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I used to take advantage of the browser's "work offline" functionality. This started to work less and less reliably, even by the early 2000s, but Wikipedia stil

I used to take advantage of the browser's "work offline" functionality. This started to work less and less reliably, even by the early 2000s, but Wikipedia still worked nicely. I would dial up at night when everyone was asleep and click through to all the pages surrounding some topic, like internal combustion engines. Then the next day I'd work offline and digest it all. I was sad when I clicked a link that hadn't been cached, but somehow having only the limited amount available meant I actually did read it all. Nowadays it's all available and lots of people don't seem to read anything ever. Sigh... There is an app for Android called Kiwix that lets you download the whole of Wikipedia for viewing offline. I keep meaning to do it but never got around to it, though.

pixelmonkey 2y ago
On Android, the official Wikipedia app is surprisingly good at marking articles for offline reading, organizing them into collections, and downloading them, including related assets like images. When I'm traveling I install the app on my "travel phone" (which is Android / Google Fi) and take advantage of it along with Kindle app offline reading for Lonely Planet guides, and the Google Maps offline maps feature.
- rramadass 2y ago
  +1. Good tips.
- patrickdavey 2y ago
  I can absolutely recommend osmand+ (Android) or maps.me (iPhone) for OpenStreetMap offline data. Streets better than Google maps ;)
  - habi 2y ago
    Instead of maps.me I suggest to use https://organicmaps.app/ https://organicmaps.app/, the privacy-respecting fork, since maps.me was sold to a payment processor. OrganicMaps is a fork from the original founders.
- int_19h 2y ago
  Keep in mind that offline Google Maps expire. If you want something that is guaranteed to work indefinitely, use OsmAnd+.