If you use a lot the Google Maps application, you will learn through this tutorial on how to load your cards and to read them offline. We will see very easily how to register a card, check, and possibly remove it.
Google Maps: use offline maps
The problem with Google Maps is his internet addiction. This will further when in a city in France and that the network is good, a little less when the network quality decreases, and it's not going at all when going abroad and the downloaded data cost a the price of caviar.
That's why Google has implemented in its application for a feature, although limits are in the game, save and view offline areas of our choice.
Registration of the desired area
1-First, it will of course have to save the area you want to consult offline.
2-Open the application and if it is not already, sign in to your Google Account.
Search for a location.
3-Slide your finger from the bottom of the screen to display the location information sheet and press Save to offline access, to save the selected area on the plan. (Note that if the plan is already on the area you want to record, search is unnecessary. You just have to click on the search field and scroll down the page to find the button "Register for access offline.)
4-Only the area on the screen is recorded. And of course you can adjust it by moving or varying zoom. There is no need to get close up to save the details, the principle of the recording for offline access is not to record that sees the display, but all the details contained in the covered area.
Google maps map Register
5-Enter a name for the recorded area, and press Save.
Consult the registered cards
The idea of course is to view the maps. Moreover, it is unfortunately all that is possible offline, the route calculation needing an internet connection.
To access one of the recorded areas
Tap the icon in the sidebar and click your addresses.
Scroll down to the Offline Maps section, and press View and manage.
Management of registered cards
Are you back in France where data plan with increased size. Whatever your reason, here's how to remove or edit recorded charts.
Tap the icon in the sidebar, and your address.
Scroll down to the Offline Maps section, and press View and manage.
Tap the Menu icon on the right
Press Rename, Update or Delete your goal
Confirm the changes.
Google maps offline access
Troubleshooting, but not a substitute
Although registration cards is a real improvement over the single possibiité act online, this function does not make your application Google Maps GPS offline worthy of a TomTom.
The option saves all map data and street names, allowing you to zoom in as much as you want offline, within the framework of the saved to be able to know every detail of the place.
However, the more advanced features such as Satellite and Terrain views, interior plans and 3D buildings will not appear. The two most missing options that are offline mode without hesitation route calculation and navigation.
On the other hand, though it is not the biggest problems of functionality, it should be clear that we can not save more than 50 km2 area. But generally, this will be more than enough to choose areas that we visit the morning and enjoying a wifi network, when you are abroad, in order to avoid downloading data once outside.
Finally, Google constantly updating its maps, service limits the storage cards to 30 days after this period all the recorded areas will be deleted.
conclusion
If it does not fully compensate a GPS offline, this feature will provide a good temporary solution in areas where the network is not available or too expensive. Furthermore, if privacy is a real problem for you, offline maps consultation will remain the best way not to get tracking on Google.
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