| Versions |
  |
|
| Author |
 Topic  |
|
michaelnel
USA
12 Posts |
 Posted - 03 août 2011 : 18:36:29
|
How can you tell what version is installed?
edit : Never mind, I found it. I have 5.8 installed. What a cool app! |
 |
|
|
gpspassion
93427 Posts |
Posted - 11 août 2011 : 14:03:52
|
| Yes, 5.8.0 here too and for some strange reason I can't zoom in to a very detailed level anymore in the "maps" app, the nav app doesn't have that problem. I'd had that after updating to 5.7.0 too I think and a reboot had fixed it, will try clearing my cache to see if it helps. |
Discounts and Assistance/Réductions et Assistance (Club GpsPasSion) / Où commencer? |
|
|
|
michaelnel
USA
12 Posts |
Posted - 21 août 2011 : 04:13:57
|
| 5.9.0 is out now too. Just keeps getting better! |
|
|
|
gpspassion
93427 Posts |
Posted - 08 sept. 2011 : 17:57:40
|
Yes, it's nice to see new versions regularly but I can't say I saw many changes with the recent version, including 5.9.0, this will have to change with the next version, V6.0.0 ;-)
Did a lot of driving this summer, 7,005 miles coast to coast, mostly relying on my Garmin 3790T but I was running GMN on my Android smartphone at all times to have access to the stops I had programmed on Google MyMaps and to get a "big picture" thanks to the "alternate routes" feature. Routes were generally ok, but the biggest problem I'd already mentioned here is the overly pessimistic ETA, unlike my nuvi 3790T that was always within 10 minutes of the actual time.
Google really need to work on that, as well as adding the speed limits. |
Discounts and Assistance/Réductions et Assistance (Club GpsPasSion) / Où commencer? |
|
|
|
gpspassion
93427 Posts |
Posted - 06 juin 2012 : 22:40:16
|
FF to 06/2012 and v6.8.0 is now the latest version but not much is new compared with last year...but this is apparently about to change according to this article http://www.androidcentral.com/google-maps-android-getting-offline-access - with Google ready to launch a full off-line maps/navigation application.
We'll have to see how they handle the map downloading, the routing, the address/POI search, etc... I recently used the "caching" for a trip abroad in a large city and while it worked ok, the lack of searching or routing did not make it very useful to spot places. |
Discounts and Assistance/Réductions et Assistance (Club GpsPasSion) / Où commencer? |
|
|
|
wco81
USA
222 Posts |
Posted - 28 juin 2012 : 02:03:28
|
So 6.9 is suppose to allow up to 60 miles of map tiles downloadable, versus the previous limit of 10-miles?
But it's for "metro" areas, which may not cover smaller towns in other countries.
In another forum, someone is claiming that you need a data connection at least initially to have it calculate the initial route. That would make the Nexus tablet that they just announced today unable to use GMN, unless you have a smart phone with a hotspot or a Mifi? |
|
|
|
jeffcarp94
USA
117 Posts |
Posted - 28 juin 2012 : 03:54:32
|
Various people and media outlets read more into what Google announced about off-line than what they really said. Google never announced an off-line navigation capability. All they did was announced off-line maps which is exactly what they delivered today. They have this capability in the previous versions but it was definitely a temporary situation. I always thought of it more as off-line caching. It would only stay for about a week and it was a very small area.
The capability today allows you to download a square area of various sizes to your handheld device. As far as I can tell, the download is permanent and all of your downloads are accessible in the places app section of Google maps. You can even name the downloaded areas to a custom name if you desire.
I downloaded three areas before jumping on an airplane tonight and from the airplane I could go into those areas and zoom so in to street-level detail.
There is no navigation, there are no directions there is no searching for places of interest. It is strictly
off-line map viewing which if you go back and review what Google announced, it's allbut they promised. quote:
AS PER THE FAQ, NO NEED TO QUOTE A MESSAGE DIRECTLY ABOVE YOURS, MAKES THE FORUMS EASIER TO READ, THANKS ;-) GPSPASSION TEAM
|
Nav experience: Garmin SP III, SP 2710, SP 2730, Garmin i5, Garmin c330, Garmin 760, Garmin 885T, Dash Navigation, TeleNav for Sprint, TomTom 740 Live, CoPilot Live v8, Navigon for Android, Navigon for iPad, Google Navigation, Waze, Garmin Nuvi 3490LMT, Garmin 3590LMT, TomTom for Android, Rand McNally 7725LM |
|
|
|
gpspassion
93427 Posts |
Posted - 28 juin 2012 : 12:29:32
|
| Can't seem to update to 6.9.0 for now but your description confirms what I feared (givent the difficulty to do anything else), i.e. that the "off-line" features that Google had "hinted at" were in fact the "Google Labs" feature becoming available as a standard feature, albeit with some added "depth" (60 miles versus 10 miles). Apps like Locus let you cache much larger sizes of Google and many more types of maps. |
Discounts and Assistance/Réductions et Assistance (Club GpsPasSion) / Où commencer? |
|
|
|
gpspassion
93427 Posts |
|
|
Topic |
|
|
|
| This page was generated in 0,72 seconds. |
 |
|
- 
- 
[TOPIC] Google Maps Navigation - Reviews - v6.11.1
