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That's true... but any Google product that focuses on being "good offline" is fighting against the momentum of every other part of Google.
by ghostbrainalpha 7y ago
That's true... but any Google product that focuses on being "good offline" is fighting against the momentum of every other part of Google.
- zymhan 7y agoNot true, Google Maps has added offline storage over the years that is quite helpful, and the feature has gotten better. Google Docs for Chrome can be used offline as well.
- magashna 7y agoGoogle Maps offline has saved me a lot of headaches when traveling
- maxxxxx 7y agoI still don’t understand why they implemented this but it works very well. I wish OSM maps had the same level of offline search and routing.
- zymhan 7y agoI mean it's great to have a backup map if you go outside of cellular coverage. It works well overseas too, so you can save data and preload the map, or just use it offline entirely while you're travelling.
- resoluteteeth 7y ago> I still don’t understand why they implemented this but it works very well. I wish OSM maps had the same level of offline search and routing. What do you mean? Don't most OSM map apps have offline search and routing for any areas you have downloaded?
- maxxxxx 7y agoAll the apps I have seen have terrible search. In Google I can type in "xxx Street Burbank" and will get a result. In OSM I have to go through state, city, zip and know all that stuff. Much worse than google Maps.
- Faark 7y agoSomewhat better, maybe. It now allows me to download an area large enough to fit my entire home town. Still doesn't allow an entire country or even more, probably cause of bigger file size / more detail than the competitor i use. But most importantly: It still requires me to sign into a google account to download an area.
- asdff 7y agoI'm happy google earth is stuck in time and offline. Such a powerful piece of software, like an arcGIS-lite. I get a file tree with folders and subfolders and subsubfolders and points of interests with metadata and notes and layers of everything and anything and I can load other people's content too?? In case you can't tell, it's my favorite google product by far, and they can't ever take it away from me because I have it on my local drive.
- nashashmi 7y agoThey can disable your access. All pictures are downloaded. I wish there was a maps feature too.