Offline Maps 3

[Available Soon] more info: http://code.google.com/p/iphoneofflinemap/wiki/30HowTo

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Offline Maps 2.x.x

Official Site: http://code.google.com/p/iphoneofflinemap/

View maps offline on your iPhone

This 1st part of the tutorial is on how to view maps offline on your iPhone. That means without the use of Wi-Fi, 3G or EDGE. A subsequent tutorial on how to create your own cached maps is located after this post.

Some notes before getting started:

* You will need to jailbreak your phone in order to apply these methods as it involves a jb function.

* The map files provided in this tutorial will only work for FW2.2 but the method of application is the same for previous firmware.
* Offline routes is supported for FW2.2.

*The Klang Valley map will be used to illustrate this tutorial but you can also download other cached maps I have created at the bottom of this post.

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OfflineMaps for FW2.2 & 2.2.1 Guide

Step 1:
Download+Install the "OfflineMaps" app which is now updated for FW2.2 & 2.2.1 from Cydia.

Step 2:
Download the cached map files for Klang Valley. Unzip that and you should get the folder (KV---KlangValley) with two files (com.apple.Maps & MapTiles.sqlitedb) inside. Now take note that you shouldn't try to rename any of the files or folders as this may cause errors later when loading the caches on your iPhone if you happen to pick a wrong name.

Step 3:
You will now have to copy the whole folder (KV---KlangValley) into your iPhone at /private/var/mobile/Media/Maps (Create the Maps folder if it's not available) directory via SSH or iPhone File Manager. Make sure it is the whole folder (KV---KlangValley) and not just the two files.

Step 4:
Once that's done, disconnect and load the OfflineMaps app on your iPhone. You should now be able to see "KV---KlangValley" under the maps list. You can also see WEM--West Malaysia here in my screen shot which is a separate cache maps loaded. That's just to show you can add more than one cached map at a single time to your iPhone.



Step 5:
Ok, go ahead and tap on "KV---KlangValley" and tap on Link:



Tap OK. This will bring you back to the list of maps.



Step 6:
After that, simply tap on iPhone Maps Application to access your newly loaded cached map.



That's that! Enjoy!
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Cached Maps for Download: (Only for FW2.2)

01. Klang Valley - ( Mirror 1 )( Mirror 2 )( Mirror 3 )( Mirror 4 )
02. West Malaysia - ( Mirror 1 )( Mirror 2 )
03. East Malaysia - ( Mirror 1 )( Mirror 2 )
04. Johor (Coming Soon)
05. Kedah (Coming Soon)
06. Kelantan (Coming Soon)
07. Melaka (Coming Soon)
08. Negeri Sembilan - (Mirror 1)(Mirror 2)
09. Pahang (Coming Soon)
10. Perak (Coming Soon)
11. Perlis (Coming Soon)
12. Penang - ( Mirror 1 )( Mirror 2 )
13. Selangor ( Mirror 1 )
14. Terengganu (Coming Soon)
15. Sabah (Coming Soon)
16. Sarawak (Coming Soon)
17. Labuan (Coming Soon)
18. Putrajaya, Cyberjaya - (Mirror 1)
19. Singapore ( Mirror 1 )
20. Ipoh - (Mirror 1)
21. Kuching- (Mirror 1)
22. Australia Melbourne - (Mirror 1)


*WestMalaysia & EastMalaysia maps have limited zoom levels but are detailed enough to see all main roads/highways. It'll be useful for an overview map when on road trips or when you just simply need the bigger picture. All other maps have zoom levels all the way down to 2x. I have chosen to omit the max zoom at 1x for size reasons but also because I have found the information displayed on both 2x and 1x zoom layers to be almost indistinguishable.

*When you start seeing empty boxes while scrolling or zooming (in/out) without Wi-fi/3G/EDGE connection, it means that those areas were not included in the map cache.

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For those who are still facing problems loading maps, please refer to forumer malboro13 post for solutions: http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/857684/+200


Updated and reedited with new screenshot (davidgary73)


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This post has been edited by davidgary73: Jul 12 2009, 11:36 AM

Create your own cached maps


This is the 2nd part of the tutorial which will touch on how to create your own cached maps for offline use on your iPhone.

