[lemorlenny]

Hi,
I need to show a map portion in a google maps widgets, I verified that this area is saved in cache and when I go in offline mode I can navigate it normally .
I would like so save this cached map portion to include it in my app so to permit a basic navigation when users are in offline mode.
Where’s saved the cache file in the Android device?
How can I include this file in my app?

Many thanks in advance.

Paolo

[support-octavio]

Hi Paolo,

I have discussed this with the dev team and there are a couple of issues starting with the Google terms of use prohibit such practice. Thus we can not support this request.

[lemorlenny]

I see, thanks anyway, I’ll trying to implement something else like OpenStreetMap.

Paolo

[cpmac61]

Hello
Insee this is quite an old thread but i wonder if you had any luck in finding an answer.
I actually found a working example of doing this on a html page.

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OpenLayers_Local_Tiles_Example

I was pretty amazed as this question is asked a lot and most replies say roughly ” save the tiles, set up a local server then read the tiles” which of course leads back to the original question unanswered.
I’m getting towards what I want to do on a html page but the next problem will be to transport that into mobione. The only way i see at the moment is to copy all the relevant openstreet functions into the app-custom.js file. Or can the map widget be coerced into using local files, or will the map widget be developped to do this task which is apparently looked for by many users.

[support-michael]

At this time we have no plans to provide caching beyond what google api supports in real time. I strongly recommend everyone read and understand the Google terms of use that they agree to in order to have the map widget integrated into they app.

[cpmac61]

Thanks for the reply.
Openstreet maps don.t have the same restrictions as google.
The other point is that for users with no SIM in a tablet or those that don.t wish to pay roaming charges, the map inside the app is the only option.

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