Google Maps and Maemo Mapper have not been getting along as of late. here is a link to a thread with more info: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...750#post271750

Mainly i use Google Street for my caching adventures, the only reason i would pull out satellite view is to scope out an large open area with lots of muggles or find the best dirt road to get to the cache. Getting much lower this level 5 is a getting bit too close unless you are only trying to use Maemo Mapper as your primary cache hunting tool. Even then all you are trying to do is match up the blue dot with the cache POI.

If you love having sat images i would suggest hybrid maps. It is the best of both worlds and would not take up as much space as having both. The idea of having to Download the entire area at level 5 is rediscussed, just get a good level that will get you around like 7-9 (POI markes are removed at level 10) and drill down in and around the cache site. Also, remember that Sat images are older then you think and you should not only rely on them.

The way i get around having to pre download the maps is i do it on the fly with a celllphone tethered to my N800. it allows me to go almost seamlessly between street and sat and allows me almost 100% zoom.