Exploroz Traveller - Map storage issue

Yes Zebra....I had the same issue.

Unfortunately David wasn't not very forthright on this issue in the sales spiel to sell the app. I did not see his statement any where prior to downloading that it used the internal storage.

Yes if you look at the FAQ it states that internal storage is used.....but not stated in the newsletter in which it was announced/launched

I was able to shift a lot of data from internal to my SD card and so was able to use it.

Interesting to note that they state they are having issues getting the app to read the maps if stored on the SD card.....and yet I shifted the OziExplorer maps and Marine Navionic maps to my SD card ( to get storage room internally ) and they still work ok now they are reading from the SD card

Hi

As stated I shifted the Oziexplorer and Navionic maps to the SD card so as to make room for the traveller maps on the internal drive.

Oziexplorer and Navionics have no trouble reading from the SD card. So now the traveller map has room for its data on the internal storage.

I dont see how its that difficult for David to have his app the same...obviously a programming and stability issue but I guess he has run into some issue and in time will perhaps solve it.

Cheers

Could you do all the downloading on a desktop or laptop either dorectly to a SD card in the PC or to the PC's hard diska dn then transfer it to the SD card. Move the card to the mobile device. Then run the program from the card and leave the internal memory alone.

Just an idea. Surely ExplorOz Traveller would then treat the SD card as the default drive.

Phil

Go to ExplorOz menu/Traveller/FAQ. The explanation of storage issues is the first item.

Yes, I am aware of this. Pity it is not mentioned on the front page when purchasing the app.
Hey, I finally found the Data Manager. This was not easy to find. Once you know where it is, it is fine. I am deleting the 144K packs as I dont have enough space on my internal drive.
I have now deleted the maps and still find the ExplorOz Traveller app is using over 4GB of my internal card. This is huge. Nothing else on my tablet uses this amount of space.
I am now thinking that this app is way too big for my tablet, even without using offline maps.
A rethink is needed I think.

Hi Michelle. David has been communicating with my via email to help me resolve the issues I am facing with the App. David has been fantastic, as he sorted out my first issue very quickly over the weekend of not being able to delete the downloaded maps from my tablet. He gave me a solution which assisted me to clear the memory of the downloaded maps. I can see David has put a lot of hard work into creating this App.

Documenting SW always has its issues. I agree with you that I missed reading the info about data storage. Reading a lot of text can be quite daunting, so yes, I did overlook the section about the premium maps been also stored in internal memory.

The paragraph about downloading data is quite long, so I absorbed the info about the App and general maps being on internal memory, but missed the next bit about the Premium Maps also being stored in internal memory.

As I mentioned to David, I have no other Apps that require so much storage of data in memory, so I guess I was assuming your App was not so memory intensive.

Your App is by far the biggest I have ever encountered. The next closest is Metroview (approx 300MB). However, Metroview allows me to store their data on the external SD card.

As I pointed out to David, I am currently using other Apps for mapping i.e. OziExplorer, Hema Explorer & Metroview on my tablet. As an avid Map user, I assist many of our club members with training with these Apps, so I was interested in looking at your App, as I am sure that I will be asked about it by club members soon.

From what I have seen so far, it is very impressive with its current functionality.
For my own use, it is however very limiting until David can resolve the storage of maps on an external drive. I know he is working on this (which is good). Hopefully he finds a solution soon.

BTW, I also use EOTrackMe for my SPOT locations. I also use Spotwalla. I hope you don't see this comment as negative, but I do find the operation of EOTrackMe to be a little tricky when compared with Spotwalla.

I find Spotwalla very easy to set up. EOTrackMe's biggest plus (and this is a big plus) is that it uses the EO Topo maps, which are far superior to Spotwalla's Google maps, so on our website. I have embedded both Spotwalla & EOTrackME on our website for our friends & club members to follow our outback travels.

I have other friends who travel outback extensively. They also use both Spotwalla & EOTrackMe. They have also indicated that setting up Spotwalla is much easier than EOTrackMe, but they thoroughly enjoy the EO Topo maps facility of your App for outback travel.