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Can I Download Google Earth Maps For Offline Use
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Marion Gwilt
Jan 9, 2024, 2:06:49 PM1/9/24
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I'd like to run Google Earth on a PC that does not have internet access. This was possible in NASA Worldwind if you downloaded all of the maps and stored them offline. However, I have yet to see such documentation for Google Earth.
can i download google earth maps for offline use
Download https://8incorlaku.blogspot.com/?pw=2x6qZt
I've seen the links mentioned below and also the 3D Viewer Navigation. The problem is that this PC will NEVER have internet access. I'm looking to find a way to copy the data over, so getting online, filling up 2GB of cache and then getting offline is not the end solution.
When I'm out exploring, I enjoy using google maps satellite view. But once there's no signal, it doesn't work. Downloading a map for offline use on the maps app doesn't include satellite data. Gaia GPS does have offline satellite maps, but only at a much lower resolution compared to Google.
I've read about using Google Earth to save satellite info for offline use, but I haven't been able to get that to work correctly. It seems like you can only do it for limited areas. I'm trying to get the data for about 2,500 square miles.
ArcGIS Earth provides immersive 3D experiences for both online and offline usage. The capability to work offline was introduced at ArcGIS Earth 1.2, and it has been continually improved since then. Now ArcGIS Earth users are offered better user experiences, more options, and greater flexibility.
Users can also add KML/KMZ files, scene layer packages, tile packages, and raster data as local basemaps, and add raster data of the LERC tile format (Limited Error Raster Compression) as local terrain.
Mobile scene packages are designed to take your scenes and content offline for use across the ArcGIS Platform. They are already supported in the initial release of ArcGIS Earth for mobile and will be supported in the coming ArcGIS Earth 1.10 desktop release. Users can work with a disconnected globe in offline environments by preparing everything you need in a mobile scene package. Similarly, when creating mobile scene packages, you can add basemaps and terrain, specify usage limitations, add custom locators, and so forth, before you go offline.
If the system is offline, then you will need to acquire the imagery, terrain data, and vector info yourself. You can then install GeoServer or MapServer and import the data into it. I prefer GeoServer as it has a nice user interface and is fairly idiot-proof.
I have a use case that requires offline access to google earth. I know that google earth enterprise offers a disconnected product, however we may not have access to that product and/or google earth enterprise is prohibitively expensive at $25K for a dev license.
I would prefer to use the google earth plugin since I am building an application and would like to use the JS api. Is it possible to host the google earth plugin on my own disconnected server? We would use google earth connected to a standalone offline WMS server for access to imagery.
Im my current application with google earth plugin js api, I'm able to start the plugin even if offline. But one requirement is to have cached data.If you have cached data and if you start the plugin offline, then zooming to a level with higher resolution that the one you have in your cached data will have no effect (imagery will not be update to higher resolution)
Are you trying to take a large area offline? Based on the help it says "Each tile layer has a maximum number of tiles that can be taken offline. If your map covers a large area, the maximum tile limit will be reached at a given scale." so it appears that you are reaching a limit here and one way to verify is zooming in to a smaller area and see if you can get more tiles. I'll reach out to the team that implemented this to confirm.
It's probably best to clarify larger vs smaller...for me I zoomed in on a neighborhood using the World Topographic basemap and was able to take all zoom levels offline. Which basemap are you using? I reached out to the team in charge of this and am still waiting to hear back.
Frank Taylor started the Google Earth Blog in July, 2005 shortly after Google Earth was first released. He has worked with 3D computer graphics and VR for many years and was very impressed with this exciting product. Frank completed a 5.5 year circumnavigation of the earth by sailboat in June 2015 which you can read about at Tahina Expedition, and is a licensed pilot, backpacker, diver, and photographer.
You can also use the Flight Simulator F16 and SR22 cockpits overlays offline if you download copies of the images to your local drive and change the KML files to point to these files instead. Just delete the http call to the URL and replace with the path to the file eg c:\Users\User\Pictures\filename.png
This allows you to fly with the cockpit overlays over areas of cached scenery offline, when the website hosting the overlays is offline or the overlays are no longer available, or when you want to use your own custom overlays.
