Google Maps is a great tool for navigation and mapping. However, if you’re not always online, you can use it offline. To do this, you need to install the Google Maps Offline App. Once you have it installed, open it and sign in with your Google account. Then, open the app and select the “Offline” tab. On the left side of the screen, you’ll see a list of available areas to map. Choose one of these areas and click on the “Map” button to start mapping.
If you’ve ever wanted to be able to download Google Maps data for offline use, you should check out gmapcatcher, a cross-platform application that caches map segments locally.
There’s both a GUI version and a command-line version that you can use to pull down the maps data. The whole thing is written in Python, but the installer should handle everything for Windows users. If not, install Python and try again.
gmapcatcher [Google Code]
