Mobile data usage
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Why does the navigation app use so much mobile data even with offline maps and not actively navigating? Would offline navigation solve this but if so what functionality could I lose?
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Why does the navigation app use so much mobile data even with offline maps and not actively navigating? Would offline navigation solve this but if so what functionality could I lose?
@Steve-Lane Define heavy data usage! At the very least, what you save on data is fetching and rendering the map data. When driving offline, you mis traffic-aware route calculation, traffic information, and that kind of thing. I don't care with an unlimited data plan.
BMW K1600GT-P (2013) with BMW Navigator | Nolan N100-5 with Sena 30K
iOS on iPhone 13 & 16 (mounted on Quadlock)
Apple CarPlay in VW T-Roc (wired)
Routelab on MacBook Air & iMac (Tahoe & Ventura) -
@Steve-Lane Define heavy data usage! At the very least, what you save on data is fetching and rendering the map data. When driving offline, you mis traffic-aware route calculation, traffic information, and that kind of thing. I don't care with an unlimited data plan.
@Rob-Verhoeff I used about 100Mb in 2 hours yesterday just displaying my position on the map which I have stored off line. Over a 2 week riding holiday with longer days that would use several Gb of roaming data just to display a map, presumably even more with active navigation? It seems excessive given that a standalone sat nav device achieves the same using zero data.
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@Rob-Verhoeff I used about 100Mb in 2 hours yesterday just displaying my position on the map which I have stored off line. Over a 2 week riding holiday with longer days that would use several Gb of roaming data just to display a map, presumably even more with active navigation? It seems excessive given that a standalone sat nav device achieves the same using zero data.
@Steve-Lane Are you sure you’ve enabled offline in the navigation menu?
BMW K1600GT-P (2013) with BMW Navigator | Nolan N100-5 with Sena 30K
iOS on iPhone 13 & 16 (mounted on Quadlock)
Apple CarPlay in VW T-Roc (wired)
Routelab on MacBook Air & iMac (Tahoe & Ventura) -
@Rob-Verhoeff I used about 100Mb in 2 hours yesterday just displaying my position on the map which I have stored off line. Over a 2 week riding holiday with longer days that would use several Gb of roaming data just to display a map, presumably even more with active navigation? It seems excessive given that a standalone sat nav device achieves the same using zero data.
@Steve-Lane if you're navigation a route and switch to offline Navigating it won't cost you a dime. You don't have access to real time traffic info but who cares, you're having fun
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@Steve-Lane Are you sure you’ve enabled offline in the navigation menu?
@Rob-Verhoeff No, I hadn't as I was not navigating and assumed I was just displaying a stored map using GPS info only. Offline, as has been said, means you don't get traffic updates but I'm happy to skip those and use offline navigation.