I installed Google Earth 5.1 and cached data for Cuba with Google Earth Voyager 6. The problem is: as soon as I start GE offline it only gives me a black screen. I think they disabled by now the offline feature which is quite bad.
As of current writing, Google Earth doesn't support full offline mode, in which you can specify to download certain location's satellite imagery in detail. However, just like Google Maps, you can cache a small portion of it for offline viewing.
To do so, log on to the internet and visit the imagery you'd like to view while you're offline. Please pay attention to the Streaming indicator, which appears just below and a little to the right of your images. When this indicator has reached 100% for the imagery you're viewing, Google Earth has gathered all available data for that specific altitude and settings, so you can disconnect from the internet.
As far as I know of, there is a "make available offline" option which allows one to select and download the most recent version of a portion of the map. Of course, you'll need an Internet connection to download it first. How to: Menu>Make Available Offline; From there you should be able to select a region to download.
I use OsmAnd+ for hiking and biking, because it has so many possibilities and tools.
Organic Maps for navigation driving by car.
Magic earth I just tried, when I experimented with /e/ OS, whre it is the default map app. I liked it, but I prefer FLOSS. Magic earth has crowd sourced traffic alerts. That's a advantage compared to OsmAnd+ and Organic Maps.
Realistically there is no better navigation on mobile device than Google maps. So I am searching a similar one. I care about privacy, that's why I'm here.
What is best in your opinion and what is similar to gmaps.
dlb Realistically there is no better navigation on mobile device than Google maps. So I am searching a similar one. I care about privacy, that's why I'm here.
What is best in your opinion and what is similar to gmaps.
dlb Actually, I have no idea. I use it as you can buy a subscription outside Playstore direct from Sygic, the maps are offline and are way better than Magic Earth. Additionally, there is something going on with Magic Earth that makes my phone overheat. This does not happen with Sygic.
Google maps only allows an offline map for 1 or 2 weeks. After that you have to connect again. And when you do connect it uploads all the data it has gathered from you since it was last connected. It gathers your location and records wifi data as long as its running and uploads all of it when it reconnects to the internet. Just FYI.
I did this while significantly protecting my privacy and not having to look at ads that are always major clutter to me (Google maps). I did not even have to install a public transit app which is piled with a horrific number of trackers and ads, or being tracked by Google because I had to enable Play Store (GMS) to use the app.
ve3jlg You may be right. In truth I really haven't used OsmAnd much at all. I generally don't need and don't use navigation and maps at all. My extent of using OsmAnd was probably half an hour. When I first installed it I fiddled around with it for half an hour to figure things out. I'm a technical person and not easily put off by complicated things, but rather quickly I felt overwhelmed with all the settings and not knowing what the hell is going on. Couldn't "get into it" easily.
I have used Map Factor for off-line maps for years and it has done a good job. Ran across a post about Magic Earth offline maps and thought I would give it a try. It has a some additional features that I like. Info can be found here . You can also download it from Google play. Thought I would pass in on in case anyone is looking for Offline maps for their phone with extra options..
If you want more, you can also set up your own rendering, and use it with Marble. But that would require a quite heavy computer, and it's not documented how to achieve it in Marble (because they are afraid people will use it to display proprietary maps).
If you have Marble installed you'll have an "/usr/share/kde4/apps/marble/data/maps/earth/openstreetmap" directory with an "openstreetmap.dgml" file in it. In there you can see how the tile servers are configured.
Is there any way to install and run Google Earth Pro totally offline? Actually if there is not internet access on specific computer and I want to run Google Earth Pro on that computer. What is the useful technique to copy cache from one computer (which is connected to the internet) to another computer. I have tried to copy Cache files to the offline computer. But it didn't work.Is there any solution?I have Windows 10Google Earth Pro version 7.3.2.5776
You can run an offline cache from one computer to other.But you need to connect your computer at least one time so that you can install software. Then just copy that cache and copy paste it to specific file path.
