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Open a trip with downloaded maps?
I don't get it.
I have create a couple of trip files, and I have downloaded lots of tiles for them, and created waypoints for them. I close bcn.
Then I turn off the wi-fi, open bcn again. It displays the last area viewed, I guess bcn saves the last window in a cache.
Then I try to open an existing trip, one that is not on the cached display.
Sausage.
The icon on the top bar is the globe symbol, as if bcn is trying to get the trip maps from the internet rather than from the saved tiles. The display does not change to the area of the requested trip file, and the icon is still the globe, not the file folder icon.
What gives? How can I get bcn to use my saved tiles?
I am using donut on my Archos 5 internet tablet.
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The trip files store waypoints and/or tracks, not map tiles specifically.
To get to maps you've downloaded, you usually need to change to an offline map (from the Map Src menu) and center on the area of interest.
One easy way to recenter the map is to use the the Find A Place menu item and choose a recently found place.
In today's update, we've started to tag the found places with coordinates so they can be used offline.
I acknowledge this needs to be more clear.
OK, I learned I have to select a Map Source for which I have downloaded tiles.
But Find A Place just doesn't work.
What works is to
1. Open a trip for the area of interest
2. Zoom out to level 5 or level 4 and then re-center on some waypoints for the trip.
3. Open the appropriate Map Source - the one you used to create the trip.
I think BCN should be able to AUTOMATICALLY open the maps it has for a particular trip (set of waypoints), and if it has none, BCN should say so.
Looking forward to be able to see the list of waypoints...
- Jeff
When you say Find a Place doesn't work, do you mean
Find A Place doesn't work when I'm offline.
I can open a Trip file, and select the Map Source, but I can't find a place I know is within the area of the Trip.
If I turn WiFi back on, it works fine.
Normal?
- Jeff
Normal, since Google's location provider always calls out to a server.
In 3.4.5, released today, we start tagging successful searches with coordinates. If you choose one of the recent suggestions that has coordinates, it will skip the network call and center on the place. Try this with today's release: find a bunch of places while online, then turn off wifi, then look at the "search suggestions".