Geography view not working in Gramps

[Valorie Zimmerman]

$ apt-cache policy gramps
gramps:
  Installed: 4.0.4+dfsg-2
  Candidate: 4.0.4+dfsg-2
  Version table:
 *** 4.0.4+dfsg-2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

However: https://gramps-project.org/2014/10/gramps-4-1-1-released/

Hopefully upgrading would allow the map function to work.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: gramps 4.0.4+dfsg-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-24.32-generic 3.16.4
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-24-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Sat Nov 22 15:39:32 2014
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-07-10 (135 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140416.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: gramps
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2014-10-24 (29 days ago)

[Ross Gammon (rosco2)]

Hi Valorie,
Thanks for reporting this.
Can you please confirm that the real problem is that the map function (Geography View) is not working in Gramps?
If so, upgrading to 4.1.1 will probably not help because I suspect the problem is that the osmgpsmap package is the wrong version in Utopic. I am working on backporting the latest osmgpsmap, but the situation is unfortunately a litttle complicated.
Regards,
Ross

[Valorie Zimmerman (valorie-zimmerman)]

Hey Ross, thanks for your attention to this. In spite of installing everything I could find related to osmgpsmap, I have no geography/mapping function at all. Still adding lat/long to all the cemetery places and such in hopes that it will soon be working.

Thanks again for your work, Ross.

Valorie

[Ross Gammon (rosco2)]

This was the case for Utopic, and is still the case for Vivid. The latest osmgpsmap is not available for Gramps because gpxviewer still depends on the old version:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gpxviewer/+bug/1389843

[Ross Gammon (rosco2)]

Okay - gpxviewer has now been removed from Vivid and Wily. This has allowed the latest version of osm-gps-map to move from "proposed" to "released".
I had previously arranged for a backport to Trusty, and yesterday I prepared a backport for Utopic which is just waiting for sponsorship.
Then we should have the geography view back in all the latest Ubuntu releases!

[Ross Gammon (rosco2)]

Utopic is no longer supported. So now there is a correct version of osmgpsmap in every supported release (although you need the backports repository for Trusty).