data using google maps

[Anonymous]

Hi im going to scotland for xmas and would like to use google maps on my samsung 4 phone, i pay extra and have 5 gb is that enough?

[MI5]

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@Bambino wrote:

I may be wrong about this, so please correct me if I am, but I had always understood that you could download a map from Google for a specific area over WiFi, but you cannot get turn by turn directions unless you're connected to data.

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Yes correct, you need a data connection back to the server for spoken turn by turn directions but you can still plan your route on WiFi and follow it on screen without a data connection.

[Bambino]

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@MI5 wrote:

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@Bambino wrote:

I may be wrong about this, so please correct me if I am, but I had always understood that you could download a map from Google for a specific area over WiFi, but you cannot get turn by turn directions unless you're connected to data.

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Yes correct, you need a data connection back to the server for spoken turn by turn directions but you can still plan your route on WiFi and follow it on screen without a data connection.

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Yes you can follow the route, but as the article that @Cleoriff posted says, you can only download around ten miles of map. Not very helpful if you're on a long trip. It's always puzzled me why Google has never gotten on board with allowing turn by turn directions over GPS without data. Obviously it can be done, as I do it all the time with my map app. Maybe Google has a deal with all the network providers to ensure that maps must use data for directions?

[MI5]

That article may be outdated now as Google maps include an option in settings to download maps and you can get much bigger areas.....

[Anonymous]

If Google did their own Sat Nav App then they wouldn't make the money from all the other Sat Nav Apps available in the Play Store.

As for data I only have a 2Gb allowance and don't even use nowhere near half of that, and I'm out on the road all the time using a Sat Nav App with live traffic!

[Cleoriff]

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@MI5 wrote:
That article may be outdated now as Google maps include an option in settings to download maps and you can get much bigger areas.....

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Depending on where it was published ...the article is dated either 02/12/14...OR 12/02/14 ...:smileywink:

[Bambino]

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@Anonymous wrote:

If Google did their own Sat Nav App then they wouldn't make the money from all the other Sat Nav Apps available in the Play Store.

As for data I only have a 2Gb allowance and don't even use nowhere near half of that, and I'm out on the road all the time using a Sat Nav App with live traffic!

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You're probably right. The advantage for using a different app from Google Maps, particularly when I'm in the US, is that I don't need to add any data to my T-Mobile Pay & Go sim. 

[Bambino]

As if on cue, this article was published today:

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Does-Nokias-HERE-maps-app-have-the-potential-to-overthrow-Google-Maps...

[MI5]

Nokia maps have always been considered better by some. Now they are available on more platforms we should see them rise above Google easily.

[jonsie]

I've always found Nokia maps superior  to Google. ....