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Google Maps Offline Moves Out of the Lab

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Jun 6, 2012, 12:00 PM   by Eric M. Zeman
updated Jun 6, 2012, 12:36 PM

Google today showed off a new version of Google Maps that works when the host device is offline. This feature has been available as a Lab in Google Maps for the better part of a year, but in the coming weeks the feature will move from Lab status to an easy-to-use tool in the application. Using controls in Google Maps' settings menu, users can select specific regions on any given map (including entire cities) and then make them available offline. Portions of maps can be downloaded and stored on devices and then accessed later when the device is offline. Google explained that full street-level details, including points of interest, will be available on maps that have been downloaded, and not just high-level views. The offline maps will also support zooming and point-to-point directions. The new version of Google Maps will be available to Android devices in the coming weeks.

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Mektah

Jun 7, 2012, 6:47 AM

Bye By stand alone GPS?

And just like that, stand alone GPS starts to die.
 
 
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