USA Only!!!!
Please make clearer that this only covers the USA. Sure this is made clear in the small print but should be made explicit in the main details. Huge and pointless download.
It just works
After searching high and low for a good offline map for my 2G iPod Touch I found this gem. After a moment to adjust the settings to my liking (map shading, etcβ¦) there is nothing I can really get nit-picky about. Though I wish the bike paths were a bit more up to date, and I did find an error on a road name - but to be fair not many people know the names of obscure logging roads in Upper Michigan and the bike path in my town is pretty new.
In short, this is a US atlas in an iPod with the level of detail of a plat book. Top form Mark Granger
PROS: free, an efficient UI, finally an adjustable map output, stable, fairly quick between zoom settings (use the +/- buttons).
CONS: not worth getting worked up over.
In short, this is a US atlas in an iPod with the level of detail of a plat book. Top form Mark Granger
PROS: free, an efficient UI, finally an adjustable map output, stable, fairly quick between zoom settings (use the +/- buttons).
CONS: not worth getting worked up over.
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It's a Map not a way to Navigate
It's a great map and includes terrain not available on a typical road map but you can't search for an address and be presented a route. It also has stale map data. I've lived in my house for 4 years and I'm not on the map. I'll keep it for emergencies but it won't get much use when I'm driving. Free is good, for that reason 3 stars.
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Fantastic...but
What an amazing app. I don't have a 3G connection on my iPad, so I need an app like this to help me navigate. I use it like a traditional paper map, except that i can zoom in when ineed to (if lost). The only reason I took off 1 star is because the names of the streets and avenues are not aligned with their corresponding roads. This is a problem when you get into areas like NYC, where the grid is laid out at an angle. You can't be sure which road the name refers to; however, for the price, I can't complain.
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Useful for what it is
Wonderful off-line map; very handy in those cases where you have poor data service to work with the GPS! Nothing super-fancy about the maps, but that doesn't seem to be its primary use.
If you have a free 2 GB on your device then I recommend you check this out
For a USA map, this has to be the best I have seen.
Sure there is an in-app request to purchase more detailed maps, but for a straightforward free look at the place you cannot go wrong.
Sure there is an in-app request to purchase more detailed maps, but for a straightforward free look at the place you cannot go wrong.
I concur with the confusing street names posts
This app does have a lot of potential for those people who have the smallest iphone data plan and worry about data usage. This map is very fast loading and scrolling even with all of the map options set to on (like points of interests, waypoints, shading..etc). However, while the horizontal streets are perfectly fine in the labeling, it's a struggle to figure out what the names are of the vertical streets since all the street labels are stated horizontally. Otherwise, I like this app a lot, even if it is nearly 2 gigs. (Note to people who want to find Hawaii's cities: you have to insert "honolulu" as the city name and then scroll from there.)
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Great to have a map of the US in such detail - all for 99 cents!
What a great app! Download the database so you have access to an entire hi-resolution map of the US, even when not connected to the Internet! Great detail, allows excellent rendition of the contours with variable sun position. Rivers and Streams, Contours, Points of Interest, Essentially every road in the entire US. File size is 2 GB - not bad for such detail!
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If you're into maps, This Is It!
After several emails back and forth to Mark, I'm convinced he's in this project for the long haul. He has taken the incredible depth of the Open Street project and has placed it onto your iPad, iPhone, etc. -- without the continuous need for an internet connection. The interface is very clean and intuitive, and I highly recommend this app for basic navigation, and browsing. Try it, and I think you'll agree. Really looking forward to the next iteration!
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