Some notes before getting started:

*Offline maps are currently only workable on jailbroken phones.

*Offline routes is supported for FW2.2.

*This tutorial will concentrate on making cached maps for use with FW2.2 but those with FW2.1 and below may also follow the instructions here as the steps are pretty much the same except for the conversion part at the end.

* We will be utilising GMDL (Global Map Downloader Tool 0.5.08b by in7ane.com) so this will be a solution for Windows users only.

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Using GMDL to Create a Custom Offline Map Cache for Your iPhone


Step 1:
Download the "GMDL" program by in7ane.com from this link.

In order to be able to run this program, you will also need to make sure you have Microsoft .NET Framework (Version 2.0) installed for your pc. If you don't have it, you can go download it here.


Step 2:
Be prepared to keep your firewalls at bay because the program will need to access Google Maps. Proceed to open the GDML program (GMDL>bin>Debug>Global Map Download Tool). Now before we go any further, keep in mind that GMDL is not exactly the most user friendly program ever made. It is still a work in progress so expect a beta like experience. Other than some annoying usability and display issues, it has been in my experience a stable application. Most importantly, it works.



Ok, we are looking at the main GMDL interface here. As you can see, I have labeled the key areas we will be focusing on. For our purpose, you can pretty much forget about the other complicating looking array of settings. Mess around with it in your own time if you want to. Refer to the following steps with the help of the labels.

A : Type in the place you want and click on 'Search Maps'. For this tutorial, I will be using Singapore as an example.

B : The map of the area you want will show up here. Now this is the tricky part of the program and perhaps the most annoying. You have to adjust, zoom in/out and position the image to your liking because presumably, that will be the image area that your final map will look like. Only presumably so don't try to get it perfect the first time around. You can click on "Preview 1x" (on top of the Google Maps logo) to see what the final output area will be. There is a another preview screen which I'll get to in a bit. You will not be able to position exactly as you want as there are set grids that GMDL will download which you can again see by clicking on the Preview 1x button.

C : Now once you're done positioning, you will need to enter an output name in this field. Your output name must start with an underscore. I've decided to name my output map simply as Singapore so I would have to type in "_Singapore".

D : Next, click on the "Download This Map" button and the next image will come up:



This is the preview screen. Let's look at what is on the above screen shot.

E : You get to choose which tiles you want in the final output. Check to include and un-check to discard. As you can see here this particular tile is just water so I might not want this in order to cut down on the final output size. This somehow does not work though as the final map output will still include all the area in the preview. Well, nothing you can do about it but I still recommend you un-check the tiles that you don't want.

F : These are the zoom levels you can select. 1x being the maximum zoom in and in this case 32x being the maximum zoom out. Fortunately, this feature actually does work. You can select multiple zoom levels to be included in a single map. File size of each zoom levels (as well as total size of all zoom levels selected) are shown so you can judge what is reasonable to include. As a note, in most cases, 2x provides more than enough close up detail as the information it provides is almost identical to a 1x zoom view.

G : If you are happy with what you have on this preview screen, go ahead and click this long button and downloading of the map will commence as in step I below.

H : If you want to re-position the map to a more suitable area, you can do so by clicking on cancel. A pop-up saying "Zoom level probably unavailable...." will appear. Just click 'OK' and proceed to click on the 'Browse' tab at the top-left to return to the previous screen.



I : It will be as if nothing is happening but don't fret because the progress bar is silently running on the top right hand corner of the screen.

J : This message will pop-up once the download is finished. If a different window appears saying that you have incomplete tiles instead, simply try again to download the missing tiles as instructed on screen. It may not work instantly though as Google will sometimes misinterpret your mass download of map tiles and temporarily block your connection. You can also choose to not download those missing tiles if you want to.

K : The next step after the download is to get GMDL to process the downloaded image files into something your iPhone can understand. Click on the 'iPhone' button to do this.



L : This will be the name of your map again. Leave this as it is.

M : This is the output directory. I suggest just leaving this as it is. If you are making more than one map after the other though, you will have to specify a different target folder or else an error message will come up saying that the directory already exists.

