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    Gmap4 = View topos/aerials *offline* and your geolocation

    I have posted here before about Gmap4 which is an enhanced Google map viewer that I developed. Up until this summer I believed that Gmap4 would not work if your mobile browser was offline.

    I was wrong.

    If you follow a few simple instructions, many (but not all) of the Gmap4 features will work just fine on a smartphone, tablet or other mobile device when you are offline. Among other things, when you are offline you can:
    * Look at high resolution topo maps (t4 Topo High)
    * Look at Google aerials
    * Look at other basemaps
    * Look at GIS overlays
    * Turn on the geolocation feature (Menu ==> My location) and see the map become centered where you are standing
    * Move and watch the location symbol follow you and the map automatically move as needed
    * Touch the location symbol and see your coordinates in the current coordinate format
    * Change the coordinate format
    * Turn on/off a UTM grid
    * Turn on/off a USNG grid

    Yes, you can do all of the above while the browser in your smartphone or tablet is offline. Now let

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