My question is this:
Can I download maps into Mission Planner, and use the software 100% offline to a) fly transects (which I think is a YES) and b) create new transects/waypoints, onto pre-saved google earth maps in the programme?
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can i download google earth maps for offline use
Download https://8incorlaku.blogspot.com/?pw=2x6qZt
I've seen the links mentioned below and also the 3D Viewer Navigation. The problem is that this PC will NEVER have internet access. I'm looking to find a way to copy the data over, so getting online, filling up 2GB of cache and then getting offline is not the end solution.
When I'm out exploring, I enjoy using google maps satellite view. But once there's no signal, it doesn't work. Downloading a map for offline use on the maps app doesn't include satellite data. Gaia GPS does have offline satellite maps, but only at a much lower resolution compared to Google.
I've read about using Google Earth to save satellite info for offline use, but I haven't been able to get that to work correctly. It seems like you can only do it for limited areas. I'm trying to get the data for about 2,500 square miles.
ArcGIS Earth provides immersive 3D experiences for both online and offline usage. The capability to work offline was introduced at ArcGIS Earth 1.2, and it has been continually improved since then. Now ArcGIS Earth users are offered better user experiences, more options, and greater flexibility.
Users can also add KML/KMZ files, scene layer packages, tile packages, and raster data as local basemaps, and add raster data of the LERC tile format (Limited Error Raster Compression) as local terrain.
Mobile scene packages are designed to take your scenes and content offline for use across the ArcGIS Platform. They are already supported in the initial release of ArcGIS Earth for mobile and will be supported in the coming ArcGIS Earth 1.10 desktop release. Users can work with a disconnected globe in offline environments by preparing everything you need in a mobile scene package. Similarly, when creating mobile scene packages, you can add basemaps and terrain, specify usage limitations, add custom locators, and so forth, before you go offline.
If the system is offline, then you will need to acquire the imagery, terrain data, and vector info yourself. You can then install GeoServer or MapServer and import the data into it. I prefer GeoServer as it has a nice user interface and is fairly idiot-proof.
I have a use case that requires offline access to google earth. I know that google earth enterprise offers a disconnected product, however we may not have access to that product and/or google earth enterprise is prohibitively expensive at $25K for a dev license.
I would prefer to use the google earth plugin since I am building an application and would like to use the JS api. Is it possible to host the google earth plugin on my own disconnected server? We would use google earth connected to a standalone offline WMS server for access to imagery.
Im my current application with google earth plugin js api, I'm able to start the plugin even if offline. But one requirement is to have cached data.If you have cached data and if you start the plugin offline, then zooming to a level with higher resolution that the one you have in your cached data will have no effect (imagery will not be update to higher resolution)
Are you trying to take a large area offline? Based on the help it says "Each tile layer has a maximum number of tiles that can be taken offline. If your map covers a large area, the maximum tile limit will be reached at a given scale." so it appears that you are reaching a limit here and one way to verify is zooming in to a smaller area and see if you can get more tiles. I'll reach out to the team that implemented this to confirm.
It's probably best to clarify larger vs smaller...for me I zoomed in on a neighborhood using the World Topographic basemap and was able to take all zoom levels offline. Which basemap are you using? I reached out to the team in charge of this and am still waiting to hear back.
Frank Taylor started the Google Earth Blog in July, 2005 shortly after Google Earth was first released. He has worked with 3D computer graphics and VR for many years and was very impressed with this exciting product. Frank completed a 5.5 year circumnavigation of the earth by sailboat in June 2015 which you can read about at Tahina Expedition, and is a licensed pilot, backpacker, diver, and photographer.
You can also use the Flight Simulator F16 and SR22 cockpits overlays offline if you download copies of the images to your local drive and change the KML files to point to these files instead. Just delete the http call to the URL and replace with the path to the file eg c:\Users\User\Pictures\filename.png
This allows you to fly with the cockpit overlays over areas of cached scenery offline, when the website hosting the overlays is offline or the overlays are no longer available, or when you want to use your own custom overlays.
