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[lomatopo]

Back on topic...Google Maps now allows you to download (cache) map "squares". I seemed to max out at 10 "squares". There may be a work-around for that limitation?

I've been happy with this Google Maps/Navigation "hack", I think I'm on 5.8. I do not have to land a plane.  

[Maestro]

lomatopo, on 2011-06-11 14:54:11, said:

...FWIW, I do like the Speech to Text function on Android, obviously it is great for searching, creating text/email, dialing - well basically any input. For GPS you click on Settings, Search, click the micorphone icon in the Google search bar and say "navigate to....." and it immediately takes you into the Navigation platform. way cool...

Are you saying that Google Maps Navigation is now available in Thailand? I cant't test it because I am in Europe at the moment.

[Phil Conners]

2D (map) and step-by-step (list) navigation is available, but not the 3D navigation known from Garmin etc.

[thaicbr]

Phil Conners, on 2011-09-10 15:50:03, said:

2D (map) and step-by-step (list) navigation is available, but not the 3D navigation known from Garmin etc.

But only as a hack.. not straight of the plane so to speak  

[Phil Conners]

thaicbr, on 2011-09-10 16:09:42, said:

Phil Conners, on 2011-09-10 15:50:03, said:

2D (map) and step-by-step (list) navigation is available, but not the 3D navigation known from Garmin etc.

But only as a hack.. not straight of the plane so to speak  

I admit my phone is hacked any way possible, but I think this functionality is standard in Google Maps now.

[lomatopo]

Phil Conners, on 2011-09-10 17:57:39, said:

thaicbr, on 2011-09-10 16:09:42, said:

Phil Conners, on 2011-09-10 15:50:03, said:

2D (map) and step-by-step (list) navigation is available, but not the 3D navigation known from Garmin etc.

But only as a hack.. not straight of the plane so to speak  

I admit my phone is hacked any way possible, but I think this functionality is standard in Google Maps now.

Well it is, or it isn't. Do you have Navigation in Google Maps?


Yes, Google Maps Navigation is available for Thailand. I had to hack my phone to get it to work, but it works fine for me.

http://forum.xda-dev...d.php?t=1007132


I honestly do not know if Navigation works now on stock local Google Maps?



specifically, this is the procedure I used...this requires a rooted phone and familiarity with ADB

http://forum.xda-dev...8&postcount=497


1. In Titanium Backup, select Maps and make a backup.
2. Select Maps and wipe data, then uninstall.
3. Select Street View and wipe data, then uninstall

then i install the official version of GMAP 5.4.0.
Download Link
http://forum.xda-dev....3&d=1304582534

4. In Titanium Backup, select Maps and make a backup.
5. Select Maps and wipe data, then uninstall.

6.Install Google Maps 5.x ownhere-resign.apk

Edited by lomatopo, 2011-09-10 21:09:31.

[Phil Conners]

Hm, I'm quite sure I didn't do any of the above... Maps > About says version 5.10.00 if that's a hint?

[thaicbr]

yep.. just checked the latest version has navigation.. at bloody last.

[thaicbr]

thaicbr, on 2011-09-11 04:00:46, said:

yep.. just checked the latest version has navigation.. at bloody last.

It does NOT HAVE NAVIGATION. ie no turn by turn voice navigation. even though the market says it does ...grrrrrrrrr.    I have to reload the cracked copy now ...

[Maestro]

I guess we'll just have to be patient a little longer. I believe Google is working on it at the moment but it is of course impossible to get any comment about it from Google.

[lomatopo]

I’m not sure if Navigation (Free, voice-guided GPS navigation system) is enabled in Google Maps here in Thailand in the latest, currently available version (5.10.0 ?) for your specific Android device? It should be easy enough to verify, go to Applications, scroll to “Navigation” (blue arrow).  If, after accepting the terms, you get this message:

Attention: Google Maps Navigation is not yet available for this location.

then it is not enabled. If it is enabled you will be in the Navigation screen.

I am using a hacked version (Maps, Settings Directions, Enter start and end points, click on blue arrow, now in Navigation, route is highlighted, turn-by-turn directions available, with audio) 5.8.0-ownhereMOD-thanks-Brut, all (#5080011) Web.
There is a hacked version of 5.10.0 (mine may actually be based on 5.08?), but I haven’t pushed that to my phone yet.
Further, we can cache (download) maps to the phone for off-line use. However it seems like there is a limit to how many squares (10) we can cache. I have not looked for a work-around for this limitation; I suspect there may be one?

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[lomatopo]

One more pic...

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[lomatopo]

Cache snaps...

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[Phil Conners]

When I try the "Navigation" app I get the error you mentionned, "not avialable".  This is what was calling 3D navigation in my previous post.  

Caching of a limited area is available though.

[lomatopo]

Phil Conners, on 2011-09-12 11:04:20, said:

When I try the "Navigation" app I get the error you mentionned, "not avialable".  This is what was calling 3D navigation in my previous post.  

