theDutchBrother@lemmy.world to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoBest GPS navigation app that doesn't require Google Play Services in 2023?message-squaremessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down11file-text
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minus-squareLemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down10·10 months agoI have to download every city map onto my phone? 220 MB for each city? That’s a bit much to load onto my phone. As much as Google maps annoys me, at least they don’t require users to download every map onto their phone. It’s an option, not a requirement.
minus-squareVirtual Insanity @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·10 months agoWell how else do you think navigation works? Of course it’s going to need data. Google gets away with it by streaming the data. Smaller 3rd party mapping companies don’t have the infrastructure to do that so you download map packages. That’s how it worked before navigation devices had always on internet connections. 220mb for a city it really quite efficient, I wouldn’t be complaining.
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I have to download every city map onto my phone? 220 MB for each city? That’s a bit much to load onto my phone.
As much as Google maps annoys me, at least they don’t require users to download every map onto their phone. It’s an option, not a requirement.
Well how else do you think navigation works?
Of course it’s going to need data.
Google gets away with it by streaming the data.
Smaller 3rd party mapping companies don’t have the infrastructure to do that so you download map packages.
That’s how it worked before navigation devices had always on internet connections.
220mb for a city it really quite efficient, I wouldn’t be complaining.
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