http://androgeoid.com/2011/07/maverick-a-basic-gps-map-application/ Exploring, Recording And Mapping The World With Android Mon, 20 May 2013 22:10:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://androgeoid.com/2011/07/maverick-a-basic-gps-map-application/#comment-26423 Alex Sun, 28 Oct 2012 09:04:50 +0000 http://androgeoid.com/?p=1036#comment-26423 Nice app. The task bar is very useful, but cannot be hidden. Also the top bar cannot be hidden. Other apps use the screen space better. Backcountry Navigator has a transparent upper bar and uses full screen for the map. Locus has two transparent bars, but adding a Record bar in Locus also limits the screen area, although the 3 bars are transparent.
The Google maps do not work anymore. The app says Google requested to disable tile downloading. Bing maps didn’t work for me too.
There is no option to download maps from the app based on selected region and with multiple zoom levels, like in Backcountry Navigator, Locus and Trimble Navigator.
Track GPX files are silently saved to the phone instead of providing some export function. But the tracks can be uploaded to GPSies, which is nice.
The app shows zoom level, which is useful. The search function is well implemented, perhaps even better than other apps.
The GUI is easy to use and intuitive. The app supports screen always ON, which is useful for bike navigating in new areas.
Apps like Locus Pro and Backcountry Navigator have more features.

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