Evgen Bodunov

Galileo Offline Maps by Evgen Bodunov is an iPad, iPod Touch and iPhone app that enables you to check maps offline, without needing an Internet connection. The app itself is free, but there are pay features that you may find useful. In this review, written on an iPod Touch 4, you will find out if the application is worth downloading or not. There are many map apps on the Apple mobile systems, and many of them are free, so what separates them and Galileo Offline Maps? The main thing that separates this app is that the maps can be viewed offline, so just in case you are in an area without any WiFi service, you can still check out recently loaded maps. Strengths One of the biggest strengths of the Galileo app is that you do not need the Internet to check out maps. Not only that, but the maps themselves are very detailed. While it may take a little while to find what you are looking for, since you need to zoom in manually from above, this is only because the maps have so many different towns, streets and cities. Ease of Use This app is pretty easy to use and follows the same interaction as you’re already used to. You can double-tap an area to zoom in, or you can just push two fingers to the screen and extend them to zoom in on a section. There are other tools that you can select from the options screen, and set paths or use GPS tracking. Value The value of the paid version of this program, or rather after you buy all the tools, is very high. You are able to track your location, and you are easily bookmark areas and build paths from one area to another. The free version is a little lacking. You can look at the map, but that’s about it. All of the other good features must be paid for before they can be used. Because of this, unless you are willing to spend the $4.99 for the other features, this app isn’t that plausible as it stands. Speed and Performance You can easily zoom in on the map, and the program tends to work quickly. However, there is a problem when you are zooming in that made it a little difficult to find certain places. When you zoom in enough, the Galileo renders a Read More

Gary Arndt has written an interesting blog post about traveling with his iPad for a year. In it, he offers some very helpful tips to world travelers who carry Apple's wonder device with them. As a fellow world traveler (I've been to 30 countries in two years) it was interesting to read and contrast his experience with what I've found. First, some of his tips I agree with: Arndt also makes some good points about what the iPad isn't good for while traveling. While he likes reading books, he's found, like I have, that the iPad isn't that great as an ereader if you're not sure where your next charge is coming from). I've written about this before (and actually wrote this post on my iPad while flying from London to Porto, Portugal). As Arndt points out, yes it's great to be able to carry dozens of books with you on your travels, but what's not great is the limited battery life your iPad is going to give you while reading (blame it on the LCD display, which is much more power-hungry than the e-ink screens of many dedicated ereaders). If you're a huge reader, stick to a Kindle or my preferred choice, the paperback. Reading books aside, there are some great things I've found the iPad useful for while traveling, most obviously not having to do with the device, but with the apps: However, as much as I love having WikiTravel and offline maps at my fingertips, when I resume my travels early next year, I'll be leaving my iPad back in my flat. Instead I'll opt for traveling with an unlocked iPhone 5 and an 11" MacBook Air. Why? Simply because the iPad is too bulky to carry with you all day while you're traveling a new city. I've seen an iPad, with its larger, harder-to-secure form factor, suddenly ripped out of a traveler's hands in a plaza in Madrid. I want something I can slip in my pocket and hold with one hand while walking around, like an iPhone. But the biggest reason I won't be taking my iPad with me is because I do a lot of content creation on the road. I write books and for blogs and magazines. The level of writing I do makes the touchscreen keyboard on the iPad impractical -- and the 11" MacBook Air a godsend. The iPad can definitely be Read More

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