We all rely on maps, so much, these days. It is very easy to find nearby locations and addresses with the help of maps. Windows 10’s user-friendly maps application has made it more convenient and easier for us to find locations with both speed and accuracy.
This app is a first party app by Microsoft. It worked in offline mode previously on window operating smart phones. Now Microsoft has taken it further by making it compatible with windows 10. This has resulted in the ultimate success of producing a universal map app for windows 10 compatible with PCs for every user.
Windows 10 offers user to download the maps as offline maps. With the help of offline maps one can navigate through even without having an access to Internet.
Follow the steps given below to download local maps in windows 10 for offline use:
- Select ‘Settings’ options from start menu.
- Click ‘System’ that is the very first option from the list.
- Select ‘offline maps’ and download it by selecting ‘download maps’ options.
- Select the area of that you need to browse, from different continents available. You can select multiple areas too. Make sure, you select small regions and download it, instead of selecting the entire range or continent as that may lead to heavy consumption and will hurt you, if you are on limited data scheme.
- Once you have selected the areas for which you want the map, click on the download option at the bottom of the screen to start the process.
- The downloading process may take a little time because of high incoming data. Be patient and wait for the download process to complete.
- You will be notified once the download it complete. You can now open the map applications after disabling your Internet.
- A list of the all places that you selected will be in front of you. Now you can easily make use of the maps to find places, directions, cities etc. that you were looking for.
You can now browse places, directions and different destinations in offline mode with the help of windows 10 maps application.
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