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Google Maps for Android Labs Offers Offline Caching
- mmanfrin 14y agoThis has been around for a while. Also, it's less than ideal, as it is simply a cache of the map (meaning no directions). Its good if you need a traditional map map, but not so good if you're used to the robustness of having a smartphone map.
- jfno67 14y agoI used it while abroad. Since the GPS works, you can see where you are on the map, which is a big plus over only a paper map. Obviously getting data access would be even better, but it's a nice free alternative.
- LaSombra 14y agoIIRC this feature was available as a Labs experiment on the Android version
- pkulak 14y agoSeems like Google announced this event out of pure fear, then only later scrounged up some content for it.
- nailer 14y agoThey've already had offline maps in labs for around a year I think - go into labs, enable 'offline caching', click an area, then 'cache for offline' - it'll grab a 10 mile square of the map around the pin. The announcement seems to be that the feature is coming out of beta.
- BHSPitMonkey 14y agoYep. At today's event they revealed the polished version of the feature, which lets you define the area to cache by hand, and provides a formal UI for managing your cached areas and telling you how much data it will require. Here's the demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMBJ2Hu0NLw#t=3551s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMBJ2Hu0NLw#t=3551s
- BHSPitMonkey 14y agoYeah, I'll agree that the event didn't really seem necessary, though the part of the talk about the products' history and development was interesting, as well as looking at the new Street View devices. The really interesting part for me was at the end, when they showed off their new 3D city modelling efforts. Really amazing stuff: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMBJ2Hu0NLw#t=4296s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMBJ2Hu0NLw#t=4296s
- jawns 14y agoAh, so it's like an authorized version of Mobile Atlas Creator and TrekBuddy.
- derwiki 14y agoI read this and got it set up literally on the BART ride to the airport, going to a place I've never been (Turkey). I love living in the future.
- andybak 14y agoThe post is dated July 10, 2011 people...
- pkulak 14y agoHaha! Oh wow, I need to pay attention more.