New Google Maps 5.0

[KH29]

Sounds like the new Google Maps is going to be awesome. 3D buildings, much faster, smoother and offline viewing. Here is the link to the article:

Google Maps for Android Now Faster, Smoother, in 3D and Works Offline

 

[DroidXcon]

Sounds like the new Google Maps is going to be awesome. 3D buildings, much faster, smoother and offline viewing. Here is the link to the article:

Google Maps for Android Now Faster, Smoother, in 3D and Works Offline

Looks awsome , thanks for the post

 

[Chris Kerrigan]

Can’t wait for this to begin rolling out, faster zooming and scrolling will be a big plus.

 

[Burchamj]

hopefully theyll make it so u can download whole cities in advance.. not just where uve been..

 

[joebob2000]

This is a great (and much needed) upgrade. One of the remaining strengths (albeit often overlooked) of the BB platform had been their built in, free offline-capable mapping/nav system. BB Navigate uses vector data and can cache large amounts of maps. In a fringe signal area you could still get maps reliably since the data volume was low, and if you pre-cached the area you were traveling in with no service at all you could recall the cached vector data at any zoom level. I used this many times with my BB when traveling in the backwaters of my fair state, and have missed it ever since.

 

[Mourningdark]

I too am looking forward to the offline use and caching of data. I also like flashy and visually pleasing things, so I feel the 3d buildings will be a very welcomed and nice addition to add some flavor and pazzazz to the app. hope it roles out soon.

 

[Joel S.]

I had a dream I was using Google Maps 5.0 while out riding my bike last night... I guess that means I'm excited for it.

 

[prittyboy203]

What google 5.0 finaly

I really hope this google maps lets you actually download it cuz the one that comes with sucks then when you try and upgrade it says needs manual upgrade then you try and it comes up with download was not successful ? I have bout 6 different phones in the last 5 months and most of them where different carriers and that probblem hasn't been fixed thats why I really dont use it huhmm :-( sorry for the long rant lol


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[upsidedownaaron]

i use back country navigator to save topo maps. it saves to sd card so that when i am off the network i have zoomable gps tiles and real time mapping. it works really well.

until this gm rolls out.

 

[joebob2000]

I too am looking forward to the offline use and caching of data. I also like flashy and visually pleasing things, so I feel the 3d buildings will be a very welcomed and nice addition to add some flavor and pazzazz to the app. hope it roles out soon.

I agree, if they use the google maps engine to power Navigate (like they do now), the 3D third person perspective when traveling in cities will be straight up sci-fi awesome, especially if they start doing 3d representations of highway interchanges.

 

[KH29]

Hopefully the navigation icon will run more smoothly in this new version instead of having that "skipping" effect I have been seeing. Google has been releasing some nice updates as of recently though.