How much data is used by Google Maps?
I'm looking into replacing my aging GPS with a smart phone/Google maps setup. How much data is used every hour? I would like to know so I can see if I have enough data in my cell phone plan. Thank ...
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I have had various Garmin's since 2002 and the data is so out of date (always will be until they can be provide live internet data like Google) it is often a joke. Watching the GPS show me driving through a grass field when a new road is opened (years prior) repeating take the next left, enter ramp, whatever trying to get me onto a road that no longer exists.
If you are concerned about losing data on your trip (very rare these days) you can download the entire map covering the area you will be driving. You can even turn off the data if you want to save your data. You just won't get any live traffic data but you will have the same high quality routing without a lick of data. If you download that map at home using a WiFi connection you won't have used any data at all.
Just try finding a Costco that opened 6 months ago in your GPS and then try finding it with Google Maps and see who wins!
If you are concerned about losing data on your trip (very rare these days) you can download the entire map covering the area you will be driving. You can even turn off the data if you want to save your data. You just won't get any live traffic data but you will have the same high quality routing without a lick of data. If you download that map at home using a WiFi connection you won't have used any data at all.
Just try finding a Costco that opened 6 months ago in your GPS and then try finding it with Google Maps and see who wins!
