / " + QString::number(lon));
-    if (followgps->isChecked())
+    if (followgps->isChecked() && isVisible())
     {
         mc->setView(QPointF(lat, lon));
     }
@@ -655,6 +655,16 @@ void MapWidget::resizeEvent(QResizeEvent* event )
     mc->resize(this->size());
 }
 
+void MapWidget::showEvent(QShowEvent* event)
+{
+    Q_UNUSED(event);
+}
+
+void MapWidget::hideEvent(QHideEvent* event)
+{
+    Q_UNUSED(event);
+}
+
 
 void MapWidget::changeEvent(QEvent *e)
 {

src/ui/MapWidget.h

@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ protected:
     void wheelEvent(QWheelEvent *event);
     void keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *event);
     void resizeEvent(QResizeEvent* event);
+    /** @brief Start widget updating */
+    void showEvent(QShowEvent* event);
+    /** @brief Stop widget updating */
+    void hideEvent(QHideEvent* event);
 
     QAction* osmAction;
     QAction* yahooActionMap;

src/ui/map3D/QGCGoogleEarthView.cc

@@ -203,7 +203,8 @@ void QGCGoogleEarthView::setHome(double lat, double lon, double alt)
 
 void QGCGoogleEarthView::hideEvent(QHideEvent* event)
 {
-    Q_UNUSED(event) updateTimer->stop();
+    Q_UNUSED(event);
+    updateTimer->stop();
 }
 
 void QGCGoogleEarthView::showEvent(QShowEvent* event)
@@ -211,11 +212,9 @@ void QGCGoogleEarthView::showEvent(QShowEvent* event)
     // React only to internal (pre-display)
     // events
     Q_UNUSED(event)
-    {
         // Enable widget, initialize on first run
 
-        // FIXME Re-inits now on every visibility change
-        //if (!webViewInitialized)
+        if (!webViewInitialized)
         {
 #if (defined Q_OS_MAC)
             webViewMac->setPage(new QGCWebPage(webViewMac));
@@ -233,9 +232,11 @@ void QGCGoogleEarthView::showEvent(QShowEvent* event)
             gEarthInitialized = false;
 
             QTimer::singleShot(3000, this, SLOT(initializeGoogleEarth()));
+        }
+        else
+        {
             updateTimer->start(refreshRateMs);
         }
-    }
 }
 
 void QGCGoogleEarthView::printWinException(int no, QString str1, QString str2, QString str3)
@@ -349,6 +350,9 @@ void QGCGoogleEarthView::initializeGoogleEarth()
             connect(ui->camDistanceSlider, SIGNAL(valueChanged(int)), this, SLOT(setViewRangeScaledInt(int)));
             setViewRangeScaledInt(ui->camDistanceSlider->value());
 
+            // Start update timer
+            updateTimer->start(refreshRateMs);
+
             gEarthInitialized = true;
         }
     }