No more OFFLINE maps on Google Maps

[Rindog]

The latest update on Google maps has a revamped UI and there does not seem to be any offline maps any longer. This is a bad change for a wifi only Nexus 7. It makes the Nexus 7 pretty useless for using as a driving GPS. I had used the offline maps in areas that had no cell service never mind wifi. Google seems to be aiming to make it impossible to use a device without wifi or cell service. I hope enough people complain that they bring back offline maps.

 

[moosc]

FYI its been addressed and has been fixed by Google.

The latest update on Google maps has a revamped UI and there does not seem to be any offline maps any longer. This is a bad change for a wifi only Nexus 7. It makes the Nexus 7 pretty useless for using as a driving GPS. I had used the offline maps in areas that had no cell service never mind wifi. Google seems to be aiming to make it impossible to use a device without wifi or cell service. I hope enough people complain that they bring back offline maps.

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[sptrout]

As Moosc said, this issue was fixed just after the new release when the howling started. However, you may want to also consider Co-Pilot Live (CoPilot Live GPS Navigation for iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows Mobile and Laptop) in addition to, or instead of Google Maps. I use this program on both my Nexus 7 and Motorola RAZAR HD. You download the maps you need to your device over wifi then you do not need cell coverage at all. Works very well, including turn-by-turn instructions. If you want verbal instructions that include actual street names then you do need cell coverage (N/A to my wifi only Nexus), but that takes very little of your data plan. Just a second option.......

 

[repligation]

Even with all the explanations from Google, I am still disappointed with this update.
They took away three features that I use regularly (latitude, offline maps, distance measure) and then added two of them back in a less appealing way. At least offline maps is back, but the latitude function is rerouted through Google+ with less information--No timestamp. And has anyone else noticed that the Google+ locations map is the still the version 6 Google map while the new Google Maps version 7 map looks like it was designed by Apple?

The measure function that was in the labs is apparently never to return. If I wanted less features, I would be using an iPhone.

I understand that Google has very specific reasons for doing what they did with maps, but it is rather telling that they had to issue a new update 24 hours after the version 7.0.0 update to fix the offline maps access and add a link explaining to their users where the hell latitude went.
/rant

 

[Diknak]

I still haven't received the update yet.

How is the performance change? Does it seem smoother with less time to render?

 

[lmvine]

I uninstalled updates and am back at 6.14 which is way better than the upgrade. Goog quickly came out with a "fix" but previous ver better.

 

[ohmslaw]

I uninstalled updates and am back at 6.14 which is way better than the upgrade. Goog quickly came out with a "fix" but previous ver better.

How do you go back to 6.14 ?

 

[Mellimel22]

Go to settings apps then go to the maps app and uninstall the updates to go back to the last one.

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[ohmslaw]

Thank you all. I was just preparing to use my Nexus 7 for a trip and this thread was an education. I was at 7.0.1 with maps. I decided to try the free version of Copilot based on sptrout's recommendation. I have the storage room and for now I think I like the maps stored in the Nexus. I also went back to 6.14 for Google maps. I'll play around a little and see what I like.

 

[rojatwitt]

FYI its been addressed and has been fixed by Google.



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are you being paid by google to say this ?? the latest v. 7 is crap and has lots of features removed like download and thanks to Mellimel22 for pointing out how to revert...thats a life saver....I will also look into moving away from google crap for all my needs...they have become more evil than M$ of late