Has anyone found a way to force Google Maps to retain its cache?
I would like to be able to pre-load maps for locations outside my home data zone prior to traveling to the area where I do not have a "all you can eat" data connection.
I am currently in Japan having just arrived from Australia. Before leaving Australia I loaded up the google maps for where I am in Tokyo. When I arrived here I fired up Google maps and when it moved itself from the last fix in Australia to current location in Japan it came up with blank maps. Nothing in the cache. Even though 12 hours earlier when I last had Google Maps running I had been browsing this very location in great detail.
Because I do not have cost effective data connection in Japan I found a work around was to connect my Diamond via activesync to my laptop which is on broadband and get the maps again.
But preferable to me would be to find a way to prevent Google Maps flushing away maps.
Would backing up the file "cache-GLM.dat" and the others in \Application Data\GoogleMaps immediately after loading new maps and later on re instating this backup have the effect of keeping desired maps accessible without a data connection?
I also notice that \Application Data\GoogleMaps\cache-GLM.dat file size seems to be limited to 1.99mb and does not get larger when I browse new areas. So it seems to have a first on first off overwrite loop like a data recorder. Another possible fix to my problem, could be finding a way to increase this cache limit somehow. Say to 20mb. That way maps would not need to be overwritten so soon. Had a look and could not find anything obvious in the registry to set this.
Does anyone else desire this sort of feature in Google Maps where you can pre load maps when you have a data conx and use them again without losing them when you subsequently travel to the new area?
ver 2.2.0.16
yeah i would like to see that.. absolutely. Getting expensive to download the same maps over and over again
I agree, it would be nice to keep the cache for one week.
It would save a lot of roaming charges.
You could use the Microsoft Live Search Maps. This give you the option to set the amount of cache that you want and saves the map on the internal storage.
kiran999 said:
You could use the Microsoft Live Search Maps. This give you the option to set the amount of cache that you want and saves the map on the internal storage.
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is ms live search maps a wm application?
yep http://livesearchmobile.com/
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You could use the Microsoft Live Search Maps. This give you the option to set the amount of cache that you want and saves the map on the internal storage.
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Thanks for the suggestion. Just loaded it up and got it working. However even with max cache size set and internal storage it is seemingly not retaining all the maps. I just zoomed in to max zoom to get some maps where I am in japan. Then disconnected from activesync/internet, restarted MLS Maps and only some of the zoom levels were retained. So not a total solution. But an improvement perhaps. Interface is not as eloquent either. But thnx for the suggestion.
There's mgmaps but don't know if anyway has it working on the Diamond yet.
Hi,
is it possible to change the Path of the GoogleMaps Chache to the Internal Storage?
thnx...
google maps 4.0 doesn't seem to have a size limit
My cache size is over 24mb and growing. I would like to disable the no data connection warning also. please keep posting
say goodbye to google maps
try this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=581474
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Hey guys,
Just been trying to work this out.. I downloaded the app and using activesync internet managed to browse around without any issues..
During this time i am watching my phone through Explorer on my PC trying to see where the data is going. I browsed up 3MB of maps yet couldnt see where it was going..
i was thinking if i could find where the files were going maybe i could move them elsewhere or restrict google maps access in removing them at the end..
there is also this write up which could help..
http://uselessdiaries.blogspot.com/2008/03/download-free-maps-from-google-maps.html
Surely if anyone can work this out it has to be the guys here
update:
Seems all its cache sits here:
\Application Data\GoogleMaps
Though appears to be limited to 2MB.. Which is no fun.. So seems if we can remove the 2mb limit on the cache we might be in business
Sage said:
update:
Seems all its cache sits here:
\Application Data\GoogleMaps
Though appears to be limited to 2MB.. Which is no fun.. So seems if we can remove the 2mb limit on the cache we might be in business
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Would be cool, if it works! Unfortunately I think, I can't help bc I'm not good at this development stuff...
I tried digging through the registry a little bit and didn't see any settings for Google Maps there, I also didn't see any sort of ini file in the program folder itself. Unfortunately those are about the only ideas I have for this, though I would love to see a much larger cache pan out.
settings for google maps also in \Application Data\GoogleMaps\ but they are decrypted
I'd also like to have more cache...
I don't know why Google doesn't let us put the cache on the Storage Card by default.
It would be amazing...
