> I wish Google Maps or Apple Maps made it easier to download a large swath like you can with OSM.
Google Maps on iOS let’s you choose squares on the planet and download offline maps.
Open the app, click your initial at the top right and you’ll see Offline Maps in the drop-down.
Driving directions only though. But you can search for POIs and it will navigate you there. Or you can look at the maps/streets.
I use it regularly in USA and Europe when I don’t have a data plan there. Or when I’m low/out of data in Canada because Canadian telecom sucks. Or when Rogers shits the bed.
I also have Kiwix with full copies of Wikipedia (about 85gb) and a few other resources. And a small solar panel so when doomsday hits…
Yeah I've used that in the past on Android and it's been very sketchy. The app will seemingly let the map expire and if I don't remember to check every time I go up to the mountains where I need it I'll usually get stuck without a working up to date map. It also doesn't seem to hold that many POI locations so I'm stuck just navigating to the right town and hoping I get signal eventually to find the actual place I'm going. OSMAnd+ however just keeps the data even if it's older so I'll always have at least some street data.
The maps used to expire after 30 days, but is now 365 days. I agree: it’s arbitrary and unnecessary.
It does background refresh but unsure how great it is. Right know my maps expire with different dates between July and November 2023, so I guess it’s keeping up to date enough.
Maybe it's better now I have haven't travelled much this year and after downloading the OSM data I haven't bothered with offline google maps because I have all the roads and more already.
Google Maps on iOS let’s you choose squares on the planet and download offline maps.
Open the app, click your initial at the top right and you’ll see Offline Maps in the drop-down.
Driving directions only though. But you can search for POIs and it will navigate you there. Or you can look at the maps/streets.
I use it regularly in USA and Europe when I don’t have a data plan there. Or when I’m low/out of data in Canada because Canadian telecom sucks. Or when Rogers shits the bed.
I also have Kiwix with full copies of Wikipedia (about 85gb) and a few other resources. And a small solar panel so when doomsday hits…