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OTOH i'm well pleased i can pay $200 for a new memory card for my in-car navigation and have 0 reliance on cellular service or some cloud provider that might not exist in a few years

the newest toyota's seem to lack functionality inside a parking garage

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That doesn't strike me as a tradeoff based on a realistic assessment of the likely outcomes. For example, VW issued updates for the 2012 GTI only until 2018. Meanwhile, even if Google or Apple were to stop operating their maps services, you could switch from one to the other, or you could switch to OSM or whoever steps in.

You can download an area map and use google maps offline https://blog.google/products/maps/google-maps-offline/

Maps also caches tiles along a route when you plan a trip and if it thinks you are on an unmetered internet connection.

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