No More Google Maps! – Dartmoor Geocaching https://www.dartmoorgeocaching.co.uk/forums/topic/no-more-google-maps/feed Tue, 26 May 2026 23:19:19 +0000 https://bbpress.org/?v=2.6.14 en-US https://www.dartmoorgeocaching.co.uk/forums/topic/no-more-google-maps#post-784 <![CDATA[No More Google Maps!]]> https://www.dartmoorgeocaching.co.uk/forums/topic/no-more-google-maps#post-784 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:40:31 +0000 Dartmoor Dave Have you logged on since 7pm tonight. Google maps are no more! Gone forever! We are now having to use OpenStreetMap, which doesn’t seem too bad in the UK but seems to be a complete disaster in North America. Read all about it here and read the US comments – they are not happy! http://blog.geocaching.com/2012/02/new-geocaching-com-maps/#comments

]]> https://www.dartmoorgeocaching.co.uk/forums/topic/no-more-google-maps#post-785 <![CDATA[Reply To: No More Google Maps!]]> https://www.dartmoorgeocaching.co.uk/forums/topic/no-more-google-maps#post-785 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:34:48 +0000 dartymoor Whole lotta people upset about this, and no surprise. While I’ve been using OSM and OCM a lot already (they’re what’s on my garmin), the loss of satellite and aerial is really difficult to work around for me. Am really quite angry this has been done, and in such a way that has broke many aspects. The mapping options they give are really weak for the UK with two or three just giving white screens.

Fortunately, if you use firefox or chrome, the excellent greasemonkey script is being worked on and the author hopes to have google, OS maps (1:25k), and aerial maps back in play soon.

The script is over here. Broken at the moment since the change, but worth keeping an eye on; http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/109145

]]> https://www.dartmoorgeocaching.co.uk/forums/topic/no-more-google-maps#post-786 <![CDATA[Reply To: No More Google Maps!]]> https://www.dartmoorgeocaching.co.uk/forums/topic/no-more-google-maps#post-786 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:47:56 +0000 Miss Copy and paste the co-ordinates of a cache into google maps. I’ve often done that anyway to use street view to look for parking and footpath signs.

]]> https://www.dartmoorgeocaching.co.uk/forums/topic/no-more-google-maps#post-787 <![CDATA[Reply To: No More Google Maps!]]> https://www.dartmoorgeocaching.co.uk/forums/topic/no-more-google-maps#post-787 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:46:16 +0000 GoldenHaystack Yes, the userscript 109145 works well in firefox. Can’t beat the good old OS maps. GH.

]]> https://www.dartmoorgeocaching.co.uk/forums/topic/no-more-google-maps#post-788 <![CDATA[Reply To: No More Google Maps!]]> https://www.dartmoorgeocaching.co.uk/forums/topic/no-more-google-maps#post-788 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:22:27 +0000 Hedge Hogger Excellent! OS maps and Bing aerial works just fine. Thanks!

]]> https://www.dartmoorgeocaching.co.uk/forums/topic/no-more-google-maps#post-795 <![CDATA[Reply To: No More Google Maps!]]> https://www.dartmoorgeocaching.co.uk/forums/topic/no-more-google-maps#post-795 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:02:08 +0000 Sabartimesine Have installed the Greasemonkey script on Firefox and everything is back to normal, apart from the hybrid satellite and road overlay. Mighty glad as I use satellite a lot, particularly when caching on the Moors.
Phew !

]]> https://www.dartmoorgeocaching.co.uk/forums/topic/no-more-google-maps#post-891 <![CDATA[Reply To: No More Google Maps!]]> https://www.dartmoorgeocaching.co.uk/forums/topic/no-more-google-maps#post-891 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:11:45 +0000 Tamerton Chocolates There has been a recent update to the script. If you (re)install it, it now includes google maps, satellite & terrain maps.

]]> https://www.dartmoorgeocaching.co.uk/forums/topic/no-more-google-maps#post-892 <![CDATA[Reply To: No More Google Maps!]]> https://www.dartmoorgeocaching.co.uk/forums/topic/no-more-google-maps#post-892 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:08:46 +0000 Dartmoor Dave I have to admit that I have no knowledge of the Greasemonkey script and what its capabilities are. Perhaps those of you who use it could please write a short description and how to instal. Is the use of OS maps, etc licensed or not? If it is so easily available why are the US users so upset about the loss of Google maps if they can instal this instead?

]]> https://www.dartmoorgeocaching.co.uk/forums/topic/no-more-google-maps#post-893 <![CDATA[Reply To: No More Google Maps!]]> https://www.dartmoorgeocaching.co.uk/forums/topic/no-more-google-maps#post-893 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 20:40:50 +0000 Tamerton Chocolates It is quite easy. Go here:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/greasemonkey/

Click add to firefox

You probably need to restart the browser once that is installed. Then go to:

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/109145

Click on the green button in the top right corner.

Thats it .. go to the geocaching maps and the layers will now have an additional set of maps to choose from.

]]> https://www.dartmoorgeocaching.co.uk/forums/topic/no-more-google-maps#post-894 <![CDATA[Reply To: No More Google Maps!]]> https://www.dartmoorgeocaching.co.uk/forums/topic/no-more-google-maps#post-894 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 20:43:03 +0000 Tamerton Chocolates Oh and it doesn’t just add maps .. it also for instance adds an OS grid reference search facility on the “search fr a cache” page. But read the documentaton on the last page for more info.

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