N : This is the final step on GMDL. Click this button and once the process has been completed, you can close the GDML program.

You will now have two finished files which are "com.apple.Maps" and "MapTiles.sqlitedb". If you remember from the first part of the tutorial on top, these are the two files you have to SSH to your iPhone (or 1 file for non-jb users using DiskAid). Users with FW2.1 and below should be able to use these files without any problem.

If however you are on the FW2.2, you're not quite finished yet because you still have one more step that is to convert "MapTiles.sqlitedb" into a FW2.2 compatible format. FW2.2 uses a 128x128 map tile which is different from the 64x64 map tile you now have. (GMDL has not yet been updated for this change).

You need to download the MapConverter (Mapv4v5Converter.zip) from our Russian brothers here or here.. Unzip the file and install by executing the "Mapv4v5ConverterSetup.msi" file.

After installation has complete, run the program:



Locate the "MapTiles.sqlitedb" file you wish to convert and click on "Convert to v5 Format". Specify an output location. Finally make sure you discard of the old MapTiles.sqlitedb file and replace it with this one. Make sure you rename this new file accurately as "MapTiles.sqlitedb" and put it into a single folder together with the existing "com.apple.Maps".

This is where the tutorial ends and connects with the first post on "how to view maps offline on your iPhone".

As a parting note, do mess around with GMDL when you have time. You will find that you can do stuff like place Points of Interests, manually name streets, etc so all these information will be available to you when you view your map offline without a data connection present.

Cheers!

This post has been edited by davidgary73: Apr 14 2009, 12:01 AM

this is a good tutorial bro

keep em coming.
will try once get back

Good job mate.

Suits noobs like me that has no sense of direction.

this post is nice and maverick who are u ah previously?

Thnx again guys. I was wilsoncvt previously hehe...

great tips! will try this leter when i got some free time

another reason, why you should jailbreak...... Good work....

this post really making me to consider to break the virginity of my iphone by jailbreaking....hmmmm

kewL
gonna try soon

TQ

OMG, Nice Bro, you were really helping....

thumbs up for your..

i think you should use another host as well..mediafire is very bad for tmnut line..

@Shock. I've personally found MediaFire to be the quickest actually. You can recommend a different file hosting location to me and I can provide an alternative download link.

rapidshare / megaupload. both are quite ok for tmnut..

mediafire....my ip ping the, time out -.-

Ok, I'll post up alternative download links in a bit. Will be using rapidshare.

How do I delete the downloaded maps that I previously used on stock app MAPS if I am already using this one.

@blizzzy ...Let me just clear a few things first before I can help u:

1. You've loaded custom maps before on to your iPhone....yes/no?
2. You're jbroken and familiar with SSH?

This post has been edited by Maverick Wil: Nov 27 2008, 04:29 PM

1) No. Previously I just use MAPS the official App in Iphone
2) Yes its JB 2.1 and I use WinSCP on WinXP/openSSH on Iphone to transfer stuff between my comp and phone.

I just want to remove the cache of the downloaded maps cause I won't need it anymore if I want to install this thingy. Thanks =)

@blizzzy...oh ar..ok ..

Well you don't really need to remove the cache because the cache is not exactly permanent. It's temporary. It's would be a nonsensical thing to do and an absolute waste of your time. But if you insist... once you load new custom maps, the old cache is automatically wiped. There is also an option to clear cache on the OfflineMaps app (More>Remove All Caches)

This post has been edited by Maverick Wil: Nov 27 2008, 04:34 PM

oh, the offlinemaps have a function to remove all cache.

Ahh thanks. Great. I'll look around for Klang Valley maps for 2.1 if there are any =/

@blizzy

You can find a KL Map for 2.1 at http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/809207/+20

Yay awesome! Thanks a lot man.

Question.

These maps are of a single level zoom accuracy only , right? If I decide to zoom in, and that zoom level is not available, you'll basically get a blank slate ,right?

