For some reason I tried to use the new download maps feature and downloaded the maps but when I turn data off and try to use navigation it doesn't work am I doing something wrong?
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blackroseimmortal09 said:
For some reason I tried to use the new download maps feature and downloaded the maps but when I turn data off and try to use navigation it doesn't work am I doing something wrong?
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"This download stores only the base map tiles and the landmarks on the map, so you still need a data connection to see satellite view and 3D buildings, search for Places and get directions."
You will have to manually look at the map. It looks like turn by turn doesn't work.
Even with all the tiles downloaded, Maps and Navigation still query the server to find routes. There is a long-running search to find ways to get Nav to work offline. So far, the best people can do is get map tiles offline, and even that is hit-or-miss.
Other offline navigation programs are out there, but if you're like me, you just want Google Nav to work with no connection.
Yeah I guess I will download navigon again it just takes up too much storage space
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Don't you think Google map tiles would take up just as much space? There are some programs that let you download only the tiles and detail that you want (Locus Maps, for example).
I really like this new feature, lots of potential. One big disappointment is they limit you to 10 tiles. I'm not sure hire big the tiles are exactly,b it would take 5-6 to get all of Louisville... but I can only download 10?
As soon as I saw this I imagined filling up several of my sd cards with maps of my state.
I always wanted to have those maps on my sd card.... Im on mikg 2.2 n i don see any options to download any maps.... What rom r u on ?
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Hi guys I have a question, does the google maps on your Streak have built in launcher to google navigation or is navigation a stand alone app?
For example if you search an address in google maps does it give you the option for both directions and navigation? or just directions?
Because I bought a Streak used, and the latter seems to be the case for me.
Thanks.
send2toonie said:
Hi guys I have a question, does the google maps on your Streak have built in launcher to google navigation or is navigation a stand alone app?
For example if you search an address in google maps does it give you the option for both directions and navigation? or just directions?
Because I bought a Streak used, and the latter seems to be the case for me.
Thanks.
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I do not have my streak on me at present but i am sure its the latter
stand alone app in launcher bud
Oh, I see, geez that sucks. Oh well, I hope 2.2 update brings lots of needed changes. I love the 5 inch screen, but really thats not enough.
It should be able to do both. When in google maps, hit menu, directions, choose a place hit go and screen will show up with directions and also "show on map" or "navigate"options to click on.
or you can use just the navigation app.
Google maps does have an icon which when you click will take you to a screen where you get options for navigation like voice, past trips etc. you can also place regular trips as icons on desktop
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Agreed, navigation is an option on current google maps.
I have the navigation icon also.. remember that google maps will not update itself unless you visit market and install the latest version from there first..
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The navigation button is enabled in google maps labs. It becomes an option on your icon along with call the icon.
Great if you are searching for a place you can just click navigate to get to it.
Also when directions are invoked in google maps it gives you the option, to use the normal map directions or navigation
The google labs options are good. It has layers button, measure tool etc
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Thanks for the update. I pulled the battery and now it seems to work fine. Maybe i was installing and uninstall too many apps from the market?? Not sure but in any case its working now.
I do alot of off road where there is no wifi or 3g/4g. I need a nice app where I can download sat images and maybe even layer them with terrain. I won't be able to download on the road nor the trail. I tryed to use "maps". But I couldn't seem to get the maps. I always know where in goin(area) the next day. So I can download them ahead of time... I tried a couple diff apps. But most where paved roads. Nothing with sat. Memory space is not a problem. Planing on doing a seperate SD card just for this. Any help will be great. Thank you.
You looking for something like this?
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.crittermap.backcountrynavigator.license&hl=en. They do have a demo version
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i played with that one before. Its nice for sure. But I can't get it to give me roads too. I want Google maps to work offline. That would be great.
You should be able to cache Google Maps offline. I believe it is a Beta labs feature for maps where you can designate an area for offline use while you are still connected to a data network.
beta labs?
I think there are several off line GPS programs, including Waze and something called ZANavi. I think there are others as well, but if you search for offline GPS, there are quite a few, including Google's June 2011 announcement of offline maps, which has not apparently come to fruition yet.
good luck.
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You should be able to cache Google Maps offline. I believe it is a Beta labs feature for maps where you can designate an area for offline use while you are still connected to a data network.
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I dont think you can pre-cache the terrain or satellite overlay though. At least it doesnt work on mine.
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I dont think you can pre-cache the terrain or satellite overlay though. At least it doesnt work on mine.
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Me too..... sucks cause I like "maps"
this is the only one i can find..
i tried it long long ago and did not work right with my tablet.. .Check Amazon app market for a trial downlaod.. it might be the solution ..if its now honeycomb/tablet supported
GOOD Luck
oops I forgot the link http://www.gaiagps.com/
you can load maps from many locations I got it from amazon asdi said above.. Just tried to load it and it comes up..but i have no maps d/loaded
tile cache for google maps
Ive been playing around with the google maps some more......even though the pre-cached maps with terrain overlays doesnt work well I did discover a way to do it.
First go to the grounds area you want cached and choose the layer that works best for you.
Next zoom to your desired scale and the view will slowly come to focus. When it does it seems to automatically cache that tile area. Problem is you will have to slowly scroll to each section of the landscape you want cached pausing until in focus. Hopefully its not too large of an area. It does seem to work and stores the info even after restart.
i have been caching tiles like you said all night.(in between my bf3 battles) It seems to keep them on there. i shut off wifi, and rebooted. still there. But for how long. I hope its there for good. i love that app.