(sorry my bad english)
maybe some editing of the exe will allow it to look for the cache in storage card, and possible removing the cache size limit
Why don't you use virtualearthmobile then?
It does almost the same thing, and with a few modifications would be perfect. Part of the code is open source I believe, check jason fuller's blog on msdn if you want.
hmm i took a peak at that site couldnt see anything related to google maps
Did someone find a way how to remove the cache size limit since April?
Google Navigator
There is a stand-alone application based on Google Maps called Google Navigator that could be found on pdafun.net
The problem is that it is not free.
Hi.
I used Google Navigato a lot in the past summer. I have to say even the free version works great. It is awsome. This is how I wanted Google Maps to work on my PDA. If you do not need gps navigation I can only recomend the programm. It works perfectly if you live in a big city and find your way around.
Look at
http://www.terracrosser.com/
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maybe some editing of the exe will allow it to look for the cache in storage card, and possible removing the cache size limit
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motion seconded and approved. Anyone who can actually provide the hack? How encrypted could thei settings be? Maybe it's only encoded?
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maybe some editing of the exe will allow it to look for the cache in storage card, and possible removing the cache size limit
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motion seconded and approved. Anyone who can actually provide the hack? How encrypted could their settings be? Maybe it's only encoded?
hi,
can we manage to do something to keep the images downloaded on google maps in a cache file on the pda?
this way we can access them the offline like we do with google earth
thx
take a look @ http://terracrosser.com/
i've seen terracrosser
the thing in terracrosser is that u have to load maps it needs lots of work
if we can save ggogle maps cach to use it offline it would be much easier and user friendly...
what do u think?
jokove said:
the thing in terracrosser is that u have to load maps it needs lots of work
if we can save ggogle maps cach to use it offline it would be much easier and user friendly...
what do u think?
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having google maps cache for when you don't have reception or gps would be a nice feature you might wanna put in a request to google the developers there might be able to implement it
or you can use gpsVP (freeware). it uses google maps and saves the maps on your phone. has a desktop version too, so you can download the maps to your phone from your desktop, and you wont have to use airtime to download them when you are on your way.
the program has some nice features like tracking, waypoints, traffic density etc..
on my phone I need to have GPSProxy runnşng for gpsVP to work. GPSProxy is a neat little freeware program too...
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or you can use gpsVP (freeware). it uses google maps and saves the maps on your phone. has a desktop version too, so you can download the maps to your phone from your desktop, and you wont have to use airtime to download them when you are on your way.
the program has some nice features like tracking, waypoints, traffic density etc..
on my phone I need to have GPSProxy runnşng for gpsVP to work. GPSProxy is a neat little freeware program too...
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nice hmm wonder if this will work even though i don't have an gps i'll have to test this out.
looks like a nice program doesn't look like it will work well with out a gps
i have an HTC WIZARD
How do you get the Google maps onto the GPSVP software?
Hope you guys can help
Terracrosser is Perfect !
It works very well on my Diamond
Thank you for this topic and information
VEM
There's also virtualearthmobile, but development has stopped i believe
Tracky is another that uses and caches google maps. It is not free, and the shareware is basically useless. It only runs for 15 minutes at a time, and resets the cache upon closing.
I found it a while ago on Aximsite.
Can the google cache file be moved to the storage card to conserve space?
it's no use of finding a way to move it to storagecard since basically u cannot use it without internet connection...
I don't understand what you mean by that.
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it's no use of finding a way to move it to storagecard since basically u cannot use it without internet connection...
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hm, 30 MB free memory on my device and 3 GB free mem on storage card - I´d love to move the cache to the storage card
but apparently there is no way
I guess that having things stored locally is against the very concept of what Google aims to achieve... I don't think they'll ever release a version where the maps can be stored locally... it must all be drawn 'live' from the web... eventually perhaps data connections will be free though
I think that must be possible to use google maps offline, you can find a lot of manuals on the net to do this with the iphone.
Use other programs with dowloaded maps from google?? Yes...but what about the gsm location? This is really importat to me becouse I don't have gps in my htc touch.
Using google maps offline? anybody knows how to do it??
If the iphone can...
Cheers
I think the point of storing the cache on the storage card is not so much being able to use GoogleMaps offline, but more so to conserve the device storage space and use the larger storage card space. Similar to how Windows Mobile Live Search can store the cache on the storage card. I would be interested in this as well.
hambola said:
I think the point of storing the cache on the storage card is not so much being able to use GoogleMaps offline, but more so to conserve the device storage space and use the larger storage card space. Similar to how Windows Mobile Live Search can store the cache on the storage card. I would be interested in this as well.
