MapsOffline maps
What you can do
- Pan, pinch, zoom and fit, with labels placed so they don't collide.
- Get a GPS fix and a route.
- See OpenStreetMap and Protomaps credit on the map.
Get map packs
Map packs come from RoachNet Apps: the 50 states, DC, five territories and a world overview. Install base maps also queues the World Atlas. Once a pack is on your Mac, the map draws without a connection.
The list of map collections comes live from apps.roachnet.org while you're online, over HTTPS, refreshed every six hours and checked before use. Offline, RoachNet uses the list it ships with.
Packs are kept in ~/RoachNet/storage/maps/pmtiles.
A GPS fix from your iPhone
The iOS companion can send the phone's position to the Mac over Bluetooth. Start it on the companion's Runtime tab; it runs only while the app is open, only after you press Start, and only over an encrypted Bluetooth link.
Limits
- Downloading map packs and refreshing the collection list need a connection. Downloads resume after a stall instead of starting over.