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Sunday, October 11, 2009

Download Offline Maps from Google Maps

Download Offline Maps from Google MapsOne of the best online service to get directions to your desired destination is Google Maps. But since it requires internet connection, sometimes you won't be able to use it on places that do not have internet access available. Situation like this makes offline maps very useful. Offline Maps is a opensource software program for Microsoft Windows that provides its users the ability to download tiles from Google Maps and Openstreetmap.


Offline Maps Software

Detailed functionality to its users:
- The ability to download tiles to a folder on your computer of a given zoomfactor along a path
- The ability to view the downloaded tiles in the application
- The ability to draw a path on the map and save that path to a file
- The ability to receive data from a GPS device and position the map at the points received from the device

It can also provide the following functionality to developers:
- The ability to develop new layers with specific functionality
- The ability to draw on the map using longitude and latitude coordinates
- The ability to draw on the map using regular coordinates

To be able to run the program, you need to install Microsoft .NET Framework.

Download Offline Maps via [CodePlex]

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1 comments:

Fugu Rama said...

How do I include the offline mapping in my wpf application using RadMap control?

Thanks