Load all maps to aid in areas with no cell connection?
I am new to the forums and just got the app a week ago but am having a great time using it. I live out in the country and a lot of the roads we take don't have cell phone service in the area. I always lost the map, navigation, and even updates that are helping out the app progress when I lost connection.
Would it be possible to give an option to pre-load all the maps for the entire country (through Wi-Fi most likely)? So, all in all, it would be a larger version of the same app that has all of the maps on the phone and would not require connection to access. I know it would take roughly 4 GB of space, but it would be more than worth it for the people with a phone that has that much room. You could have it built in to record everything you have done while connection was not present. The user could then click send or even have it automatically send all the data that was stored during the time with no connection. If everything could be saved with timestamps then it would upload but just be lagged. This would also help the spread of the app being that it is a no-connection required navigation system. In the no-connection mode a lot of things wouldn't work, such as wazer pings and notifications but the ability to use it then would be better than not being able to use it.
What does everyone think?
Would it be possible to give an option to pre-load all the maps for the entire country (through Wi-Fi most likely)? So, all in all, it would be a larger version of the same app that has all of the maps on the phone and would not require connection to access. I know it would take roughly 4 GB of space, but it would be more than worth it for the people with a phone that has that much room. You could have it built in to record everything you have done while connection was not present. The user could then click send or even have it automatically send all the data that was stored during the time with no connection. If everything could be saved with timestamps then it would upload but just be lagged. This would also help the spread of the app being that it is a no-connection required navigation system. In the no-connection mode a lot of things wouldn't work, such as wazer pings and notifications but the ability to use it then would be better than not being able to use it.
What does everyone think?
Re: Load all maps to aid in areas with no cell connection?