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Hi all, I am looking for some advice on a true offline GPS for Android. I have a tablet which has no wireless data (wifi only) but does have GPS. Using 'GPS Test' I can confirm that the tablet receives GPS data fine without any other wireless connection.
What I'm looking for is a true offline GPS that basically just works like a stand-alone GPS unit. I am willing to use memory to store maps for offline use. It seems that getting one to work decently is hard which I don't really understand - why should it be so hard to duplicate what standalone GPS units do without having to temporarily cache data from a wifi/cellular connection? If I go somewhere I don't want to leave the tablet on all day solely to save the cached data. Anyway, I've tried...
I've tried Navfree USA - works great when there is a Wifi connection at startup, street name search seems poor though even when I can clearly find the street on the map, crashes (a lot) and most important it does not load a map at all without Wifi. There's something wrong with the program in that I can never really tell the map has been installed based on memory usage (the program indicates the map loaded fine), but even if the map did load without Wifi the poor search makes it not very useful.
ZANavi - tried this one as well. It actually does load without Wifi, street search is horrible though, performance is slow.
The only other programs I've seen are paid, I'd be willing to try some if anyone has had luck with the exact usage I'm looking for - a true offline GPS that doesn't need a data connection to determine routes.
What I'm looking for is a true offline GPS that basically just works like a stand-alone GPS unit. I am willing to use memory to store maps for offline use. It seems that getting one to work decently is hard which I don't really understand - why should it be so hard to duplicate what standalone GPS units do without having to temporarily cache data from a wifi/cellular connection? If I go somewhere I don't want to leave the tablet on all day solely to save the cached data. Anyway, I've tried...
I've tried Navfree USA - works great when there is a Wifi connection at startup, street name search seems poor though even when I can clearly find the street on the map, crashes (a lot) and most important it does not load a map at all without Wifi. There's something wrong with the program in that I can never really tell the map has been installed based on memory usage (the program indicates the map loaded fine), but even if the map did load without Wifi the poor search makes it not very useful.
ZANavi - tried this one as well. It actually does load without Wifi, street search is horrible though, performance is slow.
The only other programs I've seen are paid, I'd be willing to try some if anyone has had luck with the exact usage I'm looking for - a true offline GPS that doesn't need a data connection to determine routes.