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> has offline maps so I don't have to hunt for a 4g/wifi You just about immediately sold me on a windows phone with those words. "Offline maps" as someone who
by Kequc 13y ago
> has offline maps so I don't have to hunt for a 4g/wifi
You just about immediately sold me on a windows phone with those words. "Offline maps" as someone who travels in europe yes please.
- swaroop 13y agoDoesn't the OpenStreetMap Android app do offline as well? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.osmand https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.osmand
- nine_k 13y agoSort of yes. OSM maps of thickly populated areas are great. I don't know about routing / navigation, though.
- csdigi 13y agoI travel in Europe a lot, but Google Maps for Android has had the ability to save offline maps for ages now (which I use all the time). GPS also works offline obviously so you can navigate pretty well (still no search for offline though). In the latest version (7.5 I think) you just get the area you want to save in screen, click the search bar and scroll down to the bottom to see the option. I think it works on iOS too but you might need to use the "OK Maps" easter egg.
- bruceboughton 13y agoThat Google think this is an appropriate UI for this feature tells you everything you need to know about the state of design there.
- Kequc 13y ago> get the area you want to save in screen, click the search bar and scroll down to the bottom to see the option. That is going to be really useful, it doesn't allow me to search even for something as simple as "home". It does let me zoom right in and keeps names of important landmarks intact like rail stations. Thanks for the tip.
- bane 13y agoI've had good luck with a handful of offline map apps for Android...like GPS CoPilot. Got me through 2 weeks on the road in Ireland (a country with the most absurd address system imaginable, so bad most of the locals just give out Lat Longs)