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gmapcatcher, an offline map viewer

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Overview GMapCatcher is an offline maps viewer. It downloads tiles automatically from many providers such as: CloudMade , OpenStreetMap , Yahoo Maps , Google Map . It displays them using a custom GUI. User can view the maps while offline. GMapCatcher doesn't depend on google-map's java scripts so it should work even if google changes them. It also provides a downloading tool. GMapCatcher is written in Python 2.6, can run on Linux, Windows and Mac OSX. You can find a list of improvements and latest features in the Changelog Download http://gmapcatcher.googlecode.com/files/GMapCatcher-0.7.2.0.tar.gz or $ svn checkout http : //gmapcatcher.googlecode.com/svn/trunk gmapcatcher For Windows users, get the latest Windows installer Usage maps.py is a gui program used to browse google map. With the offline toggle button unchecked, it can download google map tiles automatically. Once the file downloaded, it will reside on user's hard disk and needn't to be downloa...