SO, in other words, you will need customised versions of varying levels of zoom accuracies, which would come to GBs of map tiles if I want those many level of zoom accuracies, right? The need for varying levels of accuracies comes when you are travelling in tighly packed high density road areas, in which you would need to zoom in to get a sense of the roads around you, and when you are traveling cross country, the road gets less dense to only major highways and therefore needing the maps to be zoomed out. How do you accommodate for this?

Don't get me wrong, I am appreciative of your efforts, Maverick Wil/Wilsoncvt, but if I am reading this correctly, and if this app allows single level zoom accuracy only, it is only worthwhile when you are in a specific area only, meaning either in high density road areas like cities, or zoomed-out maps with only display of major roads , in the case of offroading or travelling balik kampung.

IMO(and I will have to stress much on this IMO), this is not enough a reason to jailbreak, contrary to the opinions of certain quarters here. Reason being, this app is trying to emulate the way Garmin GPSes work, but only with single level zoom accuracies, a.k.a static map tiles at preset accuracy. The Garmins allow zooming out and being able to see the "bigger picture" but because of how Google Maps work, you are moving between different zoom accuracy map tiles. It is because of this reason that i feel, IMO, that not being able to set it with varying accuracy (because otherwise, you'll bloat the map tile sizes to crazy sizes) that it does not suit the purpose well.

Using Google Maps properly with 3G/EDGE may not be for everyone, since it involves subscriptions to these WWAN services and not everyone can afford them. I totally understand that, and I can understand why, because of these constraints, that solutions like this(Offline Maps) comes up. But still, using Google Maps THIS way, would only work somewhat satisfactorily only when you have map zoom accuracy a certain way, and different areas you travel will need different solutions to the level of map zoom accuracy. It is because of these varying complexities, that is why I feel, it is best coupled with a WWAN service (3G, or EGDE). Even on 3G/EDGE and using Google Maps, there are disadvantages, and sometimes maps are slow to load, or not noad at all, but you have to understand, Google Maps was never intended to be used as a full-fledged GPS solution ala Garmin, it is mean as a location-based service.

It is therefore, from these conclusions I have mentioned, that I feel that while this app has its benefits, it does not serve its purpose well. And therefore, still not a good enough reason to jailbreak.

Disclaimer: All these are my own posts and all in my own opinion (IMO). I am running this risk of being at the disadvantage of not being agreed upon by many here, because of my no-jailbreaking stance here, but this is after all, a forum, and in a forum, we voice our opinions and we don't necessarily agree with the next person. It is how we disagree with the next person agreeably, that exemplifies the maturity of the populace of a said forum. Enough said.

nice tutorial there . thx alot dude helps alot hehe....

string, maybe you got it wrong. gmdl software is used to download all the "pictures" of the map in google included the various zooms. if set correctly , you can have all the maps (picture) up to the road (jalan xx) . after download the pictures, it will combine back as maps using grid system ( not sure on this)

in another words, this software are downloading the pictures from various zoom not static to 1 zoom only. there is 1x,2x,4x,8x,16x,32x and 64x downloading zoom for the pictures. so , when i view off line maps, i can view like normal maps as if from wifi/ 3g or edge, with various of zooms.

I am sorry if i got you meaning post wrongly.

If that is the case, then I take it back, it is a great solution!

My understanding after reading the tutorial was it was preset to a static zoom level only, not varying zoom.

Mind if I ask how big would the size of the map would be if I want all these varying degrees of zoom intact? Is the size as reported by the size of that download there, as in
46MB?

Looking at the process of making custom maps for yourself, it is rather tedious. I'm thinking of using this as a solution to looking at my maps while I'm at my nightspot places, but if I had to go jump though lots of hoops to get there, I'll let others do it.

Still, I have my own Garmin. I'd rather have the same function in my Aifontriji and not having the need to carry two devices while I'm walking in strange, new places, but I don't feel inclined to jailbreak just for this.

the 46mb is just klang valley only... the size is depends on your zooms. as in u zoom in more = more pictures to download. judging from the size klang valley it about 3k+ pictures in there.

sometimes you jailbreak your phone got troll, it goes slower...i jb i only get those usefull apps from cydia and i really don't like my phone goes troll (turtle) lol.

