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Offline mobile maps from Mapbox

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Re: Offline mobile maps from Mapbox

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Post by xemoka »

guimoz wrote: post #2

Do you know a good android app that uses OSM with offline mode ? I am actually using https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.skobbler.f... which is working perfectly but its last update was a year ago ...

Maps.me is pretty good. Does offline routing using OSM data, allowing for downloading entire regions (~60-200mb). Also, recently went open source.

Doesn't have terrain details yet, but they're apparently working on it.

Re: Offline mobile maps from Mapbox

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Post by hauget »

guimoz wrote: post #2

Do you know a good android app that uses OSM with offline mode ? I am actually using https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.skobbler.f... which is working perfectly but its last update was a year ago ...

I use Scout http://www.skobbler.com/apps on Android. No complaints.

Re: Offline mobile maps from Mapbox

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Post by Gustomaximus »

I like that this has topo maps. I'll have a look at it for that alone.

Also worth trying "Here" Maps for pre-download mapping. This is the old Nokia maps, now Microsoft. Its surprisingly good. I use it as my go-to for driving as the spoken directions seem to time better plus the interface is much cleaner and easy to read at a glance. Also they include speed limits + your GPS speed which are both useful. I still prefer Google Maps for looking up a business as they have better information.

Re: Offline mobile maps from Mapbox

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Post by Brakenshire »

Looks interesting for hybrid apps in particular. I notice Mapbox have plugins for NativeScript and Cordova. There's an experimental plug-in for React Native.

If anyone from Mapbox is looking, do you know if a JavaScript offline version is in the works, or being considered?

Re: Offline mobile maps from Mapbox

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Post by lucb1e »

mynewtb wrote: post #3
guimoz wrote: post #2

Do you know a good android app that uses OSM with offline mode ? I am actually using https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.skobbler.f... which is working perfectly but its last update was a year ago ...

Osmand

I actually thought this would be the obvious answer, instead it's near the bottom of the thread. Odd for the best open source navigation app I've ever found.

Re: Offline mobile maps from Mapbox

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Post by jfirebaugh »

Brakenshire wrote: post #8

Looks interesting for hybrid apps in particular. I notice Mapbox have plugins for NativeScript and Cordova. There's an experimental plug-in for React Native. If anyone from Mapbox is looking, do you know if a JavaScript offline version is in the works, or being considered?

Hi, Mapbox developer here. We've gotten a few requests for offline for mapbox-gl-js[0], but haven't put a priority on it yet. We need to do some investigation to see if this is something that's feasible to build with Web APIs such as IndexedDB.

[0]: https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-js

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