Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Google Maps enables navigation and search offline – La Voz del Interior

According to reports today in a post on Google’s official blog, the Maps service and allows navigation and search offline maps, by the time Android devices. The possibility represents a big step, because although so far the geolocation was available with or without connection to the location-for example user connectivity was essential to find specific addresses, were these streets or places of importance in the maps.

“Now you can download an area of ​​the world on your phone, and the next time you find yourself in a place without connectivity-whether a path in the field or underground-parking Google Maps continue running smoothly. Whereas before you could only see a map area being offline, now you have all indications corner by corner, search for specific destinations and a lot of useful information on places like opening hours, information contact or qualifications, say from Google.

According to what I explained, you can download an area looking for a city or country, and by tapping “Download” in the tab Instead it obtained result; or by going to the tab “Areas offline” menu of Google and by tapping into the macado button with “+”. The limit to save are areas of 50 km by 50 km.

Once downloaded Google Maps to offline mode you will automatically recognize when the user is in a place with low or no connectivity, and connectivity when you find work again online access to the full version. In the case of discharges, however, only it is possible with a Wi-fi not to generate consumption data packet

Although OTA update application (ie which arrives via Google Play) still seems to have come to our country, it is expected that in the coming hours the maps of the Argentine cities are available.

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