Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E. R." Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: stored maps Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2018 01:18:51 +0100 Lines: 53 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net dFd0V/3RkQLPtPoxZPfjiAAhjWsrD6GwylJsxfD+A4V705rXof Cancel-Lock: sha1:fi/NqmTWdfkRfmFIAiOAYkuLR8Y= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.2.1 In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-CA Xref: csiph.com comp.mobile.android:57229 On 05/11/2018 22.39, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote: > In message , Carlos E. R. > writes: >> On 05/11/2018 20.34, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote: >>> In message , Carlos E. R. >>> writes: >>>> On 05/11/2018 19.22, Frank Slootweg wrote: >>> [] >>>>>   For me, Google Maps is only useful in online mode, because of >>>>> traffic >>>>> information. For offline use, I use A Real App (TM)! :-) >>>> >>>> Downloading the map in advance doesn't block online use; it simply >>>> reduces the amount of data to download while on the road. >>> [] >>> Do you have to actively do something to do the in-advance download, or >>> does it just do it whenever there _is_ a connection (thus getting >>> traffic reports etc.)? If it just does it whenever, then presumably you >>> don't necessarily know you've driven outside the coverage area. >> >> It asks. I get a notification saying that the stored map is old, update >> it or it will be deleted on such date. >> > What does it ask, and when? If I sit at home, within range of my wifi, > and tell it I'm going to XXX, does it download the map to XXX > automatically, and then ask me something when I actually drive to XXX > and get out of coverage? Or does it ask before downloading the map, > before I leave home? Open maps. Open the three bar menu. Down there there is an entry "maps without connection" (I'm translating from Spanish). It will lists which maps are already downloaded, when they time out, and offer you to select your own zone to download. There is a cog wheel for further configuration: update automatically, download automatically, preferences (like only with wifi) and about. I don't know how to download the map of a route. When I said "It asks" I was referring to the map of an area already downloaded, maybe a month ago. Not to the map of a route. The notification is a system notification. I tried now to plan a route, and I did not see how to download the map of the route. If I google on "how to download route on google maps" what I get is how to download a rectangular area, which you can resize as needed. I also see instructions on how to plan a route using the web, not the app. -- Cheers, Carlos E.R.