iPod Touch & Google Maps Woe.

I recently bought an iPod Touch. I really only wanted the Nano but the one thing that swung me towards the Touch was that the guy in the Apple store told me quite categorically that Google maps worked away from WiFi spots and only needed to connect to WiFi to update. We discussed this at some length.

Having only used the Touch at home these last couple of weeks, I went into the wilds of the Yorkshire Moors, got lost, then thought "Not to worry - myiPod will take care of that" No joy - Maps just dont show.

Do I have just cause for a refund or is there a way to download the maps?

Sawday said:

...the guy in the Apple store told me quite categorically that Google maps worked away from WiFi spots...

Do I have just cause for a refund or is there a way to download the maps?

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Do you have it in writing???

No, we were just stood by the iPods talking.

This may be what he was talking about --

Using Google Maps Offline with your iPod Touch | Free iPod Touch Apps | Free iPod Touch Games

The guy was technically correct; what he didn't mention is that you have to download the maps BEFORE getting lost.

I used my original iPhone to navigate across the US by doing this; I would load up our planned route at the hotel (wifi), then consult it as we drove (no EDGE, no wifi).

On the rare occasions where we decided to change route, I would go to the nearest town, locate a coffee shop (the old-fasioned way) and use their wifi to update the route map.

This worked out great for us and to this day we're a bit mystified at why so many people fork out so much money for GPS.

1991-C4 said:

This may be what he was talking about --

Using Google Maps Offline with your iPod Touch | Free iPod Touch Apps | Free iPod Touch Games

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Thanks for this. I'll try it out today. Thanks also to Chas for confirmation.

Still having no luck with this. While at home, connected to my home network, I planned a route on my iPod Touch. I went through the directions and watched the map load up. Switched the iPod off and and went off in the car. Later, having reached the 'start' point of my route I switched on my iPod but Maps wouldn't load as it could not find a network to connect to. Could not find anyway to specifically tell it to save my route and having searched the web for clues everyone says the route is just saved. Saved it might well be but just how do I access it?