Caching of a limited area is available though.

I don't think we're talking about "3D Navigation".

Can you just confirm if you have navigation with Google Maps, in, for lack of a better term, 2D? It should look like some of the pics I attached...Route Overview, Turn-by-Turn Directions, Voice-assisted.

My best guess is that you do not have any (2G, 3D, 4D) Navigation with Google Maps on rev. 5.10.0, so it may be safe to say that this capability remains unavailable for Thailand UNLESS you use the "ownhereMOD".

I will push the 5.10 ownhere update, and report any additional features/functions. I'll also see if there is a way to cache more than 10 squares.

[Phil Conners]

Ok, here are some screenshots.

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I never said voice assisted was an option, I don't see any place to enable it anyway.

[lomatopo]

OK. That's NOT Navigation, just driving directions which is standard in Google Maps. If you had Navigation then you would see a Blue Arrow in the upper right corner of screenshot #2 (right), adjacent to the M (Maps logo), which you could click to enter Navigation.

Having said that, Driving Directions seems to offer almost the same information as Navigation.

So Navigation remains unavailable here, unless modded.

[Phil Conners]

Hm, ok if you say so ... but as you pointed out yourself, there doesn't seem to be much (any?) difference.

[WebBangkok]

I got a Garmin for my car and just bought the Sygic GPS (19 GBP) for my Samsung GS2.


I tested them both this morning on the way to work. The Garmin interface looks like shit compared to the Sygic (uses tomtom maps).

But the Sygic was about 10 meters behind a couple of times.

The good thing with the Android app, you dont need the internet to use it, it connects via a GPS satellite which is ideal.

I just bought my Garmin too, looks like I will not sell it because the Sygic shits all over the Garmin.

I will do a video while using both GPS's this week sometime so you can see.

[Gary A]

I use my Garmins because they get me where I want to go and not because they are pretty. My Nokia phone with the Nokia maps looks pretty good too but as far as detail and navigation, it is very inferior to the ESRI map and the Garmin GPS unit.

[Digitalbanana]

Phil Conners, on 2011-09-12 15:44:11, said:

Hm, ok if you say so ... but as you pointed out yourself, there doesn't seem to be much (any?) difference.

There's a huge difference. what you have shown is simply a route map like one might draw up in advance and need to remember or keep looking at to see where you are on the route at any time (and don't go off route or you'd have to start all over!).

What a turn by turn street navigator does is follow real time telling you when to turn or prepare to turn and what lane to get in. If you take a wrong turning it recalculates real time. All done by sound so if driving can keep eyes on road.

[Somtamnication]

Speednavi seems ok so far. It came with 1 year free membership when I bought the SG2.

It does give directions and you can chose USA or UK accents. It tells me, for example, right turn 700 meters, then 300 and so on. Though it has a 3D button and I have it enabled, I do not see it like on the garmins or other real gps machines, like elevated roads or even trees. I wish it did.

[lomatopo]

Following up on an earlier post re: OpenStreetMap, this WiKi lists all the Android app.s which use OSM.

I have been using OsmAnd, free in The Market. I downloaded the Thailand maps and POI (fun fact: they list "brothels"    ). OSM offers full off-line maps, turn-by-turn navigation with voice assist. I think I still prefer Google Maps with Navigation (now up to 5.10.0-ownhereMOD via the hack), but OSM does have the entire map of Thailand available for download, and I haven't found a way to cache more than "ten squares" with Google Maps.

[WebBangkok]

lomatopo, on 2011-09-19 14:56:47, said:

Following up on an earlier post re: OpenStreetMap, this WiKi lists all the Android app.s which use OSM.

I have been using OsmAnd, free in The Market. I downloaded the Thailand maps and POI (fun fact: they list "brothels"    ). OSM offers full off-line maps, turn-by-turn navigation with voice assist. I think I still prefer Google Maps with Navigation (now up to 5.10.0-ownhereMOD via the hack), but OSM does have the entire map of Thailand available for download, and I haven't found a way to cache more than "ten squares" with Google Maps.

Cool, I will try OSMAnd

[WebBangkok]

WebBangkok, on 2011-09-19 15:29:30, said:

lomatopo, on 2011-09-19 14:56:47, said:

Following up on an earlier post re: OpenStreetMap, this WiKi lists all the Android app.s which use OSM.

I have been using OsmAnd, free in The Market. I downloaded the Thailand maps and POI (fun fact: they list "brothels"    ). OSM offers full off-line maps, turn-by-turn navigation with voice assist. I think I still prefer Google Maps with Navigation (now up to 5.10.0-ownhereMOD via the hack), but OSM does have the entire map of Thailand available for download, and I haven't found a way to cache more than "ten squares" with Google Maps.

Cool, I will try OSMAnd

OSMAnd is so freaking shit........ It has really really weird ways of spelling the street names.

Trying to find Phetkasem rd, nothing happen, so I looked for it in map view, it spells it ephchreksm


Sukhumvit is spelt sukhumwith lol