This post has been edited by Shock: Nov 27 2008, 06:53 PM

So in rough figure, if I want a full Klang Valley map, with all the possible zoom levels, what kind of map size are we talking about here? GBs?

Have you put this on your iPhone? Does it go "troll" on you?

offlinemaps not troll, only winterboard + themes + icon changes will troll prolly 10 to 15 secs.

let say if included klang as well, prolly max only 100mb. the one i did, which included klang but only limited to second of last zoom u can get is 63mb. problem which caching map is u need time and good line. singapore whole country is 300mb.

yeah wanna know how to zoom more details of a location without using any connection

bro, we already dl the maps with various of zoom. take is as "pre-dled" map. just zoom like dbl tap then the maps will load from the "saved cache map" which we put though SSH.

when you already put in the file dled with the maps of that area, you wont need any connections.

This post has been edited by Shock: Nov 27 2008, 07:06 PM

i know double tab to zoom but when i tried to zoom it's not very details. zoom 3 times that's it can't zoom anymore .

This post has been edited by Snuffykl: Nov 27 2008, 07:09 PM

that because the maps not make fully zoom. the software gmdl is very stingy. it can only take certain area if want full zoom. let say u want klang valley, which maverick upload. it should be contain full zoom. if you want included klang, then only max 2x zoom not 1x zoom. therefore maverick is offering is time and dedication to make full zoom maps for whole malaysia.

@stringfellow

Yea, as a non jb, you are at a big disadvantage on the forums haha...

..just kidding wit u...

Right as Shock said, GMDL allows you to download (in a single map file) varying levels of zoom that are available on Google Maps. You can choose which levels of zoom you want in your custom map.

Let's take for example the WestMalaysia map that I have provided for download. That map only has if I'm not mistaken 3 to 4 levels of basic zoom starting from the maximum zoom out layer that was available. Zoom in any more than that and you will get blank tiles. However, this was what I chose out of size concern. I actually did attempt to download the whole WestMalaysia map with every layers of zoom possible (approx 8 layers) but this amounted to a 5GB file size which is huge. It ended up not converting and I'm pretty sure it wouldn't load properly on the iPhone.

To solve this problem, I decided to provide a sort of an overview map of WestMalaysia where you can still zoom down to details that show you main roads and highways. It is still pretty detailed and is only a mere 11.5MB which is a fraction of the 5GB size. I then created separate maps for varying states like the Klang Valley area with pretty much all the zoom levels for when more information is needed. I can easily switch between the different maps using the OfflineMaps app on the iPhone itself relatively easily when I want to. I have so far managed to load 4 different cached map files on the iPhone at any one time but there has been no issues on limit that I know of thus far.

The KlangValley map at all zoom levels is approx 42MB and it includes a bit of the outskirts area as well. I may have left out the maximum zoom level though which doesn't really affect any loss of info as x1 zoom and x2 zoom has pretty much the same info set. The maximum zoom layer I left out would have added an extra 30mb to the file size for a total of 72MB which overall is not too bad. I've found that it's best though to keep each cached map file size to under 250MB for maximum performance (no lags, nothing).

I'm getting a bit sidetracked typing this up now because I just noticed some small discussion going on already so I hope the above answers your concerns and shows that it is still very useful for OfflineMaps existence. I personally am not a 3G subscriber and I'm managing pretty well with using maps on a casual basis.

This post has been edited by Maverick Wil: Nov 27 2008, 07:16 PM

I'll be interested back again, once this has been achieved.

bro maverick, your klang valley map still not in rapidshare yet >.>

Funny you should say so because it just finished and I'm updating the links right after this.

Mav,

You can see where I come from in terms of a user level. I am a 3G subscriber, therefore the Klang Valley maps are not of substantial importance since I can do it the intended way, via Google Maps + 3G connection. It is on the areas where there are not 3G coverage, that your solution here becomes important.

Do these Offline maps have routing capabilities, or at least searchable street contents. Let' say I preload these offline maps of Paris, and I want to use these offline maps to look for Rue de Rivoli, can this be done? If the answer is yes, then you may have move me closer towards jailbreaking.

there is a way to make the address list, but i have not known how to yet. singapore people have done so. they have 700++ street list for them to use with offlinemaps. my knowledge to this is still very limited but i am learning.

i just state what i have known, for your question, maverick answer might be better than mine.

