Here's how you can use Google Maps offline

2. stillthisguy posted on 22 Jun 2012, 09:48 7 0

This article is written as if this was the offline maps that Google integrated, rather than the fact that this lab has been available for a long time in the labs section. Should at least make this fact known when writing this article.

4. metoyou posted on 22 Jun 2012, 10:31 2 3

Children, there are people that don't know about this feature so chill

5. kach22 posted on 22 Jun 2012, 11:07 2 1

That is so cool. Saved me a lot of time searching for this and actually I didn't know it existed.

6. jackhammeR posted on 22 Jun 2012, 11:57 1 5

still suxx compared to nokia maps

7. shammont posted on 22 Jun 2012, 12:33 1 2

i love google maps. i have used it for many things but this is a joke. nokia is much better when it comes to this mapping feature.

8. ivanko34 posted on 22 Jun 2012, 12:41 0 0

I use it since long time
But you can cache a very large area, i have full my region.
But it is not a cache of the satellite just the roads unless mistaken
Anyway the phone cache also the satellite when he got data coverage so the map and latitude work all the time

9. Whateverman posted on 22 Jun 2012, 14:16 1 0

Okay, I don't get it. Why isn't 10 miles of cache good enough? I can't imagine going 10 miles and still not having a signal to connect to. Maybe my experience is different since I live in a larger city, and I have Verizon. But (honest question here) is there really a need for more that 10 miles worth of cached maps, or are there other senarios where more would be useful? Or are there other reasons why some feel Nokia's maps are better?

10. Turok posted on 22 Jun 2012, 15:32 1 2

You still need an active data connection to initiate the navigation and rerouting is available only with data on. So Offline navigation from Google isn't really offline.

Don't think I'm an apple fanboy, i own a SGS 2.

14. Damien_666 posted on 24 Jun 2012, 02:06 0 0

How come people flag down when Nokia Maps is claimed to be better?
Nokia Maps ALWAYS works offline!
And for any location, so need to cache.