desert dweller
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Post by desert dweller on Sept 3, 2015 10:45:08 GMT -8
My experience is that you will need to have access to the internet to download the actual map. The GPS will put your location on the screen. But it won't mean much without an associated map.
You may be able download pertinent maps ahead of time. Maybe there is some kind of app that would let you mesh the GPS with the pre-loaded map.
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daveg
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Post by daveg on Sept 3, 2015 12:32:04 GMT -8
I've used Nokia Here. Downloaded it on to my phone and tablet several months ago. You can download maps and navigate offline. Haven't used it much -- just enough to try it out. Last month Nokia announced it had sold Here. Don't know what difference that will make but the app is still available. |
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amaruq
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Post by amaruq on Sept 3, 2015 12:34:20 GMT -8
In Japan I would screen shot the pertinent areas of the city I'd be in that day prior to leaving the WiFi-equipped hostel in the morning. It won't show me where I am on it, but a map is a map.
Except in Kyoto, because Kyoto has municipal-sponsored WiFi everywhere.
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Sept 3, 2015 13:37:32 GMT -8
"Navigation" as in calculating the route from one location to another destination? And keeping track of your progress via the gps? I'd bet that "navigation route building" is offloaded to a server farm somewhere so being offline would block that.
Easy enough to try: shut off your WiFi (IIRC WiFi and GPS can be turned off separately in Android) and see if you can get a route generated. I tend to doubt it, that's more calculating than I'd think they'd leave for the device to handle.... but easy enough to confirm. Once calculated tracking progress MAY be accessible offline as that's more or less just refreshing the location carrot. Though the "Make a right turn in 50 feet at Bleecker Street" might require server interaction....
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