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Re: FYI ... here are my offline GPS map apps on Android

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On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 19:22:37 +0000 (UTC), Aardvarks wrote:

> PROS:
> - Free Offline Map application with voice guidance (directions only)
> - Accurate road maps (displays 3d, direction or 2d direction & north up)
> - Traffic <=== this is the biggest plus! (Only Google Maps has that!)
> - Natural address entry (I need to test its POI database though)
> - History is saved even when offline (Google Maps won't do that easily)
> - Chooses routes and routes offline (Google Maps won't easily do this!)
> - Nice display of directions and arrival time
> - Satellite & transit views (they don't seem to work offline though)
> - Works on Android & iOS
> 
> CONS:
> - Does not speak street names (probably)
> - Relatively slow (minutes) to route a 150 mile route offline

By way of contrast, here is my iOS desktop with the map apps:
http://cubeupload.com/im/WVwPS5.jpg

Notice it's the same (sort of) organization as on Android:
http://i.cubeupload.com/iN58vY.gif

That's because we all do the same things on mobile devices.

Just as I did on Android, I added Here! to the iOS roadmap folder:
http://i.cubeupload.com/z1U4sm.jpg

Just for completeness, here are the two Outdoormap folders:
http://i.cubeupload.com/4sVFtN.jpg
http://i.cubeupload.com/NMOXjm.jpg

PS: I'm not sure *how* I got two pages of folders.

The Apple version of Here! was similar in operation to the Android version,
although you ave to download the iPhone version (there is no iPad version). 

By way of review of the quick five-minute test of Here!, to supplement what
I wrote in the Android review, the Apple version gives a more clear warning
when traffic is turned on that "we collect info about your drive, such as
your speed, location, and direction".

The Apple version came with the US American voice, whereas the Android 
version came with a British voice. The Apple version is slightly harder to 
use (IMHO), because of the lack of a dedicated "Back" button (so it's 
different for each screen how to get out of it). It's actually a PITA to 
get back to the map, where I had to close the app entirely and start over 
since it wouldn't go to the map once I was in settings. 

The US California map was under 500 MB (467MB I think). 

When I typed in the same address that I typed in for Android, both the 
search and routing was *way* faster (seconds) so, there's a plus right 
there (although my Android phone is older than the iPad).

For some reason, from my chair anyway, it didn't speak anything, not even 
the directions, so I'll have to test that on the road.

I couldn't find a setting in the map app using cellular data for Here in 
the cellular data settings of the iPad, which was weird, but the setting to 
work offline was easy to find inside the map app.

 

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FYI ... here are my offline GPS map apps on Android Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-19 00:17 +0000
  Re: FYI ... here are my offline GPS map apps on Android Bob <Bob@the.builder> - 2016-07-19 04:33 -0500
    Re: FYI ... here are my offline GPS map apps on Android David Taylor <david-taylor@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> - 2016-07-19 14:50 +0100
      Re: FYI ... here are my offline GPS map apps on Android Bob <Bob@the.builder> - 2016-07-19 10:23 -0500
      Re: FYI ... here are my offline GPS map apps on Android Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-19 21:24 +0000
        Re: FYI ... here are my offline GPS map apps on Android Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-20 20:28 +0000
    Re: FYI ... here are my offline GPS map apps on Android Adrian <bulleid@ku.gro.lioff> - 2016-07-19 19:18 +0100
      Re: FYI ... here are my offline GPS map apps on Android Bob <Bob@the.builder> - 2016-07-19 14:09 -0500
        Re: FYI ... here are my offline GPS map apps on Android Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-19 21:44 +0000
    Re: FYI ... here are my offline GPS map apps on Android Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-19 19:22 +0000
      Re: FYI ... here are my offline GPS map apps on Android Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-19 20:52 +0000
        Re: FYI ... here are my offline GPS map apps on Android nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-19 18:22 -0400
          Re: FYI ... here are my offline GPS map apps on Android Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-19 23:00 +0000
            Re: FYI ... here are my offline GPS map apps on Android nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-19 19:13 -0400
          Re: FYI ... here are my offline GPS map apps on Android crankpuss <undisclosedUserid@gmail.com> - 2016-07-20 15:17 -0600
  Re: FYI ... here are my offline GPS map apps on Android Martin Schöön <martin.schoon@gmail.com> - 2016-07-19 11:26 +0000
    Re: FYI ... here are my offline GPS map apps on Android Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-19 23:01 +0000
      Re: FYI ... here are my offline GPS map apps on Android Martin Schöön <martin.schoon@gmail.com> - 2016-07-21 20:33 +0000
        Re: FYI ... here are my offline GPS map apps on Android Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-21 21:48 +0000
      Re: FYI ... here are my offline GPS map apps on Android tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-07-22 03:06 -0400
        Re: FYI ... here are my offline GPS map apps on Android Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-22 15:02 +0000
  Re: FYI ... here are my offline GPS map apps on Android bluelou@duenorth.com - 2016-07-19 19:58 -0300
  Re: FYI ... here are my offline GPS map apps on Android Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-30 17:18 +0000

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