Revisiting Offline Base Maps

In today’s blog post, we want to revisit the very popular topic of offline maps. Even with ever-improving data connectivity, the need to build mapping applications with offline base maps and aerial imagery is as popular as ever.

With ThinkGeo Mapping Data, you can easily add street and aerial imagery base maps to your offline application. Check out our online data explorer here to evaluate the datasets.

Adding the offline base maps to your application can be easily done with just one line of code using the ThinkGeoMbTilesLayer:

To see this in action, just download our ‘HowDoI’ samples for Desktop or Mobile and view the ‘Display a Cloud Maps Vector Layer Off-line’ sample below. If you ever need to partition a smaller offline area to save on local storage space, you can check out our offline data extractor sample here.

Thanks for your interest and we encourage you to start a free evaluation today to get started building your own apps!