I saved the area I live in offline in Google Maps. Can I navigate within the area saved offline with GPS or do I need a data connection like WiFi or a tether from my phone?
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Dillon610 said:
I saved the area I live in offline in Google Maps. Can I navigate within the area saved offline with GPS or do I need a data connection like WiFi or a tether from my phone?
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My understanding is that the directional data comes from the Google's servers, so I don't think this will work. I have not actually tried, but I imagine that since it has a GPS, that you may be able to see yourself moving via offline Maps data, just without directions. I'm curious and will try this when I drive home from work in a few mins.
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My understanding is that the directional data comes from the Google's servers, so I don't think this will work. I have not actually tried, but I imagine that since it has a GPS, that you may be able to see yourself moving via offline Maps data, just without directions. I'm curious and will try this when I drive home from work in a few mins.
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Yup, no directions only basic positioning
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Dillon610 said:
I saved the area I live in offline in Google Maps. Can I navigate within the area saved offline with GPS or do I need a data connection like WiFi or a tether from my phone?
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Yes you can, it won't be as accurate as GPS + wifi, but as long as you can see the sky, you should be okay!
(I used maps with no data connection in Geneva a few weeks ago!)
Navigation will give you an error definitively saying that it cannot work without a data connection.
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There's another thread on this. I've tried it. As long as you set up your route while you have wifi and you are within maps you downloaded, navigation will work fine. The only "issue" I've found is that if you make a wrong turn, while it is trying to reroute you it will only tell you where to turn, not say the actual street name.
So it's not perfect, but it works.
what about if you try a different gps app?
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what about if you try a different gps app?
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Stand alone navigation app work just fine such as "co-pilot"....etc
I am travelling to a new country soon, and want to save map of tht city for offline viewing, but I simply cant seem to see that option anymore.
Please guide me, using latest updated version of Google Map.
PS: Is this option taken out ? Any alternatives ?
Maybe a Google search ?
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Maybe a Google search ?
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Have read all google help topics and done search as well... but there is simply no option for offline view tht I can click !!
https://support.google.com/gmm/answer/3273567
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https://support.google.com/gmm/answer/3273567
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Perfect mate !
Now please guide me, how can I
1] delete the cached map and
2] how can I specify how many MB of space I wana reserve for caching the map.
Any good alternatives other than google maps.... these google guys have messedup a perfectly working system it seems on the new versions.
craige said:
Perfect mate !
Now please guide me, how can I
1] delete the cached map and
2] how can I specify how many MB of space I wana reserve for caching the map.
Any good alternatives other than google maps.... these google guys have messedup a perfectly working system it seems on the new versions.
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It used to be in the menu... why is it hidden with a secret command..... wtf is going on with the world... eeverything is so fookin against end users nowadays.
Or get an alternative app?
Personally I like MapsWithMe. It doesn't run on Google Maps but on OpenStreetMap.org, which means it's quite a lot more accurate and extensive. (Even lists benches and power lines.) Just a suggestion.
ShadowLea said:
Or get an alternative app?
Personally I like MapsWithMe. It doesn't run on Google Maps but on OpenStreetMap.org, which means it's quite a lot more accurate and extensive. (Even lists benches and power lines.) Just a suggestion.
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Thanks for the tip - never heard of it before, just tried it and it's excellent - time to ditch CoPilot
I've used RMaps which you can download a city map to something daft like 3 feet, viewable offline, multiple map scales so you can zoom in/out offline, download via wifi, cached/downloaded maps saved to SDCard, GPS tracker and multiple maps to choose from including Google, Ordinance Survey Maps + more....
I use this before I run Google and can have clear street view before I've set foot out of the door
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I use navigator. It doesn't need a data connection because you download maps either paid or free (I use the free ones and they are fine). I found even when Google maps let you download a map you still couldn't navigate on it without a data connection anyway. Which made it kind of pointless.
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I just made a search in Google play for apps suggested above "RMaps" and "Navigator" and I am not able to find app as such on the play store.... ?
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Or get an alternative app?
Personally I like MapsWithMe. It doesn't run on Google Maps but on OpenStreetMap.org, which means it's quite a lot more accurate and extensive. (Even lists benches and power lines.) Just a suggestion.
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I tried it and it looks nice but it is not for voice guided navigation
Search for MapFactor: GPS Navigation in play store for Navigator.
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I use citymaps 2go pro, used it many times in france without data.
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Unless the DEV removed Rmaps maybe (I'm sure I downloaded it from play store") well here's a link to his blog
http://robertdeveloper.blogspot.co.uk/2009/08/rmaps.html?m=1
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I have tried all maps mentioned here, but none of them are as smooth and easy to understand as Google maps. Most of them are slow and laggy and also take forever to load location names and details.
Now I would be stuck without wifi and now wonder what to do....
I guess this is phones in general, but I have a G2 atm so asking here. I've read multiple times in the past you don't need a data connection for GPS to work on map apps and such. I was out of service completely last night and I tried using Google maps but it said cannot connect to data, so I couldn't even use it. I'm just confused as I didn't know you needed data to use GPS.
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You need data to populate the maps.
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You either need a navigation app or download from Google maps for offline use.
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There's no offline navigation with Google Maps. You can pre-load the maps, but it won't tell you where to turn.
TomTom works while in airplane mode with driving navigation directions though. That's what I used in Canada last week.