Hi to all.
I need for outdoor activities a GPS app that can use downloaded cached maps from Google earth, or satelite view in google maps (not with street names). If someone remembers, just like GPSSportTracker for WinMo 6.x devices was (it used a PC program from which you could download needed maps, and copy them to your device...download helper I think was it's name)
mladjo said:
Hi to all.
I need for outdoor activities a GPS app that can use downloaded cached maps from Google earth, or satelite view in google maps (not with street names). If someone remembers, just like GPSSportTracker for WinMo 6.x devices was (it used a PC program from which you could download needed maps, and copy them to your device...download helper I think was it's name)
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I have read about some FPS program that does not require data or any cost and it runs entirely off of downloaded openstreet maps files, does anyoen know what program this is I can no longer find it.
Thank you!!
Mapfactor Navigator 10 Free is a free offline navigation software which uses OpenStreetmaps data files. You need to download the maps on your Windows PC and copy them onto your Touch HD.
URL: navigatorfree.mapfactor.com/en/
Try this: http://navicomputer.com/
The very best offline GPS program I've ever seen is noniGPSPlot which you will find =>here<=.
There you will also find the program MapView. With MapView it is very easy to download kalibrated maps from google, openstreetmap and others. With it you can also download kalibrated satelite fotos and use them like maps in noniGPSPlot.
It is not a car navigation program but it is a GPS program for hikers, sailors, pilots and so on. The programs are free, but because they are so wonderful, I donated to the developer - the first time in my life.
- Thunichgud -
Dieselhorst said:
Mapfactor Navigator 10 Free is a free offline navigation software which uses OpenStreetmaps data files. You need to download the maps on your Windows PC and copy them onto your Touch HD.
URL: navigatorfree.mapfactor.com/en/
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^this^
I compared it side by side with TomTom7.
This had more UK postcodes and better POI.
Very impressed.
Dieselhorst said:
Mapfactor Navigator 10 Free is a free offline navigation software which uses OpenStreetmaps data files. You need to download the maps on your Windows PC and copy them onto your Touch HD.
URL: navigatorfree.mapfactor.com/en/
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so I am using this, I might of done something wrong, I am tryign to get to a particular street in Florida I d/led the enditre state of florida and it is apparently not finding it, and th street is not new or anything.. maybey its just user error I dunno.
7499 Montague St
Tampa, FL 33635
Is there a way to make the program more intuitive, it took me a while to figure out how to type in tampa then it offers me like 6 different options for tampa, i have no idea what tampa I should use when I'm putting in a place. and the zip code is not recognized either.
Any Ideas?
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I am traveling to some parts of Asia where apps like Tomtom do not have maps and I am thinking if it is possible to have Google maps copied to the SD card and use the HTC GPS and Compass for navigation.Not just as a map but like a point to point tuen like Tomtom.
Rgds
Google maps are online only.
Garmin Mobile XT could be an idea. They have quite a large range of maps, including Asia, as far as I know.
Have you looked at iGo by NavnGo. This is their Asia coverage:
https://www.naviextras.com/shop/portal/catalog?view=list&type=100&page=1&area=10
Rob
Thanks for your replies. Thanked via the button.
Would an application similar to map droid be able to do this?I did see one last yea but cannot remember the app right now
RAMBO29 said:
Thanks for your replies. Thanked via the button.
Would an application similar to map droid be able to do this?I did see one last yea but cannot remember the app right now
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Don´t remember the app name either... also, there seem to be conversion tools to "translate" open street maps into commercial navigation readable formats.
Anything similar to translate Google maps to readable format?
I don't know what everybody else is feeling about the new google maps app, but I just can't stand it. Before, the app was a critical resource for me when I was traveling. Offline maps, between-two-points distance measurement, saved starred places offline, the works. Now, it is completely useless without an internet connection, and even with it lacks the functionality it has before.
How can I downgrade the maps app to before it's little web 5.0 or whatever upgrade? I know my places won't work but I really need offline maps for traveling.
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II) THANK YOU FOR THE PATIENCE OF READING THE POST
This is the first time in my life that I own an Touch Screen Smartphone, which has Android in it.
Please give me some advices (how to install, how to set things up, etc) and suggestions regarding GPS offline software.
Last year, I got LOST IN THE WOODS in a MOUNTANS but I GOT LUCK as I had carrier network and I was able to use google maps on my phone at that time a Sony Ericsson Elm (not a rugged phone, it breaks very easy as is fragile, is not smartphone, is not having android, symbian, bada etc, as is a "java" phone but it has an online google maps and tiny gps reciver).
This saved my life. I got luck as I did find an area with no trees as the trees are "obfuscating" the gps satelite signal, and I got luck because I had an Carrier signal for internet connection.
However, if the scenario repeats and I got in the woods on the mountain again, or when I am driving I need an Navigation Offline GPS software with the maps stored on the external memory card. For getting out from the wood OsmAnd is okay, but is horrible for navigation.
The phone I have is Sony Xperia L, which has a screen of 480 x 854 pixels, 4.3 inches
I wish to install a GPS software which has the following characteristics:
- Maps Stored for Offline use On the microSD card (microSDHC), not in the phone or the internal sdcard memory
- Navigation turn by turn with voice guidance.
- Calculation of the route with no internet connection required
- 3D (bird's-eye view) mapping navigation mode
Till now I have found the following Offline Gps Applications but far now none of them dose not fit, or I don't know how to install and configure them:
1) iGO Primo for Android
2) Sygic
3) CoPilot
4) OsmAnd && OsmAnd+
5) TomTom
6) Google Maps
7) Here Maps (by nokia)
EDIT Added:
8) Navitel
>>> Did I forget something, is there another Offline Gps Software <<<
1) iGO problems on Sony Xperia L, screen resolution. I badly wish this app but it dose't work. On the official iGO site they say something like this "iGO Primo for android is ONLY for the corporate business users, - not for home users like you god dammit "
-If I install iGO Primo for Android, when I rotate the phone from "Portratit" to "Landscape", the app remain in "portratit" and the buttons are not working, If I swich the phone back into "portratit" position the app runs fine again.