I installed Google Earth 5.1 and cached data for Cuba with Google Earth Voyager 6. The problem is: as soon as I start GE offline it only gives me a black screen. I think they disabled by now the offline feature which is quite bad.
As of current writing, Google Earth doesn't support full offline mode, in which you can specify to download certain location's satellite imagery in detail. However, just like Google Maps, you can cache a small portion of it for offline viewing.
To do so, log on to the internet and visit the imagery you'd like to view while you're offline. Please pay attention to the Streaming indicator, which appears just below and a little to the right of your images. When this indicator has reached 100% for the imagery you're viewing, Google Earth has gathered all available data for that specific altitude and settings, so you can disconnect from the internet.
As far as I know of, there is a "make available offline" option which allows one to select and download the most recent version of a portion of the map. Of course, you'll need an Internet connection to download it first. How to: Menu>Make Available Offline; From there you should be able to select a region to download.
I use OsmAnd+ for hiking and biking, because it has so many possibilities and tools.
Organic Maps for navigation driving by car.
Magic earth I just tried, when I experimented with /e/ OS, whre it is the default map app. I liked it, but I prefer FLOSS. Magic earth has crowd sourced traffic alerts. That's a advantage compared to OsmAnd+ and Organic Maps.
Realistically there is no better navigation on mobile device than Google maps. So I am searching a similar one. I care about privacy, that's why I'm here.
What is best in your opinion and what is similar to gmaps.
dlb Realistically there is no better navigation on mobile device than Google maps. So I am searching a similar one. I care about privacy, that's why I'm here.
What is best in your opinion and what is similar to gmaps.
dlb Actually, I have no idea. I use it as you can buy a subscription outside Playstore direct from Sygic, the maps are offline and are way better than Magic Earth. Additionally, there is something going on with Magic Earth that makes my phone overheat. This does not happen with Sygic.
Google maps only allows an offline map for 1 or 2 weeks. After that you have to connect again. And when you do connect it uploads all the data it has gathered from you since it was last connected. It gathers your location and records wifi data as long as its running and uploads all of it when it reconnects to the internet. Just FYI.
I did this while significantly protecting my privacy and not having to look at ads that are always major clutter to me (Google maps). I did not even have to install a public transit app which is piled with a horrific number of trackers and ads, or being tracked by Google because I had to enable Play Store (GMS) to use the app.
ve3jlg You may be right. In truth I really haven't used OsmAnd much at all. I generally don't need and don't use navigation and maps at all. My extent of using OsmAnd was probably half an hour. When I first installed it I fiddled around with it for half an hour to figure things out. I'm a technical person and not easily put off by complicated things, but rather quickly I felt overwhelmed with all the settings and not knowing what the hell is going on. Couldn't "get into it" easily.
I have used Map Factor for off-line maps for years and it has done a good job. Ran across a post about Magic Earth offline maps and thought I would give it a try. It has a some additional features that I like. Info can be found here . You can also download it from Google play. Thought I would pass in on in case anyone is looking for Offline maps for their phone with extra options..
If you want more, you can also set up your own rendering, and use it with Marble. But that would require a quite heavy computer, and it's not documented how to achieve it in Marble (because they are afraid people will use it to display proprietary maps).
If you have Marble installed you'll have an "/usr/share/kde4/apps/marble/data/maps/earth/openstreetmap" directory with an "openstreetmap.dgml" file in it. In there you can see how the tile servers are configured.
Is there any way to install and run Google Earth Pro totally offline? Actually if there is not internet access on specific computer and I want to run Google Earth Pro on that computer. What is the useful technique to copy cache from one computer (which is connected to the internet) to another computer. I have tried to copy Cache files to the offline computer. But it didn't work.Is there any solution?I have Windows 10Google Earth Pro version 7.3.2.5776
You can run an offline cache from one computer to other.But you need to connect your computer at least one time so that you can install software. Then just copy that cache and copy paste it to specific file path.
My question is this:
Can I download maps into Mission Planner, and use the software 100% offline to a) fly transects (which I think is a YES) and b) create new transects/waypoints, onto pre-saved google earth maps in the programme?
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