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Re: SD memory

From Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com>
Newsgroups comp.mobile.android
Subject Re: SD memory
Date 2021-01-05 01:51 +0000
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On Mon, 4 Jan 2021 22:14:43 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:

> On 03/01/2021 21.12, Arlen Holder wrote:
>> Plus, originally, it would just complain after 29 days
>> o But later, it wiped out the offline maps after those 29 days expired
> 
> One year.

Hi Carlos,
Thanks for that datum, as I never understood why the deletion period was so
short in the days that we didn't need to log into a Google Account just to
download a map tile that we could easily see without logging into a Google
Account.

A year seems a lot more reasonable than a month, for sure.

I won't be using this Google offline maps feature, but I do agree with
anyone who claims Google's address lookup is the best on earth.
o My test of freeware Android offline GPS navigation applications 
<https://androidforums.com/threads/my-test-of-freeware-android-offline-gps-navigation-applications.806872/> 

In the olden days, we used to use "AddressToGPS" freeware to scrape the
Google Address database, but that stopped working for me a while ago.
1. I'd use AddressToGps to get the coordinates, and then
2. I'd punch those coordinates into any offline map program

That works great, by the way, but again, Google "routing" is, by far, the
best, particularly because it takes traffic into account.
o Is there a non Google freeware traffic app 
<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.mobile.android//Ve_2cgliiGk> 

There are easy workarounds to AddressToGps though, which I outlined in
prior threads, such as using a web browser to get the GPS coordinates out
of Google Maps, but if you're gonna go to that much trouble, then you may
as well just route with traffic inside the web browser (which works sans a
login, as far as I can recall).
o Is there a non Google freeware traffic app
<https://groups.google.com/g/comp.mobile.android/c/Ve_2cgliiGk/>

The end result is that Google Offline Maps are "nice" to have
but there are plenty of workarounds such that the onus of a login is too
much for me to bother with it (for the little gain it provides).

Thanks for the datum that Google no longer unilaterally wipes out your
downloaded offline maps after only a month's time.

See also:
o Does anyone know how or if Google associates your identity with your Google Map navigation activities? 
<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.mobile.android/um2niVH0oYU> 

o What decent free offline no-login privacy-enabled road map apps exist for Android users to enjoy? 
<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.mobile.android/YadPNimUcu8> 
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SD memory Dieter Britz <dieterhansbritz@gmail.com> - 2021-01-02 14:21 +0000
  Re: SD memory Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-01-02 14:52 +0000
  Re: SD memory VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2021-01-02 09:09 -0600
    Re: SD memory Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-02 18:44 +0000
  Re: SD memory Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-02 18:44 +0000
  Re: SD memory The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2021-01-02 11:10 -0800
  Re: SD memory "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-02 20:32 +0100
    Re: SD memory VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2021-01-02 15:32 -0600
      Re: SD memory AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2021-01-02 14:51 -0700
        Re: SD memory VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2021-01-02 19:39 -0600
          Re: SD memory Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-03 20:37 +0000
        Re: SD memory Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-03 20:12 +0000
      Re: SD memory "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-02 22:52 +0100
        Re: SD memory VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2021-01-02 19:41 -0600
          Re: SD memory "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-03 13:56 +0100
          Re: SD memory Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-03 20:37 +0000
        Re: SD memory Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-03 20:12 +0000
          Re: SD memory The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2021-01-03 15:37 -0800
            Re: SD memory sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2021-01-04 09:35 -0800
              Re: SD memory The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2021-01-04 10:26 -0800
                Re: SD memory Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-04 21:21 +0000
                Re: SD memory Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-05 01:56 +0000
                Re: SD memory The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2021-01-04 21:55 -0800
                Re: SD memory "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-05 15:13 +0100
                Re: SD memory sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2021-01-05 08:29 -0800
                Re: SD memory  Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-05 17:24 +0000
                Re: SD memory AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2021-01-05 09:49 -0700
                Re: SD memory Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-05 17:28 +0000
                Re: SD memory The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2021-01-05 20:45 -0800
                Re: SD memory "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-06 14:13 +0100
                Re: SD memory sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2021-01-06 07:54 -0800
                Re: SD memory The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2021-01-06 09:33 -0800
                Re: SD memory sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2021-01-06 10:04 -0800
                Re: SD memory Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-05 14:21 +0000
                Re: SD memory The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2021-01-05 20:51 -0800
                Re: SD memory Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-06 14:04 +0000
                Re: SD memory sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2021-01-05 08:24 -0800
                Re: SD memory Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-05 17:21 +0000
          Re: SD memory "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-04 22:14 +0100
            Re: SD memory sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2021-01-04 15:56 -0800
              Re: SD memory  Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-05 02:04 +0000
              Re: SD memory The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2021-01-04 22:05 -0800
                Re: SD memory  Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-05 15:26 +0000
            Re: SD memory Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-05 01:51 +0000
              Re: SD memory Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-05 02:10 +0000
          Re: SD memory Bob F <bobnospam@gmail.com> - 2021-01-12 10:34 -0800
  Re: SD memory Dieter Britz <dieterhansbritz@gmail.com> - 2021-01-11 13:51 +0000
    Re: SD memory "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-11 15:23 +0100
    Re: SD memory VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2021-01-11 11:15 -0600

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