Google releases Offline Maps and Navigation (on Android) today.

Post #406,211 by Another Scott 11/10/15 11:36:29 AM Reply	Google releases Offline Maps and Navigation (on Android) today. http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/11/10/google-officially-releases-offline-maps-and-navigation-available-starting-today-on-android/ Woot! (There are various limitations, of course.) Cheers, Scott.
Post #406,218 by pwhysall 11/10/15 4:03:13 PM Reply	Ugh Android Police website nerfs the back button. I hate that.
Post #406,228 by Another Scott 11/10/15 10:05:32 PM Reply	Hadn't noticed that before. Balloon-Juice is going through the rollout of an upgrade. Part of the upgrade messes up the back button. Whoever wrote the JS or whatever plugin is doing the magic grabs the back button to do smooth scrolling and such. There's a Greasemonkey script that fixes that behavior. Maybe a similar script will fix whatever issue AP is having with your back button. (Not that you have time to mess around with reprogramming your browser for a particular web site - I know I don't!) Cheers, Scott.
Post #406,235 by static 11/11/15 2:18:16 AM Reply	Works okay for me, But then the Vivaldi browser is pretty aggressive at hanging on to browser-controls, more than most browsers are. Wade. Just Add Story http://justaddstory.wordpress.com/
Post #406,223 by a6l6e6x 11/10/15 5:34:43 PM Reply	You know that's not going to help Garmin survive. :) Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov
Post #406,246 by scoenye 11/12/15 6:15:03 PM 11/12/15 6:15:18 PM Reply	If they do that with the topo maps as well... Edited by scoenye Nov. 12, 2015, 06:15:18 PM EST Expand All History
Post #406,276 by TB D 11/14/15 11:54:28 PM Reply	Re: Google releases Offline Maps and Navigation (on Android) today. I've been building a navigation system based on http://openseamap.org - this kind of thing has been around for sailors for awhile.
Post #406,277 by Another Scott 11/15/15 8:58:08 AM Reply	Neat. Thanks for the pointer. I'm not a Sailor Man myself, but it's neat to see what people are up to. It looks like in a few years it's going to be almost impossible for people to get lost (assuming no equipment failure, no dead batteries, etc.). Of course, that means that automatic speeding tickets, tickets for "cop stops" at stop signs, etc., will be easy to implement too (which is good and bad) even without ubiquitous cameras. Cheers, Scott.
Post #406,282 by TB D 11/15/15 12:35:45 PM Reply	Then you'll probably dig the Freeboard project http://www.42.co.nz/freeboard/ Raspberry Pi server, arduino sensor managment. I'm building one and contributing to the code. It is pretty fun.
Post #406,288 by Another Scott 11/15/15 7:41:31 PM Reply	Neat. Too many chores to take up a new hobby though. :-(
Post #406,580 by TB D 11/27/15 7:35:06 PM Reply	Re: Neat. Too many chores to take up a new hobby though. :-( I'm starting to break into hardware projects - sick to death of the web and what passes for mass "software development" these days. Gadgets are fun. I have a couple projects on the work table requiring various sensors, arduinos, and raspberry pi's with custom programming.

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