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Originally Posted by Wikiwide View Post
Maps should be downloaded to N900 and it can be done at home beforehand (home Internet is usually faster and cheaper than mobile); don't download the whole map of the world, it's impossible (takes too much memory), just take the detailed region which you are going to visit, like a part of a city.

Maps should be downloaded to /home/user/MyDocs/.maps/ if "file storage" in Modrana is set to "files", not "sqlite". To prevent Modrana from downloading tiles over WiFi on the fly, set "Network"->"Only for important data".

For example, there are several programs to download OpenStreetMaps:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/C...le_downloading

Google and Yahoo Maps can be downloaded, too.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/GMapCatcher
http://code.google.com/p/gmapcatcher/

Offline routing isn't easy to add. It requires using and analysing vector data, understanding which paths are only for human/automobile/bicycle, one-way only roads, etc. But it may be added later, there is a ticket for it, I heard.
You mentioned programs to download Google map...are you doing that? Is that a good idea, is it too big? And when you download...u place it in /home/user/MyDocs/.maps? Also i notice there are many folders in /home/user/MyDocs/.maps....can i delete them since it looks like they're for offline viewing. Do you constantly have to go in this folder to delete these offline viewing maps if you don't want them because it will accumulate?

Last edited by romanianusa; 2010-12-28 at 07:56.