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I realize this isn't a perfect counter, but Google Maps (on Android, and probably iOS) allows you to download "offline areas", and you can store just about many
by gknoy 10y ago
I realize this isn't a perfect counter, but Google Maps (on Android, and probably iOS) allows you to download "offline areas", and you can store just about many of them as your phone has storage for.
This means that as part of your trip preparation, you can download the maps and use them on your trip in the boonies. I don't know how well it _uses_ them, nor what amount of data connection it still wants, but it saved us a bunch of mobile data usage on our last trip.
- maaaats 10y agoThe offline areas are useless. They are basically just prefetching the map-tiles. You can't do anything while not online, not search in the offline area, map a route or anything like that. Here maps blows this out of the water in comparison.
- sliken 10y agoAre you sure? Have you tried this recently? I've been navigating without a signal and asked for the nearest gas station and it still found it for me.
- umeshunni 10y ago> You can't do anything while not online, not search in the offline area, map a route or anything like that. That's not true at all: https://support.google.com/maps/answer/6291838?co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid&hl=en https://support.google.com/maps/answer/6291838?co=GENIE.Plat...
- kalleboo 10y agoThat used to be the case but a year or two ago they vastly expanded the offline functionality.