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For anyone that uses Back Country Navigator; I might have something that saves you some time
I just spent 3 and a half days (off and on) downloading satellite imagery for all of Baja for offline use. Did it at the highest possible resolution.
It's like having Google Earth on your phone/tablet w/out the need for an internet connection.
It was about 50GB of data. Took so long because you can only do 2-3GB at a time and there are thousands of files for every 3GB. At one point I was
doing it too fast and I got a warning that my brand new Samsung Tab was over heating from all the read/writes to memory, and then automatically shut
down.
Also tedious to select the areas for download. One small section at a time going from bottom to top.
Anyway, I've got it on a micro SD card now. My theory is it can be move to another micro SD and another device in minutes. Going to put it on my
phone next.
If it works and if anyone is interested, I could put the 50GB folder on Google Drive or something for others to download. You can put it right on a
micro SD and into your device.
You have to use BCN of course.
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chippy
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That would be fantastic! I´m in.
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Such a deal!! Muchas gracias!! Count me in too!!
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sounds good
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Not directly related to your original post, but related to this app. I see it's a $14.99 purchase for ios, and some of the reviews are pretty "meh".
Is it worth it? I'm pretty familiar and comfortable with gaia... worth checking out?
Thanks.. Hope I don't hijack this thread.. I'd love your downloads if I end up getting the app.
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JZ
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Quote: Originally posted by aburruss  | Not directly related to your original post, but related to this app. I see it's a $14.99 purchase for ios, and some of the reviews are pretty "meh".
Is it worth it? I'm pretty familiar and comfortable with gaia... worth checking out?
Thanks.. Hope I don't hijack this thread.. I'd love your downloads if I end up getting the app. |
Back Country Navigator Pro is free. It is Android only I believe. I love it. Really good in my opinion.
Back Country Navigator XE just came out (those might be the reviews you are reading?). It supports Android and iOS. It is closer to Gaia in that it
has an online map component. It is pretty new and I haven't played with it since the beta version many months ago. Pretty sure it costs a couple
bones. I use GE (and download that to BCN), so the online map part hasn't been that big a deal to me.
That's where we are. If someone uses an Android (Samsung >> iPhone) and BCN Pro, I can probably help you.
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Ok, update. I copied the folder from the SD card on my tablet to my PC. Then downloaded it to an blank SD card. Plugged it unto my phone.
And Voila, every inch of Baja in high def sat imagery was right there on my phone without any connection to the internet.
Tomorrow I'll upload it to Google Drive and post the link. Alll you'll need to do is:
- Have an Android phone
- Have BCN Pro installed
- Download the folder to your computer (or directly to a mirco SD card - will take longer)
- Copy the folder to at least a 64GB SD micro card
- Put the card in your phone/tablet
- Go under Settings in BCN and set the storage location to "External"
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chippy
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JZ I have a question Does the phone require a seperate sd slot or do you load it to the existing sd card?
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JZ, this will be great! I use BCN religiously in Baja. I started doing a similar download A while back and gave up. Too tedious for me. Thanks for
your effort and thanks for sharing.
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Have any of you guys tried loading the same maps into GAIA? Are the map tiles a different file type? If the file type is the same, I'd be game to try
downloading the files and loading them into GAIA on my tablet.
I haven't tried the new BCN yet, but have a current GAIA pro subscription that I use frequently.
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JZ
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Kind of doubt it, but I'll try it out and let you know.
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JZ, which tablets can you use in the Baja backcountry for this?
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I have a question - since the tiles are Google Earth images, can you use the image folder for use with off line Google Earth use?
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I'm assuming that you're doubts will prove true but appreciate you trying.
It seems like it would be to good to be true to be able to side-load the map files for a whole state into a mapping program like GAIA. Also if this
possible, this would theoretically allow somebody to download premium layers (like land ownership) and share them with folks who don't have premium
subscriptions.
I like to explore remote dirt tracks and beaches.
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no premium subscriptions needed for Google Earth Pro
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John M
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Over my head but I do ask...
This discussion is a bit more than I know about, but my question is: could this work on my PC rather than on a tablet?
Using Google Earth itself off-line is very restrictive.
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JZ
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Any Android tablet (or phone) that has a) GPS and b) a lot for an SD micro card.
Samsung's are the best. They all have GPS and support SD micro cards.
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helll yessss, IN!
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Question JZ - Every app I have looks for an internet connection immediately after being launched. If these map tiles are viewed in BCN, will BCN
launch (and view those tiles) without an internet connection?
Thanks.
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Side note: Unless I missed it, they've pulled the Pro (free) version of BCN off the Google app store?
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