Yea I get exactly how this would be important to you in that way. I'm ecstatic that you will finally take the leap of faith into jb-ing your aifontriji haha but at this moment no...you cannot use the route function at all because of FW2.2 compatibility issues. I'm not sure if you can use it in tandem with 3G when the fix does arrive but I will find out. Unfortunately for now though as what I've read, the GMDL developer will not be free to work on his program until the end of December 08 so a solution whatever the case may be is still a few months away.

I'm sorry guys! stringfellow is still not going to jb!


ps...I totally missed your search question. The answer is No...not as I know of. The only alternative that I think Shock was refering to is that you can add POI's and custom info on a map in GDML before processing it but that would mean a hell of a lot of work. But if you do manage to manually label everything, I guess you could do a search without a connection but I can't confirm this as of now.


*tutorial has been updated slightly based on your feedback regarding zoom levels.

This post has been edited by Maverick Wil: Nov 27 2008, 07:40 PM

Taikor Maverick, i have one question

after installing the offline map cache, will everything loads faster when i use the google map when in ONLINE mode ?

hohohoho. this is GOOOOOOOOOODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD. need to jb >.< but as alternative to me.
I try to help u on this.

@cscheat

That depends on how fast your connection is. The areas that are covered by the offline map you have loaded into the cache will load as fast as an excellent wi-fi connection (which is pretty much instantly). Everything else not covered by the offline map will obviously load according to your connection speed.

y there is no .exe when I download the file?

@kazasho

What file are you referring to?

this
Using GMDL to Create a Custom Offline Map Cache for Your iPhone


Step 1:
Download+Install the "GMDL" program by in7ane.com from this link.

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Added on November 28, 2008, 11:05 amor is it only use in iphone? not computer? lol

This post has been edited by kazasho: Nov 28 2008, 11:05 AM

Oh...sorry bout that...there is no .exe file. I shouldn't have put "install". Go on to step 2 from there.

Tested!! Work Fine!!
Thanks Maverick Wil!!

But mine is 1st gen, so no GPS, dnt have the circle blinking blinking follow me

feizaiII, after u patch the offline map, did u notice a significant increase in speed when using google map ? (online mode)

bro mav, both mediafire and rapidshare link not working for the klang valley maps...><

This post has been edited by jimnuz: Nov 28 2008, 05:40 PM

bro maverick.. by any chance u making any singapore maps?

noob question.... after install the offline map, can use it with gps??

The reason for offline map is no data will be charge while using maps so 3G , WiFi, and GPS data won't be in use.

cool...
makes my hand more itchier to upgrade 2.2...

nice tutorial.. if wanna whole malaysia. kinda big the filesize. hoho i tried whole sarawak about 400MB @@

@ feizaiII : Coolness!

@ jimnuz : Mediafire is working now. Maybe there was a que. Rapidshare has reached download limit so I'll update that in a bit tonight to a better server. Thnx for the heads up.

@ milky : Sure I'll add it to the list.

@ ahsin, Mike3300 : Actually, the GPS does work because the aifontriji itself has a built-in GPS chip that communicates with the satellites. With offline map caches however, you can only use the GPS to view where you are on the map a.k.a the blue dot. You won't be able to use search or find directions.

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Added on November 28, 2008, 6:18 pm@ mamet : No reason you shouldn't!

@ twinkles : thnx.

@ siawgu : Don't make your file size too big but from what I've been reading around, there has been no problems so far loading a 1GB file. My personal max that I tested without problems is up to 500MB. I tried a 5GB file too but that didn't quite work out.

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Added on November 28, 2008, 7:12 pmI have just updated the tutorial (1st Part) on how to view offline maps. I found a way for those who do not want to jailbreak so bro stringfellow, that fix was created for you in mind. You might want to make your own maps though because you can only load one file at a time. Anything below 1GB should be fine.

