Google Maps data usage

davyvfr · Dec 25, 2012, 07:07 PM

I am planning a trip using my iPhone but only have a 1GB Plan. I will use it only for the remaining few miles. How much data does it use per mile or hour?

ibleedgolden · Dec 25, 2012, 07:16 PM

Negligible amount. Don't worry so as long as you don't have less than 100mb remaining.

araje · Dec 25, 2012, 09:32 PM

I wouldnt worry about the data usage. I would keep a charger handy that is atleast 2.1Amps or more.
Keep in mind that the IOS Google navigation isnt exactly like the android one. Many features are missing but its reliable. The battery hog is just unacceptable though since it seems to be totally unoptimized at the moment. I drew from PHX to SanJose for christmas and my observations were that i was loosing about 8% per hour. so unless you have a good charger which is atleast 1amp or 2.1amp if you are charging both ipad and iphone you will never be able to complete your trip with the phone active.

I have to admit, at some points i found the apple maps to be better than the current IOS Google Maps. while driving to San Jose i got caught up in very severe rain and storm. Due to flooding, a few roads were closed and apple map actually gave me a direction considering the closed roads. Google Maps didnt.

About data, considering both apps running i took about 70mb for 12.5hrs of driving and browsing during breaks.
Hope this helps.

Beeplance · Dec 25, 2012, 10:40 PM

Future updates for Google maps will probably have optimizations on the battery part and also include better road routing too.

Jordan921 · Dec 25, 2012, 10:43 PM

If you are only using it for the last few miles you shouldn't have anything to worry about.

araje · Dec 26, 2012, 01:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Beeplance

Future updates for Google maps will probably have optimizations on the battery part and also include better road routing too.

Yes, they sure will. I have been on android for a very long time and really respect the google navigation app there. I know this is their first cut and it sure will be great like their android counterpart over time.

Beeplance · Dec 26, 2012, 01:34 AM

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Originally Posted by araje

Yes, they sure will. I have been on android for a very long time and really respect the google navigation app there. I know this is their first cut and it sure will be great like their android counterpart over time.

Yeah it's only version 1.0.0, so give it some time for updates to arrive and this already awesome application will become even better.

Jades · Dec 26, 2012, 06:34 AM

Just make sure you are in map view and not in satellite view and you'll be fine

phositadc · Dec 26, 2012, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by araje

The battery hog is just unacceptable though since it seems to be totally unoptimized at the moment. I drew from PHX to SanJose for christmas and my observations were that i was loosing about 8% per hour. so unless you have a good charger which is atleast 1amp or 2.1amp if you are charging both ipad and iphone you will never be able to complete your trip with the phone active.

8% per hour? And you say that's bad? Is that with screen on, too? If so, that's freaking amazing, dude. That would be 12.5 hours of navigating with screen on.

Personally, I am losing about 30% per hour while navigating with screen on. And that's roughly consistent with what I used to get on my Android phones. Even at 30% per hour, that's over 3 hours navigating screen-on without charging, which seems at least decent to me. So I'm really not sure what you are complaining about losing 8% per hour, unless I'm missing something here...

AutoUnion39 · Dec 26, 2012, 12:06 PM

Just keep it charged. Other than that, I used GMaps all the way from Boston to DC one day and I think it used like 200 mb.

meistervu · Dec 26, 2012, 12:16 PM

Not sure if Google Maps does the same thing, but with Apple Maps you can turn your screen off - just push the home button - and when you are close to the next turn the voice and screen will come on. I used mine on a long drive most of which is on the freeway until the end.

Steevie · Dec 26, 2012, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by meistervu

Not sure if Google Maps does the same thing, but with Apple Maps you can turn your screen off - just push the home button - and when you are close to the next turn the voice and screen will come on. I used mine on a long drive most of which is on the freeway until the end.

I just figured this out yesterday. really handy for saving battery life if youre connected to a car charger

araje · Dec 27, 2012, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Steevie

I just figured this out yesterday. really handy for saving battery life if youre connected to a car charger

Yes I have seen this too. It's really good and that's about the only thing I am liking about apple maps so far. But when the screen comes on, and if you keep your iPhone in portrait mode, the unlock slider shows from bottom up and if you don't slide the directions are shown in a fallen mode (landscape) even when my orientation is portrait.
That is a real turn off.

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Originally Posted by phositadc

So I'm really not sure what you are complaining about losing 8% per hour, unless I'm missing something here...

So when I had just 15% left, I was seeing 8% like a big drain. 30%per hr ?? Did you have your phone on full brightness ? Or were multiple apps running ? The worst I have seen is 8 or max 10% an hr with auto brightness set.

If you are seeing 30% it might help to turn the device off and on to allow some messed up app to cool down.

Mrbobb · Dec 27, 2012, 12:19 PM

If one can "pre-load" the maps like in a real GPS then that would save a bundled$?

Mhaddy · Dec 27, 2012, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Beeplance

Yeah it's only version 1.0.0, so give it some time for updates to arrive and this already awesome application will become even better.

Apple Maps is "version 1.0.0" as well...

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Dec 25, 2012, 07:16 PM	#2
ibleedgolden macrumors newbie Join Date: Feb 2012	Negligible amount. Don't worry so as long as you don't have less than 100mb remaining.
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Dec 25, 2012, 09:32 PM	#3
araje macrumors regular Join Date: Apr 2012	I wouldnt worry about the data usage. I would keep a charger handy that is atleast 2.1Amps or more. Keep in mind that the IOS Google navigation isnt exactly like the android one. Many features are missing but its reliable. The battery hog is just unacceptable though since it seems to be totally unoptimized at the moment. I drew from PHX to SanJose for christmas and my observations were that i was loosing about 8% per hour. so unless you have a good charger which is atleast 1amp or 2.1amp if you are charging both ipad and iphone you will never be able to complete your trip with the phone active. I have to admit, at some points i found the apple maps to be better than the current IOS Google Maps. while driving to San Jose i got caught up in very severe rain and storm. Due to flooding, a few roads were closed and apple map actually gave me a direction considering the closed roads. Google Maps didnt. About data, considering both apps running i took about 70mb for 12.5hrs of driving and browsing during breaks. Hope this helps.
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Dec 25, 2012, 10:43 PM	#5
Jordan921 macrumors 68020 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Bay Area	If you are only using it for the last few miles you shouldn't have anything to worry about.
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Jades macrumors member Join Date: Oct 2012	Just make sure you are in map view and not in satellite view and you'll be fine
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Mrbobb macrumors 68020 Join Date: Aug 2012	If one can "pre-load" the maps like in a real GPS then that would save a bundled$?
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