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 ====== Offline Maps Guide ======
-Offline maps are available in the [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kurviger.app|Kurviger App]]. Offline maps allow you to view the map during the navigation without internet connection. __The route calculation requires you to have an internet connection, but the navigation itself does not require an internet connection, when using offline maps__.
+Offline maps are available in the [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kurviger.app|Kurviger App]]. Offline maps allow you to view the map during the navigation without internet connection.
-===== Using Offline Maps =====
+  * __The route calculation requires you to have an internet connection, but the navigation itself does not require an internet connection, when using offline maps__.
+  * __Offline maps are only available with an active Kurviger Tourer+ membership__.
+  * __Offline maps are currently only for the navigation, not for the route planning__.
-To start using offline maps, plan a route, then click on the 3-dot button -> ''Start Navigation'' -> ''Download Offline-Maps''. The Kurviger App will automatically download the maps that you will need for navigating along this route.
+===== Download Map Regions =====
-{{:app:app_route_overview.png?200|}}{{:app:app_3-dot.png?200|}}{{:app:app_start_navigation_offline.png?200|}}
+Map regions are great if you want to download maps for areas where you typically ride or for your next vacation.
+Click on the menu icon in the top left (3 bars / burger icon) and click on offline maps.
-The offline maps are stored internally in the app, so you don't need to manually update or delete them. The app will do this automatically for you. Since the maps are stored inside the app, you cant find them as files on your smartphone.
+{{:app:app_offline_maps_menu.png?200|}}{{:app:app_offline_maps_manager.png?200|}}
-===== Offline Maps on the SD Card =====
+You will see the map and rectangular regions on the map. You can click on a rectangle to select it. When you press ''Apply'' the region will be downloaded. You can select multiple regions. If you want to select several regions you can use the ''+'' and ''-'' buttons to select them easily. You can use the button right of the ''-'' to select all regions on your current route.
-Since the maps are handled inside of the app, you can't just move the maps to the sd card. You would have to move the whole app to the SD card. We don't recommend doing that unless you are having serious storage limitations, as apps on the SD card can behave slower and are error prone.
+In rare cases there can be issues when downloading a map region. If there was an issue with the download the map region will stay gray with the spinner icon (please allow up to 1 minute after the download finishes for the region to turn green). You can click on the region to select it for deletion, click ''Apply'' and then download it again.
-===== Downloading whole Areas =====
+Please note: we highly recommend to not download huge areas. This can result in long download times, unnecessary usage of storage on your device, will make updating the maps way more complicated, and in the worst case can lead to performance issues. Just download the areas you actually need, and you will be fine. You can always download more areas and use the auto download feature (see below) for navigation as well.
-We are planning on adding a feature to download a whole area, so that you can download maps for your typical riding area automatically. This is a feature we are still having on our todo list and plan on adding in the near future.
+===== Auto Download for Routes =====
+The auto download helps when you might come across an area with no reception during your ride.
+The auto download downloads only the required maps along your route (so it's more or less the same data that you would use during the ride anyway). Already downloaded maps won't be downloaded again. If you come to a place with no reception, the map will still be shown. Everytime the route is recalculated or the navigation starts the download starts automatically in the background.
+You can disable this feature in the navigation settings.
+===== Update Map Regions =====
+Once the maps reach a certain age (right now this is 30 days), the Offline Maps Manager will show a button to update the maps. If you want to update a map region before that time, you can delete the region and download it again.
+===== Offline Maps Storage Location =====
+The offline maps are stored internally in the app. Since the maps are stored inside the app, you cant find them as files on your smartphone.
+Therefore, you can't just move the maps to the sd card. You would have to move the whole app to the SD card. We don't recommend doing that unless you are having serious storage limitations, as apps on the SD card can behave slower and are error prone.
+===== Deleting All Offline Maps =====
+Go to ''settings'', ''storage'', and click on the button ''delete offline maps''. If you have downloaded a lot of maps it can take some time until the storage is actually freed on the file system. You can rerun the deletion process if the storage space is not freed within your expected time frame.
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