iPod Touch Maps Enhancer
Posted in Software, iPod | By AhTim @ October 27th, 2009
Map is important for travel, especially self travel. It is not cheap to get a detail map. I want to get detail map for few countries prepare for my trip next year: Macau, Zhuhai, ShenZhen, Hong Kong. I didn’t any Zhuhai’s map exist in travel magazine.
It is time to explore more power in iPod touch! How good if I can utilise iPod touch “Maps” feature offline. The Maps app detail enough for me, it includes some place of interest, hotel name, location name, and subway station.
Google Map Enhancer
There are so many offline maps app but most of them retrieve map from Open Street Map which is too rough. They don’t have details and even don’t have road map for some locations. The best still Google Maps!
After all, found an app from Cydia named “Maps Enhancer” that cache maps inside iPod touch itself. Instead of app, I should say it is a tweak of iPod Maps app. No need to learn how to use. It auto cache all maps you browsed unless you disable the settings.
My Two Cents
To make it more useful, I browse and zoom as detail as I can on the location I want to visit. Of course it took some time to load and cache, but useful during offline. It work just like online! 
The weakness is it doesn’t support search during offline yet. So what I did was bookmark all the places that will be visiting including hotels, place of interest, stations, etc. Just drop pin in Maps then put in your own location label.
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Tags: google maps, ipod maps, maps cache, maps enhancer, offline maps, online maps
November 2nd, 2009 at 12:56 am
i am thinking of getting an ipod touch and i have been wondering the same thing. I think you can save your directions while on wifi and pull them up driving, but im not sure…
November 3rd, 2009 at 1:10 am
Wow, I wasn’t even aware that such app exists, and I have been looking desperately for it lately. On my iPod Touch without an Internet connection the only solution was to upload some previously-prepared screenshots form Google Maps. It was tiresome and didn’t allow for scaling or moving the map. This little app works perfectly though
November 3rd, 2009 at 4:15 am
Great to have such detailed map with you while exploring unknown regions of the world. A device worth attention.
November 3rd, 2009 at 5:36 am
this is a decent article! I’ve been looking forward to any kind of tools that could enhance my Ipod Touch. This map enhancer will surely make it work better. Thanks! I will show it to my friends.
January 15th, 2010 at 11:46 pm
Great points, this is an extremely useful tool, however, it could be further improved to simplify the map usage.