Google Maps for Android - now works offline - Has anyone tried this ?


Still useful for looking up directions and such even without location tracking. Through Wifi alone it freakishly knows generally where I am.


The offline features seem to work..
 
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I saved all of London and it was 30MB ... nice feature.
 
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So going into airplane mode, or aeroplane mode, is that not killing the location side of things too?


It still knows my bearings so i guess not, i always thought that mode turned off all that, GPS and wireless and data


edit: just noticed this is in Android section sub Pandora .. didn't realise when i posted, I'm just using it on an Android phone not Pandora
 
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FYI I was using it on the Pandora when I said it working fine...
 
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In Google maps go into the settings window and select Make available offline.
 
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I'm not sure, It seems you can give it locations and it will save it.. I downloaded my most traveled cities and such..
 
Mine was 82MB (Melbourne in Australia) and while it is indeed an awesome little feature...it still lacks the deep zoom break-down of the tiny streets below, etc.


By the way, thanks for your helpTMG, it has really come in handy today.
 
Mine works fine at zoom level.. all London i done, everything in the M25 so greater London area too.


30MB


I go to airplane mode and i can zoom right in and see the road names for small roads too, perfectly
 
Can you do Street View?

That would probably bloat the on-disk size rather considerably ;-)


I wonder if I just type in "United Kingdom", would it download the entire UK? That would be very handy to have an SD card dedicated to!


D.
 
I have street view installed.. works fine on the wifi.. don't think it works in offline mode.
 
I just installed it and downloaded my town and neighbouring city`s map on my Pandora. It works pretty decently all things considered. A nifty little tool for the Pandora, heh.
 
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