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New Google Maps Offline UK - Nexus 7
BeethovensPiano
12-07-2012
Does this new offline maps feature work for the whole of the UK or just large Cities? - i'm in Cambridgeshire.

This new Google Nexus 7 tablet has GPS, does that mean you can navigate your way around using GPS with the offline map??
Brush Master
12-07-2012
Originally Posted by BeethovensPiano:
“ This new Google Nexus 7 tablet has GPS, does that mean you can navigate your way around using GPS with the offline map??”

Judging from experience with my Android phone, this should work so long as (a) you cached enough mapping data and (b) you don't have to turn off the device. If you did turn off the device, it wouldn't have the driving directions necessary.
Stuart_h
12-07-2012
Just trying the offline cache on my phone (Nexus running Jelly Bean). It seems to allow about 100mb of caching. What this will cover will depend on how much detail is on the map i guess.

Taking an example in the UK it looks to let me store a box around london out to Luton (North), Maidstone (East), Horsham (South), Bracknell (West).

Its a fairly big area to be fair.
pi r squared
12-07-2012
Originally Posted by BeethovensPiano:
“This new Google Nexus 7 tablet has GPS, does that mean you can navigate your way around using GPS with the offline map??”

You can't use turn-by-turn navigation offline, but provided you have stored the map offline you can navigate around it in the old-fashioned way, with the added bonus of knowing where you are at all times.
psionic
12-07-2012
Originally Posted by Stuart_h:
“Just trying the offline cache on my phone (Nexus running Jelly Bean). It seems to allow about 100mb of caching. What this will cover will depend on how much detail is on the map i guess.

Taking an example in the UK it looks to let me store a box around london out to Luton (North), Maidstone (East), Horsham (South), Bracknell (West).

Its a fairly big area to be fair.”

That's a huge area. It will suffice for 99% of what I need it for.
iangrad
12-07-2012
Look at Map droid in play store !
c4rv
13-07-2012
Originally Posted by iangrad:
“Look at Map droid in play store !”

I though that didn't provide turn by turn navigation ?
BeethovensPiano
13-07-2012
Originally Posted by Stuart_h:
“Just trying the offline cache on my phone (Nexus running Jelly Bean). It seems to allow about 100mb of caching. What this will cover will depend on how much detail is on the map i guess.

Taking an example in the UK it looks to let me store a box around london out to Luton (North), Maidstone (East), Horsham (South), Bracknell (West).

Its a fairly big area to be fair.”

So the offline maps feature only works in the London area then? Im in Cambridgeshire.
psionic
13-07-2012
Originally Posted by BeethovensPiano:
“So the offline maps feature only works in the London area then? Im in Cambridgeshire. ”

No it works for any area. Stuart was giving an example of how much map data it can cache locally.
psionic
13-07-2012
Originally Posted by psionic:
“No it works for any area. Stuart was giving an example of how much map data it can cache locally.”

Correction 'Large Metropolitan Areas', so I've been reading.
BeethovensPiano
13-07-2012
probably not much use if you dont live in London then
c4rv
13-07-2012
Originally Posted by psionic:
“Correction 'Large Metropolitan Areas', so I've been reading.”

I believe the maps are at tile level so maybe not down to street level and cover the entire country.
Stuart_h
14-07-2012
You can cache any area of your choosing to a maximum if 80 to 100 MB EACH.... you can cache more than one map area !!!

I only used the London area as an example for sizing.
alan.w
14-07-2012
Originally Posted by c4rv:
“I though that didn't provide turn by turn navigation ?”

Navfree does provide turn by turn navigation on Android
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