Galileo Offline Maps Team

USGS topographic maps on your iPhone & iPad

The USGS announced the other day that topographic maps from The National Map are now freely available for viewing by iOS users on their mobile devices, “leveraging USGS maps together with the power of GPS to zoom in on their precise location while hiking, biking, running, or any other activity that benefits from precision navigation”.

We have prepared these links to make it easier to add USGS map sources into the Galileo Offline Maps:

USGS National Map - Topo

USGS National Map - Satellite

USGS National Map - Vector

Note: map download speed can vary and depends on the speed of your Internet connection and the speed of the server from where the map is downloaded.

Read more: ”USGS Topo Data on the Go”.

How to import your Foursquare lists into the Galileo Offline Maps

Want to have all your Foursquare lists imported to Galileo Offline Maps in one tap? If so — you will want to take a look at the following service: Foursquare Lists KML Export.

Follow these simple steps:

1. Open http://geoklubb.se/foursquare-lists-kml-export on your iOS device:
2. Connect to Foursquare to see your saved lists:
3. Tap the list you want to import.
4. Select “Open in Galileo” option in browser*:                 
5. As a result, a new collection with bookmarks will be added to the app:

*Galileo Offline Maps app should be installed on your device to have this option.

It’s a nice little feature lets you visualize your saved places on a map, so that the next time you’re offline you’ll still be able to view them within the Galileo Offline Maps.

 /With thanks to Fredrik Davidsson for the tip!

What do you think of the “Foursquare Lists KML Export” tool?

Spilling the beans

Galileo Offline Maps is a map browsing app that saves a map tiles to view them later — offline and really fast.

Good news for those who used to use the most popular map sources such as Google Maps and Bing Maps and miss them within the app — now you can add them yourself.

Just open these links on your iOS device and select “Open in Galileo” option in Safari:

Google Maps

Google Maps (HD)*

Google Maps — Satellite

Google Maps — Satellite (HD)*

Bing Maps

Bing Maps - Bird’s Eye

As a result, new map will appear in “Map Source” list available for viewing and caching even in a free version. 

Enjoy using it and do not forget to tell your friends about this awesome feature!

* Map in hight quality looks great on the retina, but loads large tiles and requires twice more space for storing.

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Cheers,

Galileo Offline Maps team.

Version 2.5 Release Notes

Today we have released a new version 2.5 of Galileo Offline Maps. We are delighted to deliver to you the Facebook integration.

Now you can share your geodata with your friends on Facebook in one tap:

Be the first to surprise your friends and family — share the bookmark or recorded GPS track from your latest trip, so they can view and take the same route. 

To get started, logout from your Facebook account in device Settings and Facebook iOS app, then go to the Galileo Offline Maps and tap the “Share on Facebook” cell. It will ask you to login and permission to use your Facebook account within the app.

p.s. Do not forget to Like the app page at Facebook: www.facebook.com/galileo.offline.maps

Pregenerated offline maps

We understand that process of creating offline maps in MOBAC seems very cumbersome and time-consuming. Most likely it is, but all the effort is worth it — offline maps with you at any point of the world as a result.

To save your time on making your own maps we have generated an offline maps for the following cities:

• Barcelona (Spain)
• Bordeaux (France)
• Berlin (Germany)
• London (UK)
• Lyon (France)
• Madrid (Spain)
• Moscow (Russia)
• Osaka (Japan)
• Paris (France)
• Prague (Czech)
• Rome (Italy)
• Saint Petersburg (Russia)
• Taipei (Taiwan)
• Tokyo (Japan)

Follow the link to download an offline map for your city:

http://galileo-app.com/maps.html

If you didn’t find your city in list or you have an offline map you want to share with others, please feel free to drop us an email at: info@galileo-app.com.

One finger zoom

Sometimes, when you have a luggage or you’re holding an umbrella, it might be difficult to zoom using two fingers or two hands. 

We always listen carefully to all your feedback and we added a new gesture for one-hand operation in v2.4.3:

• To zoom out with one hand, double-tap a map and hold your finger after the second tap, then move your finger down.
• To zoom in with one hand, double-tap a map and hold your finger after the second tap, then move your finger up.

Enjoy using it and let us know what do you think!