This post has been edited by Maverick Wil: Nov 28 2008, 07:12 PM

ok I got it running. man this is cool. can put a map like gps. like put a point where u want to go and from where. cool.

ok some noob question

1. if I copy all (maybe I have two cache maps i.e KL and Klang valley) , does it will overlap when I using it? or when I want to use the app, only 1 map can be cache?

2. if I dont want to JB, I need to always replace the cache using a computer?

@kazasho

1. You can only use one map cache at a time.

2. Yup...or you could just create a big map. Of course file size will be much bigger but as from what I know, 1GB files do not lag up the phone in any way. 2GB files could actually also be possible but I think not more than that.

hohoho. either way, its 1 map at a time. but no jb must transfer using computer. nice. another question, how can ipod touch or iphone lag? because of many apps install? or themes? or many songs?

I have loaded the map but whenver i click it ..it ll prompt me no internet connection..

@kazasho : Not to say lag but if I were to load a 5GB map in, I would guess loading speeds will be rather slow. Same for any apps. The iPhone's processing capabilities can only do so much.

@frequency : erm.. I'll need more details than that... what do you mean by when you click the map? Which window is this at?

thx for the singapore maps.. u da man la..

bro, i navigate 2 /private/var/mobile/Media/Maps
but thr is no maps folder...do i have 2 create it?

yeah , you have to create your self

yeah, figured tat...
thx
but it seems like oni map is active at a given time ya...
it supposed 2 be like tat?

my phone is JB unit...

copied WM, SG and klang v...

then follow the steps
works fine
on da SB, da offline map icon has klan on top
in da mean i try SG area wud use 3g...
supposed 2 be tat way?

@ harmeet15 : Oh no. I must have forgotten to rename the Klang Valley file. Will fix it in a bit but you can do it yourself as well. Rename the folder as whatever you want but my format is "KV---KlangValley" because I've found that the front 2 initials will show up on SB and the rest of the name is for view in OfflineMaps. I chose to go with this refercne method.

but it seems like oni map is active at a given time ya... << I don't quite get this.


@pehkay

For real? How come? Which part doesn't work?

I can't browse to /private/var/mobile/Library/Caches/MapTiles directory .... only the media directory ...

@pehkay

Damn thats a bummer. Give me a while to look back at that solution then. See what I can come up with.

@pehkay

I reckon that you will not be able to access the folders required to upload those maps as your phone needs to be JB to acess the root folders. For non Jailbreak iPhones, you will only see your media folders.

I'm not sure if ifunbox can help but do give it a try.

Cheers

@pehkay

Are you using Windows or a Mac?

I'm on Windows. I went and examined DiskAid and found that I can access the folders I specified. You can toggle to explore the 'root' directory instead of 'media' at the drop down menu on the bottom-left of the window. If files don't show up while you're browsing, hit F5 now and then to refresh. The MapTiles.sqlitedb file is most definitely there. Try again.

The non-jailbreak method works.

I'm not sure if the mac version of DiskAid has the same layout but it should. If anyone can confirm the same description as above, that'd be great. Cheers.

This post has been edited by Maverick Wil: Nov 29 2008, 10:54 PM

Hi Maverick, thanks for ur cool post.
Actually I am doing the route,whenever I click search, It prompts me no internet connection.
Izzit actually not support routing for malaysia?

@ frequency

As stated in the tutorial, routing for OfflineMaps is not supported for FW2.2. Not for Malaysia and not for anywhere else. Not yet anyways. Besides, even if you were to do routing offline (I'm assuming you did not turn on any data connection 3G/Wifi/EDGE), you have to do it in GMDL first by setting points of interests. I am still learning about this so once I get around to figuring it out (very busy at the moment), I'll update the tutorial to share with you guys how to set points of interests yourself and access them through your bookmarks on the iPhone. Essentially it is like having a street directory offline.

@Maverick

It says "Sorry, you need to have jailbroken device to view the root partition".

Oh well.. using diskaid 2 for windows


ifunbox doesn't work too

This post has been edited by pehkay: Nov 30 2008, 03:30 PM

@pehkay

Oooh i c...I don't get that error message because I'm jailbroken. Argh... That's so not cool. From what I've been reading up on DiskAid is the only possible one which managed to do it before. I guess Apple clamped down on the loophole in the 2.1 and above fw... Sorry mate. I'll have to take down that bit of the tutorial then.

