GPS

[gr8smoke]

I recently received a N7.

I don?t have a smart phone so this is my first foray into a touch screen device.

I am wondering if in the process of playing with the N7, I messed up the GPS settings.

When I am away from a wifi signal and I click the ?Map App?, it will continuously stay in ?loading mode?. I don?t have this problem when a wifi signal is available.

Thanks in advance for anyone who has a suggestion

 

[Dhendy91]

This is normal as the maps are loaded from the internet as you look at them. So no internet connection = no maps. There is an option in the new maps to make some of them available offline though.

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[gr8smoke]

Thanks for the reply

but I do remember when I was first got the N7 that while my son was driving, I was able to to look at the maps and at the same time see where we were on the map. My N7 is no longer doing that.

I had cached a map of our local area and thought I maybe had screwed something up in the process

 

[STC09]

You may have emptied the cache by restarting, but it will work if you refresh on a network and don't wipe it while traveling. It's okay to let the screen sleep.


If you specifically saved maps offline, they shouldn't have been affected except by deliberate action, I think. Did you check for them in the settings or layers?

 

[Bryan_]

From what I've experienced and read of others experiences, the GPS will only work natively in Maps if you start it when you're on a WiFi connection. However if you want to look something up when you're away from a WiFi connection you'll need to explore the different GPS maps in the Play store. They store maps to memory that can be accessed by the GPS wherever you are.

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[gr8smoke]

STC09 I did specifically save the maps to my cache. I don't know how to check in settings to see specifically if the map is there but settings does show I have about 61mb in my cache for the map app

 

[gr8smoke]

Bryan I think I understand. I need to start the map app while I'm on a wifi connection. I'll test it when I get home Tx

 

[Bryan_]

It's actually the Navigation app. It should be on your suite of google apps on your home screen bar with the blue triangle shape.

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[beck79]

You should probably leave both WIFI and Location (Settings->Location Services->GPS Satellites) ON even while in the car. I think Google Maps need the WIFI to be ON for whatever reason.

 

[kenyee]

If you want to do this the right way, look at the apps that are for offline navigation: Sygic, NDrive, Copilot, NavFree, etc...they store all the map data locally which is why they work better.

You'll get a mediocre experience at best w/ google maps if you need to reroute mid-trip...

 

[credo]

If you want to do this the right way, look at the apps that are for offline navigation: Sygic, NDrive, Copilot, NavFree, etc...they store all the map data locally which is why they work better.

You'll get a mediocre experience at best w/ google maps if you need to reroute mid-trip...

I second that for Sygic. I have been using it for a week know and it is great. No connection needed. The GPS works better than my Nexus phone.

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