in the new update if you can get offline maps that will be very helpful because whenever we are following maps and when we go lower network zone the screen is going to be white and we are stopping our vehicle a side until the maps are loading further.
If we can get a offline maps one the trip started and it can be deleted once the trip ends.
And one more is offline maps for favourite locations,
Favourite locations are where we are frequently visited or want to go like a Ather grid/service center/home /work locations.
If those are added to permanent offline maps that would be really helpful for the Ather explores
but we are using google maps only so there should be a possibility to get it because we can’t put our legs on the always network it may present and it may not.
All they have to do is, once the user gives destination name…maps load! The system just have to save the route to cache locally till the rider reaches destination.
Once the rider is at destination, thr system can dump the cache for other operations.
Any internet connection fluctuations should not cause any problem.
The system already does that, if you add a destination and click on navigate the route is already loaded in the cache and the route is loaded with GPS coordinates but loading the background images is the main issue which in Ather does not load because of limited RAM.
Google maps API does not provide all the features of phone app like offline maps or traffic details, etc. And to understand what exactly Google maps API is, refer to the below thread where @cyberboysumanjay has beutifully explained it with some simple examples.
Just curious as to why you’d need maps to frequently visited locations like home /work, you’d probably know the route right? unless you’re new to the city. Ather doesn’t have live traffic anyway.
My thought here is: Most of the times, the dashboard looses network but the phone doesn’t. Its time they should enable wifi and let us use hotspot. One can then have the flexibility to use wifi when they are off to a new location and when they depend on navigation.
True… its a gimmick overall because it really doesn’t provide you:
live traffic details
real time turn by turn details
no route for 2 wheelers
Alright, I use maps for:
driving to a new location or less visited locations
and just for fun (this is important too.) & I paid a lot for 450X so hell, give me all the features. Haha
Also, no 2 wheelers route caused me to take flyovers that I shouldn’t and I paid rs. 500 as fine once.
For a cities like Bangalore there several routes and ways, so whereever we are we can go to the locations that are added to favorite
I agree home and office we can,
But what about the options like Ather grid/Ather service center
Let’s take an example you have a urgent work and you are out of battery you can’t charge it with home charger at that time we have to search right for Ather grid, if I marked the Ather grid into my favourite location which is near to me and if that is downloaded to dashboard then no need to get the map from the network everytime right?
They have 16 gb of storage more than enough to store the entire state - OS should not take more than 8gb… as far as I remember all models before Gen 3 had only 8gb space so it might be hard for them.
gen3 16gb storage is ample for many things like video manual/guides,themes etc but question is if that crumbling sd212 with 2gb ram can hold anything more.
) & I paid a lot for 450X so hell, give me all the features. Haha