Questions tagged [google-maps]
Google Maps is a web mapping service and an Android app.
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Map displays incorrect data. Maps appear as fragmented tiles
When I zoom in beyond a certain level, the map appears in square tiles. Some of these tiles are correct, and others are not. The roads and landmarks appear correctly in Google Maps, but the topography ...
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Locus Tweak allows Google Maps download, not OSM! [closed]
I am going to develop an app for Android, and I'm trying to understand whether it is possible to store maps for offline usage (anyway I am not sure this is a question for developers).
Google Maps TOS ...
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How can I access bookmarked 'my places' maps from android phone?
I have a map that was created on a desktop (map with a set of pins pointing to specific types of shops in a town - this one). I am able to save this to My Places and it shows as being bookmarked when ...
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Google maps offline
Cannot find menu: how to make google map available offline. I googled and found but dont have menu make available offline in settings.
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How can I store my Google maps (and maybe directions) offline when previewing directions?
I want to ask directions when I have a Wifi connections, then preview the route and store the maps offline for the entire route - so that when I'm underway I can just let GPS pick up my location and ...
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Maps app crashing
I have a Google play edition of the S4. Lately, I keep getting the window telling me that unfortunately maps has stopped working. The problem is I'm not actively using the app, but it does run through ...
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Driving directions in new google maps
I've just got a new phone and downloaded the new Google Maps. I cannot find the written driving directions in this version. There used to be a list of the directions that appeared together with white ...
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Gmaps location not obtained while using ART
I've been trying to get the current location on my Nexus 5. When I click on the location button on the bottom right corner it keeps showing "waiting for location", but nothing happens. But it ...
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how to view custom google map on my android device?
I have created a new map (layer) using the website google-map-engine.
how can I view this custom map on my android device?
It used to use google-map web site and then view on mobile via official app
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Google maps app works without wifi?
So I have been using google maps in airplane mode. I only connect to cafe´s around Barcelona and once I have searched the directions. I leave any wifi in range. Shouldnt that mean my google maps no ...
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Google Maps Not Showing up in my device
Whenever i open Maps in My Ainol Tab It's Always Blank and after search it is
showing no route found with error symbol:
I have tried reseting to factory Settings but unable to solve my issue
My tab ...
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Google Maps runs GPS in background even if the GPS radio is off - how do I fix?
I have the T-Mobile version of the LG G2, running Android 4.2.2, everything stock except the keyboard. I'm not sure what version of Google Maps, but the Play Store says it's up to date.
Yesterday I ...
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transfer custom itinerary from Maps on PC to Android
I have a custom itinerary I prepared on maps.google.com on my PC (forcing some routing) and I would like to transfer it to my android smartphone, then use the navigation features of the Maps app.
The ...
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How do I stop Maps and Street View from auto updating?
I'm on Froyo.
My phone internal memory is nearly full, so I've stopped updating my apps and uninstalled updates from the preinstalled apps.
However, every few days, my phone keeps auto updating the ...
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How can I display my maps (from maps.google.com) on Android smartphone?
How can I access to "my maps" saved from desktop website (maps.google.com) from my mobile device?
When I use maps application on my device I am not able to find my saved maps with my POI and my ...
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Google Maps does not support "geo:" intents, any alternative that does?
In Android Firefox (or HTML viewer), when you click on such a Geo URI link:
<a href="geo:37.786971,-122.399677;u=35">Wikimedia Headquarters</a>
... you are asked what Map app to use.
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Voice of turn by turn navigation alternating between male and female
Sometimes the voice will be the female voice of Google text-to-speech and sometimes it will be the one from SVOX TTS, which is a different one. What should be causing them to alternate and how can I ...
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Installing Google Maps giving error "Application requires newer SDK version"
I have a galaxy S 3(d2att,US variant). Today I got an update for Google Maps.
But when I try to update it after downloading play store gives error as "Application requires newer SDK version".
I'm ...
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Google Maps always zooming out
The Google Maps on my Android phone got updated and now everything's screwed up. It keeps automatically zooming way out. It does this whenever the phone changes orientation or when the screen is ...
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New Android maps - how to show navigation without destination
Older version of Google Maps for android had a separate Navigation app, in it I could either set a destination for guided navigation or simple select "Display map" with would always show my GPS ...
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Display GPX in Google Maps or other simple application?
I need an application that supports the following features:
offline map (no Internet connection)
bookmarks (POIs added by me from either my PC -> KML or in the app itself)
Since (Google) Maps doesn'...
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Not getting current location even if Location Services are enabled
Device: Samsung mobile phone
Android: 4.0.3
My Location Services are enabled, but I am not getting the current location. When I restart the phone, it works.
What could be the problem here?
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Navigation app lost after updating phone
I lost the Navagation app that came with my phone after updating the phone's system. None of the free apps on Google Play work well for me. Any clues on how to get it back? It is not on Google Play.
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Drag to change route in Google Maps
In the web version of Google Maps, we can use "drag and drop" to get a custom route:
How can we do this on Google Maps for Android? I tried to drag, but it doesn't work. It provides several ...
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Will an upgrade to Android 4.3 update Google Maps automatically (to the new unloved version)?
My nexus 4 is notifying me about the availability of the new installation image for Android 4.3. I would like to install it, but I'm afraid this would automatically update Google Maps to the newest ...
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Why has my location history stopped working?
From the time that Google Maps updated to the newest version, my device (Samsung Galaxy S3) no longer logs my location history althrought I have turned it on. I have tried uninstalling updates and ...
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Get offline maps in new Google Maps
Google Maps was updated last night (9-July-2013 v7.0.0). While there's a lot they added, one thing they removed was the ability to cache maps offline.
I relied on that functionality in poor-coverage ...
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Edit default applications to open KML file?
This is a more general question than simply handling KML files, but this is the issue I currently have.
I was looking for an application that could not only download maps for offline use (so I can ...
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Google Maps unthaws "itself"?
I have a relatively specific question - I'm on a SonyEricsson xPeria Mini Pro (sk17i), using Android 4.0.4 with a rooted Stock Rom.
To conserve battery, I'm regularly freezing some apps I only use ...
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How to display a contact address on Google maps offline?
For each contact there is a personal address field which can be filled with informations like street name, city, country, and so on. The problem is that in order to display these informations on a map,...
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How can I ask the navigation for a fastest route (after traffic)
I recently started a job on a long commute. The default route provided by Google Maps Navigation is always the same route. After some double length commutes, I started checking the alternate routes ...
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Google Maps Location History is showing an incorrect location
I have a major problem that I hope someone can help with. On my Google Maps feature under my Location History it shows a location that I was never at at any point, but when my wife happened to see ...
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Google maps doesn't have data connection
Ever since upgrading my Nexus 4 to CyanogenMod 10.1-20130304, Google Maps behaves improperly. I have not noticed the problem with any other app.
I can open the Maps app, and it will show me where I ...
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How to save map cache of my city on SD card for use with Google Maps, possibly with no expiry?
I don't have enough rep. to comment under other's post, so I had to open this thread. I read some threads on Google Maps here and the question still persists.
Is there a straightforward method to ...
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Download Region or State for offline Map
Is it possible to download an entire state offline map for Google Maps via a 3rd party app?
I know that if you download the offline map through Google Maps it allows you to download an area roughly ...
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Blue arrow pointer in Google Maps won't update whichever way I'm facing?
On the Google Maps app, I see a blue arrow pointer. I've seen this on a previous version of maps back in Gingerbread. I think at some point in time, they removed this feature and made it look simply ...
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With Google Now, can I ask for directions to one of my contacts?
I understand I can send an SMS or email to a contact, but I can't figure out how to ask for directions to the contact. Is there a voice command for Google Now that will pull up directions to a ...
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Google map, not updating based on current location / position
Had used Google maps on Nokia E72 sometime back, and it used to autoupdate/refresh the map keeping the current location/position updated.
However, used Google maps on Android (latest version of Maps ...
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Why does my google maps keeps on crashing even though i'm not using it at all?
So, I'm just using my apps. Then sometimes it freezes for a while, and a notice will pop-up and say "Unfortunately, maps has stopped." even though I'm not using it.
What do I have to do?
Samsung ...
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How come I can't install Google Maps in Israel?
Google Maps doesn't seem to be available in the market when I'm in Israel. When I travel to Europe it appears. How come?
(I'm on CyanogenMod 7, but that shouldn't matter right?)
I have more or less ...
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Is the "What's here?" Google maps feature known from the PC/Browser available on Android?
The PC Version of Google Maps offers a What's here? feature (giving grid reference in decimal degrees) which is seemingly not available on the Nexus 7.
This is very useful for navigation to ...
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saving route while still connected to wifi
In Google Maps is there a way to save a route while you're still connected to wifi so that it saves your data plan? Does scrolling through the map while still connected to wifi help because then the ...
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Google Maps not showing actual location
Google Maps is not showing my actual location. It shows me as being nearby (almost a kilometer away). What can the problem?
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Why is Google Maps always running in the background?
I'm running on JB. The Google Maps application always seems to have 2 instances running in the background inspite of turning the GPS off. Is there a clean solution to prevent it from ever running in ...
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Why is Google Maps telling me that Offline Maps aren't available?
So, I've been travelling around the world a lot over the last couple of months, and one thing that I've been doing to avoid big roaming data charges on my personal phone, has been using the cached ...
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Is there someway to make "My maps" in google maps available offline with location markers?
I see how to save a map area offline, but how can I make sure the markers layer on"my maps" is saved for offline use? I see how to view it as a layer, but are all the layers saved for offline use? (...
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How does Google Maps Navigation know you are in a tunnel when it switches to night mode?
I suppose this isn't exactly a new feature but it is new to me since I don't travel through tunnels very often. What exactly is the software using when it decides to switch over to night mode when in ...
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With Maps 6.12 Latitude seems to have vanished?
After updating, the Latitude widget seems to have vanished. And from Maps, I can't get to my Latitude friends anymore.
I can't find any notes about this online, in reports or on Google pages.
In the ...
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What's the exact geographical dimension range which can be taken offline in Google Maps?
Today, I tried to take my whole country (India) offline, but Google Maps ignored it saying its very large, zoom in. It has also ignored my street saying its too small, zoom out.
I want to know the ...
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How can I make a route offline in Google Maps? [duplicate]
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How to get maps for off-line usage?
Google maps recently added offline caching of maps. But I can only see a way to download a small area. If I'm going on a long road trip ...
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