• After 15+ years, we've made a big change: Android Forums is now Early Bird Club. Learn more here.

Quick question about Google Maps/Navigation

T

theophile

Lurker
When a driving route is selected and used in Google Navigation, are all the necessary maps downloaded beforehand, or are they loaded as needed, or as you drive into the area? In other words, if I have a route that goes through areas with no reception, will Google Navigation show an empty grid because it can't connect to download the maps, or will all the necessary maps already be in the cache somewhere?
 
The maps are dled as you're in location. So losing reception =no map. There are other map programs for dl that are stored on the card I believe.
 
Blast. And there's no pre-cache option? I looked at the major GPS navigation program for Android (can't remember the name) but it was way too expensive. I don't do enough driving to justify it, but when I do, it's usually through areas with spotty reception.
 
MartinS said:
Copilot isn't too expensive. And it's very good.
Click to expand...

Yeah, it's $35. That's more than three times as much as I would ever pay for a phone app! I was reading on a Droid forum that Google Nav pre-caches map data for routes but Google Maps itself doesn't. Apparently this was in a press release but I haven't found it yet.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom