Google Maps doesn't offer Offline Maps for China, Here Maps also revoke their support for China Mainland. Is there any Offline Maps App which support China and is easy to use for english speaking foreigner? Baidu Maps is nice, but only usuable with some chinese language skills.
OSM based Apps aren't a alternative as their Map coverage is very limited.
There was a "hacked" Google Maps App couple of years ago which allow to download offline maps for every country, but it's not working anymore. May there are other "hacked" Apps for this, now?
Or is it possible to download Chinese Offline Maps with Google Maps using a VPN from inside China?
v0ujiemq said:
Google Maps doesn't offer Offline Maps for China, Here Maps also revoke their support for China Mainland. Is there any Offline Maps App which support China and is easy to use for english speaking foreigner? Baidu Maps is nice, but only usuable with some chinese language skills.
OSM based Apps aren't a alternative as their Map coverage is very limited.
There was a "hacked" Google Maps App couple of years ago which allow to download offline maps for every country, but it's not working anymore. May there are other "hacked" Apps for this, now?
Or is it possible to download Chinese Offline Maps with Google Maps using a VPN from inside China?
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Hello and welcome to the XDA Forums Q&A section.
I found an app that is hopefully what you are looking for (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.mapof.china&hl=en). If you intend to use this while walking it is probably not recommended since a guy wrote a comment on the app saying:
Your app is excellent however I have found that when I put in the log/lat coordinates from google maps of specific point they do not match. They seem to be out by 500 metres. For example google map reference of a point in Beijing is 39.9075797 / 116.399314 The same location on your app has is : 39.90618 / 116.39313 I would assume that the coordinates from google are the accurate ones. After trying this with a number of different locations it seems like this 500 metere offset is across the board and perhaps the starting reference point in your app is not precise enough.
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If the app is not what you are looking for, kindly reply and enjoy your stay!
Hopefully I helped you and if I did, hit thanks .
ThisApp based on OSM, so the map quality isn't good. OSM is banned in China, thats why nobody help to improve map data there.
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Hey Gang,
Is there a plugin/overlay for google maps that will map where I have been. Be great when I am in the woods on my ATV
Hi There
Almost any/every gps application can record you route which you just then import into google earth.... It's just a matter of finding which one you prefer from the many hundreds of apps available.
regards
Lohtse
I've used trackme and really like it. There are threads on here of his. Here's his website. You can download trips or make your own server and view it there.
http://www.luisespinosa.com/trackme_eng.html
You may also want to have a look at NaviComputer, in this same forum.
I agree
I have to agree that Navicomputer is the best general tracker. It may lack some of the more advanced features but is very quick and creating maps for it is very simple. Also you can create Open Street Maps and Virtual Earth Satellite maps. Out of all the programs I've tried, and I've tried a few (GPS Tuner, Navicomputer, Pathway) this is the best.
I have tried this one and it generates the kml for google earth
WYGTYA
Try this BackCountry Navigator :good:
Since when does/can a unit based on Windows Mobile run an Android app, as this is the case with BackCountry Navigator ???
Hello XDA-devs
I'am working on a navigation system based on google maps. Now I try to Download the Maps on the SD-card to be able to use the app in offline mode.
I've searched the Google API v3 but havent found the Map download. Do you have any idea how to get there?
greetings.
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Hello XDA-devs
I'am working on a navigation system based on google maps. Now I try to Download the Maps on the SD-card to be able to use the app in offline mode.
I've searched the Google API v3 but havent found the Map download. Do you have any idea how to get there?
greetings.
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You can use Link2SD to transfer it to your SD card..thats what i do
Before you go headlong into this, the "free" Google API license pretty much forbids that type of use.
Check out the Android app Locus and the Java app Mobac to see the impact of cease-and-desist orders on similar efforts.
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Hi. I want to use Google Maps in my app to show location of friends around. I m planning to sell the app on playstore, or may be I will add ads in it for earning. Does google allow to sell out an app in which Google Maps are used?? Do I need to purchase any kind of license? Or is it free and I can use maps for making my earning...
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Hi. I want to use Google Maps in my app to show location of friends around. I m planning to sell the app on playstore, or may be I will add ads in it for earning. Does google allow to sell out an app in which Google Maps are used?? Do I need to purchase any kind of license? Or is it free and I can use maps for making my earning...
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Sure you can use them, for free!
You can start to see how it works here
Just bought the vivo iqoo pro from China, and using it in Canada.
initally your timeline was good in google map after the installation of the google play service and google map from vivo app market. For some reasons, the your timeline stopped working, and found the location hitsory is off, and not available in Canada. After checking the google play service version that had been upgraded to the latest version.
the only solution is to uninstall the latest version of the google service play, and reinstall the original vivo version of the google play service, then the google map returned back to work. however, the google play service upgrading cannot be stopped intentionally, it looks like automatically upgraded by the system evenif stop the app update in the google play store...
