Thread: upload google maps to maemo mapper
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febb is offline febb
2008-08-19 , 18:30
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Yes, that is true.

The reason I use Google Earth on the PC is because it is much easier to see the whole area on the big screen (as opposed to the N810 little screen) and then just move the mouse to the corners of what I would consider the right area(s) square(s) and just watch the coordinates dynamically on the status bar of GoogleEarth.

Much easier for me to do it that way rather and zooming-in and out on the tablet itself to "guess" the actual coordinates values.

As always, this ends up being a matter of preferences.... The point is that once you get the coordinates of your desired area, you can download that area's maps into Maemo Mapper before the trip and be able to use it while being off-line.

Originally Posted by codeMonkey View Post
You don't actually even have to visit google earth to get the coordinates. If you want to do it using maemo mapper you can just zoom out until the displayed map is surrounding the area you want to download and maemo-mapper will already have selected the area for you. You just just select Maps, Manage Maps, click on the zoom tab and select which zoom levels you want to download.
Or you can download along routes, if you look in the documentation, so you don't have to download a whole square of maps (a lot of which you might not want)