Offline Maps on Linux like on Androids OsmAnd+

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Hi, do you know Software to download Offline Maps, like on Androids OsmAnd+ (OpenStreetmaps)?
 


Hi, do you know Software to download Offline Maps, like on Androids OsmAnd+ (OpenStreetmaps)?
Do you use Garmin GPS ?
If yes then just copy to the SD card, 'garmin' folder, name them 'gmapsupp', 'gmapsup1' ...
 
Do you use Garmin GPS ?
If yes then just copy to the SD card, 'garmin' folder, name them 'gmapsupp', 'gmapsup1' ...
No, I am not. I don't need GPS for what I indend to do. I want to create an airgapped Doomsday Laptop, with apt-mirror, Kiwix files, GPT4all etc.
 
About a year or so ago I created a cool image that I wrote to a USB that included a bunch of things. It'd boot up a minimal ubuntu image and have offline maps, all of wikipedia at the time with kiwix, etc..

I just spent 10 minutes trying to find where i put the documentation for that and will let you know if I find it lol.
 
Ok, i found it :) It was back at the end of 2023 looks like. I used Marble to grab offline maps.


Of course, I didn't document how I grabbed that or the other stuff - ugh.

Code:
##########
# Offline stuff flash drive - more info in /etc/motd
# [email protected]
####

1. Kiwix offline browser
 - Wikipedia as of 9/2023
 - Wikihow as of 9/2023
 - Stackexchange as of 9/2023
   - gardening
   - ham
 - ifixit as of 9/2023
2. Apertium: command line translator
 - eng->spanish, spanish->english (you can add more)
3. Marble offline maps
 - philly area currently downloaded, you can set up / download your own area
4. Roughly 50G available storage for more

##########
# Set yours up
####

1. Grab a 256G usb flash drive
   - 2 for $30 on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BDTKK1XZ/
2. Download image (~230G)
4. Plug in flash drive, get device id (we'll use /dev/sda)
5. Write image to flash drive using dd:
   - Linux: `sudo dd if=./bootable_usb-202309.img of=/dev/sda bs=4M status=progress`
6 Boot off it!
 
Ok, i found it :) It was back at the end of 2023 looks like. I used Marble to grab offline maps.


Of course, I didn't document how I grabbed that or the other stuff - ugh.

Code:
##########
# Offline stuff flash drive - more info in /etc/motd
# [email protected]
####

1. Kiwix offline browser
 - Wikipedia as of 9/2023
 - Wikihow as of 9/2023
 - Stackexchange as of 9/2023
   - gardening
   - ham
 - ifixit as of 9/2023
2. Apertium: command line translator
 - eng->spanish, spanish->english (you can add more)
3. Marble offline maps
 - philly area currently downloaded, you can set up / download your own area
4. Roughly 50G available storage for more

##########
# Set yours up
####

1. Grab a 256G usb flash drive
   - 2 for $30 on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BDTKK1XZ/
2. Download image (~230G)
4. Plug in flash drive, get device id (we'll use /dev/sda)
5. Write image to flash drive using dd:
   - Linux: `sudo dd if=./bootable_usb-202309.img of=/dev/sda bs=4M status=progress`
6 Boot off it!
How can I download offline maps via Marble? it's quite unintuitive
 

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