-If I put the phone in "landscape" and then start the aplication the iGo Primo for android gives the following error:
" User interface resolution [729x442] is not supported or compatibile skin can not be found. Exiting aplication. "
It dose not matter that I install the application from torrents (multiresolution .apk or optimized for a specific resolution, in my case 854x480 - Xperia L) or the version for israel from the official google play store - " iGo Primo Israel free "
2) Sygic
- I don't know / could not find the settings on how to move the maps on the microSDHC card that I have, or to set up sygic to read the maps from the External Removable Memory
- The version I had, It has poor maps for some of the eastern europe country
3) CoPilot
- It seems that this app is storing the maps inside the phone memory (sdcard0) not in the external memory sdhc microsd card (sdcard1), with no seting to move the maps (like Syginc)
4) OsmAnd
- Is not having "bird view", BUT is able to STORE and "read" the maps from the external memory card
- UNABLE to calculate longer routes (more than 150kms)
- Is it very AWARD and HARD to input a "navigate to this adress", compared to others app
5) TomTom
- I was unable to find a tomtom app in google play store, on torrens, I did find only maps, and not the aplication byitself.
6) GoogleMaps
- It require INTERNET CONNECTION for route calculating
- It has some restriction, as you can save ONLY SOME parts of the map for offline use like a city / county but not all Europe+Uk & Usa
- It is NOT storing the maps on the microSD / external memory card
- I for a non-internet/not-a computer user, the menu of saving a little piece of the map is very well and good hidden (my old father for example)
7) Here maps from Nokia.
- It require am INTERNET connection
- Altrough it has a "saving" option like Google Maps, it dose not storing the map on the EXTERNAL MEMORY
8) Navitel
- As I saw, the maps it is having native (Russia, Moldova, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria) are very detailed but it has no USA / CANADA maps, how it is possible to convert the open street maps for navitel?
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Try Locus. You can download maps for any area you select / any zoom level in the map and can store the offline maps in the external card. The maps can also be downloaded using MOBAC (Mobile Atlas Creator) in the PC in sqlite format and copied to the sd card.
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Looking for a navigation app with no "Internet access" permission. Maps will probably
be loaded manually...
Hi,
I've spent some time at the market with no results.
I'm looking for an old fashioned solution where you simply load in a map into your device (manually), the GPS reciever takes the required signals from the sky and shows your coordinates on the map.
That's it.
No internet connection, no fancy 'in store purchases', simply a man and his interactive map- just like my grandpappy used to do back in 1845.
If any one knows of such a miracle (preferably from a trustworthy source) I would be most obliged.
God, are there so little people who see the problem in pairing your constant whereabouts and the ability to send said whereabouts to some remote server over the internet?
You'd think that someone would develop a small little tool which only present you your numeric coordinates and if you want, will show them on a standardized map the user downloads (maybe from google maps)...
I'm not a developer but that seems to be quite simple. Corerct me if I'm wrong.
THX!
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OSM is a free full working navigation/map app.
Thank you, I just checked all google apps with OSM in their name but htey all required "Internet access".
For downloading the maps
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There is Locus Map Free (and Pro) which does require Internet access, but it also supports offline maps (where you can download the maps in a PC and copy it to the phone). Once you have the offline maps for the locations / city / country (can be a big file) it doesn't need internet access.
gladson1976 said:
There is Locus Map Free (and Pro) which does require Internet access, but it also supports offline maps (where you can download the maps in a PC and copy it to the phone). Once you have the offline maps for the locations / city / country (can be a big file) it doesn't need internet access.
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Like said above, try downloading a navigation app with offline maps features.
Does the app has internet permission? - Yes
Does it use internet when offline mode is on? - No
If you are still worried that the app uses internet you could always just download the offline map, put the app in offline mode and turn off internet acces on your device.
If you have a rooted phone you could also remove the permission from the app, this way you can leave your internet on without the app using it.
Hope i helped, i would try the app mentioned in the post above!
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Oh, yeah it seems to be a good source but my problem at the moment is finding an app.
gladson1976 said:
There is Locus Map Free (and Pro) which does require Internet access, but it also supports offline maps (where you can download the maps in a PC and copy it to the phone). Once you have the offline maps for the locations / city / country (can be a big file) it doesn't need internet access.
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Jaspervaneyck said:
Like said above, try downloading a navigation app with offline maps features.
Does the app has internet permission? - Yes
Does it use internet when offline mode is on? - No
If you are still worried that the app uses internet you could always just download the offline map, put the app in offline mode and turn off internet acces on your device.
If you have a rooted phone you could also remove the permission from the app, this way you can leave your internet on without the app using it.
Hope i helped, i would try the app mentioned in the post above!
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Thank you guys a lot for the suggestion. This Locus map seems nice but yeah, how can I be sure they're (or any thingie with offline maps) not tracking my location?
Whether it's Real Time (I use GPS while simultaneously doing other things on the internet), Delayed (records everything while offline and then sends the info when WIFI is back (I have a vague recollection that perhaps Google did this)), or Sneaky Combo (the app records everything for some period of time, but only sends info if remotely activated, so to thwart traffic inspection)...
Rooted phone- I wish that was an option, unfortunately a) I myself haven't been convinced yet that root managing apps are safer then the inherent android protection (first search result- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2525552), b) the intended owner is not a sophisticated consumer...so... children,matches and a can of gasoline don't go well together.
Damn' I'm a little frustrated...