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first published week of: 03/16/2015
I don’t know about you, but in my line of work, I often find myself off the beaten path in the middle of nowhere. In times like these it’s super helpful to have maps that I can still reference, even without an active internet connection. For the most part, if you don’t already have the poor coverage area pre-loaded in your map program, you won’t have the ability to interact with the map. This can be a huge inconvenience when I am trying to pin-point specific particular lat & long coordinates.
I really wanted to be able to accomplish this in Apple Maps. However, after some searching around, I just couldn’t figure out how to make it happen, nor could I determine if it is even a possibility. No worries, though, Google Maps is a perfectly good alternative, and even a preference for many iPad users. Just in case it’s not already obvious, though, you will need to have an iPad capable of connecting to a data service (LTE + Wi-fi) in order to track your location on a saved offline map, since the Wi-fi only versions do not have built in GPS. continued…