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Exactly, my wing is running low.
kunteper said:
or you can use gpsVP (freeware). it uses google maps and saves the maps on your phone. has a desktop version too, so you can download the maps to your phone from your desktop, and you wont have to use airtime to download them when you are on your way.
the program has some nice features like tracking, waypoints, traffic density etc..
on my phone I need to have GPSProxy runnşng for gpsVP to work. GPSProxy is a neat little freeware program too...
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Sorry for posting in this thread after it has been started for such a long time, but how do you go about using gpsvp?
I manage to download both google maps and gpsvp on my handphone (X1), but I have no idea what's the next step.
Would anyone kindly teach me? Thank you.
Is there absoluetly no way to use google Maps without some sort of data connectivity? Is there another way around this?
I've opt to not have a data plan on my cellphone service.
I only have GPS and Wifi. But on the highway, there is no Wifi, is there?
There really is no way around it...
Though there are some tools that allow you to cache the map imagery and display them while offline, but they require you to use other apps for windows mobile and not the Google Maps app.
Before you go on your trip you have to download all imagery of where you are planning to go. Decide which zoom levels you want, and voila. The problem is that if you want all zoom levels,
or even if you just want the few most detailed zoom levels, the cached data will be incredibly big... barely or simply not fitting on your SD card.
Unfortunately no, you'll have to get one of the many GPS apps out there.
If you're just looking for something short term, just try the CoPilot trial, 15 days!
Google only loves you if you're constantly talking to it.
Copilot Navigator 8 - $34.99 Data Plan NOT Required to Operate
lemonspeakers said:
Is there absoluetly no way to use google Maps without some sort of data connectivity? Is there another way around this?
I've opt to not have a data plan on my cellphone service.
I only have GPS and Wifi. But on the highway, there is no Wifi, is there?
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CoPilot Navigator 8 costs $34.99 and it can be installed to any memory card at and above 2 GBs as long as its two folders "2577" and "copilot" are installed to root of the memory (MicroSD) card. You can activate the software via PC or via your mobile device; after activation no data plan is required to run it. All favorites, places, etc are stored to your memory card. I have bought 4 licenses...2 at $19.99 and 2 at $34.99; and had I known it was would be as good as it was during holiday prices, I'd bought 5 licenses for all my Touch Pro 2s.
U need a map
isn't there any free gps app?
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isn't there any free gps app?
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free should exist but dependable? defeats the whole point of a GPS if not dependable, right?
Is this possible? rather than it using 3g etc to download as you go?? would be handy
ill get used to this one day
This is a good mod, it saves viewed map (through wifi) in cache and reuses it to save data usage, you have to scan the map at the levels you will use for your trip.
Or Mapdroyd (full navigable maps) from the market its totaly free but not as detailed as googles.
I dont think Android will see Tomtom somehow
Hi, I installed HTC Sync 3 to see how it works with the 2.1 Hero.
In the overview, there is listed, how much space on the SD card the various file types use.
Well, I have some music and photos on it, as I expected. But I also saw there is an option for maps on the SD card (which I unfortunately don't have)
what kind of maps does HTC mean here?
is it some way to download maps for google maps navigation? do they recognize copilot or something else?
i'm really interested, so, does anyone have a clue?
I am actually also looking for an answer to this. Very disturbing, this "maps" label that nobody seems to know what it's there for.
the new range of 'sense' phones have offline navigation installed. I guess it will be something to do with that.
The feature probably allows you to back up your maps.
Yes, me too... I don't find any resources explaining the purpose of this ...
I hope some of you will find one...
Same question here...
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the new range of 'sense' phones have offline navigation installed. .
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Do they? What maps and what navigation system? AFAIK Google maps tiles cannot be cached onto card. If there is a way I would be interested!
By the way with the new Sync the only reference to maps is in the SD card usage - they are not included in the list of data than can be synced, so it is nothing to do with backing up maps by the looks of it.
I have almost 4GB of maps on my card from two different sat nav programmes (Sygic for Europe and Copilot for USA), and yet according to Sync I have no maps at all! So it cannt recognise maps from two major sat nav apps.