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Title: Anybody use OruxMaps app?
Post by: freakazoid on March 30, 2015, 03:40:38 PM

Was looking for a way to download maps onto my android device for offline use and came across this app. Looks to be a pretty impressive app. You can layer different things onto the map and do all sorts of stuff. You can create different zoom levels and everything too. Seems to have a bit of a learning curve to it though, and without having access to the internet with my phone, and having a less than stellar internet at my current location, it makes it difficult to play with it on my own and figure things out. Well, I'm trying to figure a few things out. So let's say that you are looking at.... oh let's go with Japan. Well for me all the names are in Japanese. Is there any way to switch it so it shows English subtitles? Also, any way to make it use Google Maps for the map it uses? ???

Title: Re: Anybody use OruxMaps app?
Post by: Ben on March 30, 2015, 04:09:42 PM

I used to use it for cockpit awareness at work. I really like it. I haven't played with topo info on it since I retired, but at some point will do so for fishing spots and the like.

Google didn't like Orux (and others) downloading their files and did some kind of legal "cease and desist" that required Orux to change their desktop application so you couldn't save Gearth files to offline maps. The older version of the desktop software still let me download Google Earth files to the device (versus live connection). I'm sure I still have that installer somewhere in my archived work files. I'll poke around and if I find it, shoot you a Google Drive link to the exe.

Sorry, don't know about Japanese, but the Orux developer is very approachable, so you could always shoot him an email.

Title: Re: Anybody use OruxMaps app?
Post by: bedlamite on March 31, 2015, 08:03:42 AM

Offline I use Navfree, it's the old version of this:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.navfree.android.OSM.USA&hl=en

But I've seen too many complaints to upgrade to it. If you want I can extract the APK file for NavfreeUSA (I should anyway just so I have a backup)

Title: Re: Anybody use OruxMaps app?
Post by: freakazoid on March 31, 2015, 02:08:32 PM

I'm assuming that the NavFreeUSA is only for a US map?
Ben, would that work with an android device?

Title: Re: Anybody use OruxMaps app?
Post by: Ben on March 31, 2015, 02:22:48 PM

Quote from: freakazoid on March 31, 2015, 02:08:32 PM

I'm assuming that the NavFreeUSA is only for a US map?
Ben, would that work with an android device?

Do you mean the Orux Desktop? That's actually a PC program that you use to create custom maps for Orux, then transfer the maps to your Android to access as a map layer in Orux.

Title: Re: Anybody use OruxMaps app?
Post by: freakazoid on April 01, 2015, 07:14:37 AM

Ooooooooh, cool. That sounds handy.