So far i have to uninstall and reinstall the google play service every other day for keeping the google map running... any good solution or the alternative app that similar as your timeline in the google map and share the location with others?
I guess this is not only happened in vivo, also on other devices the ROM from China, anyone has the similar issue and what is the workaround...?
Thanks!
I also have an Iqoo Pro and its telling me that location history for Ireland is "not available in this country", is that what you are talking about? I've looked over my "your timeline" and I have no Entries since i got this phone back in September, Its not something that I'd use to look back over where I've been and the routes taken. My maps works well and I use Waze also, However I went into Goog maps on my laptop here and my timeline history is on so its definitely the phone, but to answer your earlier question, no I don't have a workaround to an issue i didn't know i had, Did you contact Vivo to ask them ?
same here. i think its because our device is not certificated by Google
Any solution for this? Have same problem with iqoo 9 pro
Hi. I live in Korea and um... I live in a country that is quite tight to use Google services.
In South Korea, some Google services are restricted due to North Korean provocations and security reasons.
Representative examples are Google Maps and Google Earth. Google Maps has been updated in 2014, and Google Earth is not being serviced in Korea.
I need to use Google Earth, but even if I install Earth with my US account, it automatically detects this and the Android OS automatically deletes it.
So, it turns out that the Android OS automatically detects the package name and automatically deletes it when it is used in Korea, but the Google Earth package name has not been changed. Anyone can help?
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Hi. I live in Korea and um... I live in a country that is quite tight to use Google services.
In South Korea, some Google services are restricted due to North Korean provocations and security reasons.
Representative examples are Google Maps and Google Earth. Google Maps has been updated in 2014, and Google Earth is not being serviced in Korea.
I need to use Google Earth, but even if I install Earth with my US account, it automatically detects this and the Android OS automatically deletes it.
So, it turns out that the Android OS automatically detects the package name and automatically deletes it when it is used in Korea, but the Google Earth package name has not been changed. Anyone can help?
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Your OS deletes them automatically?
I don't think you can change the package name that easily.
You could download the apk and reverse engineer it, then change the package name and rebuild your app.
But that isn't legal i guess...
Maybe you could try to find that app which automatically deletes your google earth app. Maybe you can trick this one somehow.
If you can use your webbrowser as well, you could also use the web version of google earth.
If it's restricted you could use a free non-logging vpn like e.g. protonvpn.
If your government, however, doesn't what you to access such things, they may take legal actions against you, since your internet service provider sees if you connect to a vpn (but not, what you access from within this vpn).
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I need to use Google Earth, but even if I install Earth with my US account, it automatically detects this and the Android OS automatically deletes it.
So, it turns out that the Android OS automatically detects the package name and automatically deletes it when it is used in Korea, but the Google Earth package name has not been changed.
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Android OS is an operating system, it therefore only processes instructions, but never does the latter by itself.
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Android OS is an operating system, it therefore only processes instructions, but never does the latter by itself.
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You are right. But I guess he wanted to say, that something (a script, app, etc) is automatically deleting it.
Then OP should should be clear: I am not a clairvoyant as you might be.
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Then OP should should be clear: I am not a clairvoyant as you might be.
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Well, people don't always know it better so they describe it in the best way they can.
And besides: I actually studied the art of clairvoyants – but since there's no way you could know that I assume you are one too
To stay on topic: It's a good idea to help people to understand things like that, which is why I appreciate your clarification about what the Android OS actually is!
OP knows that usage of Google Maps - with regards to South Korean maps - is refused in South Korea. Wondering why he instead doesn't make use of Naver Maps for his/her day-to-day navigations.
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OP knows that usage of Google Maps - with regards to South Korean maps - is refused in South Korea. Wondering why he instead doesn't make use of Naver Maps for his/her day-to-day navigations.
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I don't know. But his main concern is google earth, which is quite different compared to google maps.
I know that the 2 apps are completely different ones, serve different purpose.
OP surely also knows that usage of Google Earth is denied in South Korea.
OP should know that Google Earth is copyrighted by Google and not open source what freely can be modified - that's valid for its APK too.
Therefore, in my opinion, it is a violation of the XDA-forum rules to point out here how one might have to change Google Earth APK - means re-master it - that it is also executable in South Korea.
BTW: Google Earth's APK's AndroidManifest.xml comes as compressed. Google know what to do to avoid hacking.
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BTW: Google Earth's APK's AndroidManifest.xml comes as compressed. Google know what to do to avoid hacking.
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Isn't that always/often the case and should be easy revertable?
However, that would be another question and I must admit your right.