Comment by rqtwteye

2 years ago

The support is terrible. You can only choose a rectangle with the same proportions as your screen and the allowed size is too small for a trip in lots of areas of the US. Like a lot of software there are restrictions that make no sense and are extremely user unfriendly.

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wombat-man  2 years ago

I think now you can search for a city or something and download the offline map

  • rqtwteye  2 years ago

    You can. But you can’t download a large region like a whole state which makes long road trips a pain.

    Apple Maps is even worse because it has no offline mode at all.

    • shaftway  2 years ago

      I've generally been really impressed with it. Would it be nice if I could pick a bigger area? Yeah. Would it be nice if I could choose the dimensions of my rectangle, or a non-rectangular shape like a state? Yeah.

      But the fact that I can download a map that has all of New York City, Philadelphia, New Jersey, Delaware, and sizable chunks of 4 other states in that area for 890 MB is pretty awesome. Especially when it comes with full driving directions, business information including hours and the search capabilities? And it'll keep it up to date periodically? I'll take that win.

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    • wombat-man  2 years ago

      Idk when you tried it last, but it works for me on the iOS app. If you search for something that is a 'region' there should be a download offline map option.

      In any case, before traveling I try to download the offline maps in HERE wego too.