Today, I finished the first version google map downloader .
here is the user manual and some screen clips
The main screen display the world map in small scale, the default zoom level is 16 (the whole world as shown above), the actually Google map’s scale can vary from -2 to 17 ,but this Google map downloader only allow to download from 0 to 17,mainly because zoom 0 is large enough to show all the details.
Click the 4 direction arrow key moves the map, and click the + , – zoom in ,zoom out the map. And when move the mouse over the map, the current latitude/longitude is shown at right top area.(Current location)
Click the 4 direction arrow key moves the map, and click the + , – zoom in ,zoom out the map. And when move the mouse over the map, the current latitude/longitude is shown at right top area.(Current location)
Before downloading, you need to specify a rectangle area to be downloaded, “Top Left “ gives the top left point longitude/latitude pair, and “Right Bottom” gives the right bottom point’s longitude/latitude pair.
The longitude/latitude pair can be entered manually. Or use the current position , Press “Alt + A” sets the first point, “Alt + Z” gives the second point (right bottom).
Also you need to gives the zoom level ,valid value is from 0 to 17, 0 is the largest scale, 17 is the smallest scale.
The longitude/latitude pair can be entered manually. Or use the current position , Press “Alt + A” sets the first point, “Alt + Z” gives the second point (right bottom).
Also you need to gives the zoom level ,valid value is from 0 to 17, 0 is the largest scale, 17 is the smallest scale.
Press “Start” , the downloader starts to download all the maps in given area. Press “Stop” stops the download.
The download maps is stored in current directory’s maps subdir.
The download maps is stored in current directory’s maps subdir.
If you want to download maps in China, remember to check the China “option”.
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