I second this, mate. Maverick, might I suggest using Sendspace? Beats my pings to Rapidshare/Megaupload/Mediafire anytime. Would appreciate it very much. Thanks.

Oh, and awesome work with the tutorial. Very in-depth, suits users of all levels. Copying in the first batch of maps now.

This post has been edited by Samanoske Akechi: Nov 30 2008, 07:28 PM

I'll be back with updates after a while. I'm pretty caught up in a project for the next week plus so I won't have the time to really sit down and work on the offline maps for now. I'll be around though.

This post has been edited by Maverick Wil: Dec 4 2008, 01:03 PM

man, the download speed for cydia is super slow for me. it takes ages to download maps offline itself. lol

@lordsharingan

Internet connection has been really bad these few weeks and getting worse by the day. I keep resetting my modem to get a better ip range but seems like all the bloody ip ranges are messed up.

yeh, i have to install some of the configuration seperately. D: . sigh. this sucks.

Hi, found this thread very interesting and wanted to try it out, however, have encountered following problems:
Have a jb iPhone on 2.2 and OS Vista 64 and when I tried to install Mapv4v5converter it said it required NetFrameWork ver 3.5. No problem, it actually had a link to get the upgrade. Just wanted to mention it as the tut says NetFrameWork 2.0.

But my main problem is everytime GMDL has finished downloading my selected map (7,2 Mb) and I press iPhone- Process I get following error (same everytime- have tried various maps sizes):
File or assembly "System.Data.SQLite, Version=1.0.48.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=db937bc2d44ff139" or one of its dependencies could not be loaded. Tried to load a program with wrong format. (the wording is translated from Danish)

If I choose "continue" nothing happens and when I choose "abort" the whole program (GMDL) shuts down.

Hope somebody has a solution for this.

It should be a compatibility issue with GMDL and Windows Vista. I remember reading somewhere that GMDL is buggy on Vista so this should be one of the bugs. No solution until the developer updates the GMDL which is not anytime soon. Apparently he is going to attempt working on the next update sometime Jan 2009.

Hi, OK thanks for the explanation/ reason.
Guess I'll just have to be patient and wait for the update/ bug-fix.

Or you could do it on an XP. I'm sure there are plenty of those lying around

this doesn't work on 2.1??
ive tried with 2.1 and done all the above but only got squares as maps -__- tried several times with no avail =/

As mentioned MANY times over in the tutorial, there are some parts which only work for FW2.2. I suggest you read through again properly.

i'm sorry, perhaps i missed this part of it:


maybe you should bold those. might make things clearer. Anyhow, i'll try again with 2.1 ONLY maps and see how it goes.
thanks nevertheless

My contribution - Ipoh Map for 2.2
Let me know if it works for you guys...

http://rapidshare.com/files/173805981/Ipoh.zip

Edit :

Cyberjaya+Putrajaya for 2.1
http://rapidshare.com/files/173806284/ipho...berjaya-2.1.zip

Cyberjaya+Putrajaya for 2.2
http://rapidshare.com/files/173807366/ipho...berjaya-2.2.zip

Ipoh Map for 2.1
http://rapidshare.com/files/173811643/Ipoh-2.1.zip

This post has been edited by tarpaucase: Dec 16 2008, 04:56 PM

Maverick Wil, i had downloaded the GMDL program, but i unable to open the exe file. It say application failed to open.

can you provide like.. a much more detailed description ?
like .. the complete error message.. or a screenshot?

maybe you're missing some pre-requisite to run it.. are you on vista? xp ? .. details!

tried already few times to download again. but still appear same msg.....
spyware? virus??

is there any other way i can download offlinemaps other than from cydia? i always failed downloading it due to the terrible connection.

brother, referring back to post 1 with the link SSH to dummies...i cant see any thing at regarding SSH there....

any tutorial for SSH application?

First time using SSH when im a windows based user.

Thanks n nice work there mate!

Routing for FW 2.2 is now supported!

Check out the solution here:
http://code.google.com/p/iphoneofflinemap/