Again, you need a boat ton of storage for the planet to convert it into raster images. Because our App works without an internet connection or cell phone service, your GPS enabled iPad (or any other tablet) will run just fine in Offline Mode. osm file into a graphical map, you need something like renderd and a slew of other tools, all on open street maps wiki. So is there a way to use my gps on my watch to guide me on google maps or perhaps another app that allows.
But i still want to be able to use my gps location on lets say google maps to keep track on where im going. Support for osmdroid using Mapsforge is in beta at the moment, however mapsforge can run on it's own and has it's own demo apps and whatnot. And while hikig amongs the snow covered mountains or dense forests, connection is gonna be an issue. Same rules apply, however the file/download sizes are much smaller.
osm data into their own binary format, also chunked up by geographic region. It's a big planet and getting raster images can be huge! You'd have to prepare geographic regions into a database then host them somewhere and have your app download them on demand.Īn alternative approach is something like Mapsforge, which can preconvert. Its possible to use AirDrop to share downloaded vector maps and offline navigation data between iOS devices that are nearby when you are without an Internet. osmdroid does render raster images that someone can capture into a zip or database and then transfer to device. osm data, mainly due to performance reasons.