Google Maps: Absolutely a must have. One of the best.

[itsallgood]

You do need an internet connection to down load the maps. But from what i understand, it fillls up the caches with the map and runs from there. But, it will need to redownload the maps again though. There are stand alone map apps in the market for office line maps though.

 

[Budapest]

Hi fellows,

I am going to make a whole summer bicycle tour in Europe. Please recommend me offline maps which fulfill the most of my requirements:
1. contain preferably every road suitable for bicycle
2. contain places of interest
3. contain information on relief, preferably a contour-map
4. contain positions of camping sites
5. contain railways and stations
6. contain probably locations of shops
7. preferably whole Europe or countries of western and central Europe
I am going to use it offline on Samsung Galaxy Ace (Android 2.2) on a 32 GB micro SD card.

Great thanks in advance if you can help me! Bye!

 

[AlienDonkey]

Hi fellows,

I am going to make a whole summer bicycle tour in Europe. Please recommend me offline maps which fulfill the most of my requirements:
1. contain preferably every road suitable for bicycle
2. contain places of interest
3. contain information on relief, preferably a contour-map
4. contain positions of camping sites
5. contain railways and stations
6. contain probably locations of shops
7. preferably whole Europe or countries of western and central Europe
I am going to use it offline on Samsung Galaxy Ace (Android 2.2) on a 32 GB micro SD card.

Great thanks in advance if you can help me! Bye!

Have a look at Maverick, it supports OSM Cycle map and a lot of other maps. It caches maps as it goes or you can use Mobile Map Creator and download the maps to the phone.

 

[itsallgood]

I'm planning to change my "old" cell phone this year and haven't made my mind between the IPhone 5 and the Samsung Galaxy S2. I'm in Canada and both should be available here in autumn ( I hope!).
I have a Garmin on which I've installed the Europeen maps. I am more than satisfied with the ease this GPS took me to all my destinations.
I wold like to have the same features on my next smart phone: free use like the Garmin, that is no internet connection; keep it pluged in like the Garmin so as to not drain the battery...
I was told that unless there's an antenna installed to lock in a satelite (like Garmin) you need an internet connection, thus pay.
Hope you guys can clear everything for me.

You will need an app that stores maps directly to your phone. I use CoPilot Live V8 and V9. (I like version 9 the best) It cost like $15 I believe, but well worth the money. Keeping your phone plugged in while using GPS is smart. It will drain your battery. I have an old harman/kardon GPS and that battery only lasted 4hrs off charger less than that when it got old.

 

[Qurayshi]

will you please tell me how i can get this map.
Please give the guidelines.
thanks

 

[itsallgood]

will you please tell me how i can get this map.
Please give the guidelines.
thanks

Just go into the android market and search "Copilot Live" Make sure you are on wifi. It took 30 mins to download the maps. Have phone on charger too.

 

[inheritx]

I love Google Maps, in my Galaxy SII it is working very nicely.
And I also love the latitude system of it, because I can see my friends location through it.

 

[laura7]

I would literally be lost with Google Maps! I use it regularly to get around even in cities I am familiar with as it shows the fastest route and how to avoid tolls etc. It's great

 

[ogiepogigmail]

Even for my iphone, I still use googlemaps. Not a fan of the built-in iphone map app.

 

[Sgroup]

It is good app, I think!

 

[DLGames]

It's a very useful app where ever you go.
P.S. Good review !

 

[sleepywarrior]

its very useful review and Google maps service always help me whenever i visit new places. Thanks

 

[psicokiller]

it's fantastic

 

[Mark Hurst]

google maps now supports offline maps ... hard to beat imo