Thread: Firmware update wishlist for the N900: 35 things that need sorting in the Nokia N900 (software wise)
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born2wonder is offline born2wonder
2009-12-22 , 17:17
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#11
Originally Posted by jxwolf View Post
It would be a nice option to be able to download large sets of basemaps to store on the device permanently (it has the storage capacity) so the mapping application is not constantly downloading data. If I could download all North America maps in 2GB over WiFi one day, I would do it.
Well, you should be able to do it with Nokia Map Loader if you are using XP (or vista?).

If Map loader doesnt work for you, a workaround would be to download the maps and extract them manually.

- Download the maps for your region/county
- Connect your n900 in mass storage mode.
- Browse to cities/diskcache
- Unzip all the zip files to this folder (diskcache)
- Choose to copy & replace all if prompted

Its also worth noting that ovi maps uses vector maps that consumes less storage space as well as allow routing.

Shaq