Dji download maps to RC2

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Got 35 maps on mine and still no warning>?

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This explains a lot @paulburgh

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Thanks for posting this - it’s just what I was looking for as I just realised that the screen recordings weren’t on the SD card. Do you sync the data to your DJI account? Do you routinely clear the cache on the internal storage also? Thanks

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Please can I ask a dumb question - :confused: Why are you loading maps onto the controller? What do you do with them there?
Sorry I am really new to all this.

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If you do go somewhere without a signal you will have maps already on the controller if downloaded beforehand, I mean by mobile signal.
I always connect to my mobile before flying, thus the map data where I am is also updated, but if in the middle of nowhere you ideally need that data to be downloaded beforehand.
Also if making a waypoint plan having that area downloaded before you go helps too.
As for my data it is uploaded automatically to the DJI server I believe, I don’t do anything with the cache on my controller

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Thank you - I am so new to this that I’m a long way from waypoint flights. I still don’t know what I don’t know, so apart from using maps for waypoints, I can’t see what you use them for.
Are they DJI specific maps you download? Are they just road maps or do they show contours / elevation etc? Or are they for showing GEO zones? The manual doesn’t tell me much.
I use Memory Maps on my phone which are like OS maps. Do you know if these are compatible?

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No worries that is why we and the club are here :slight_smile:
The little square is the map it downloads, if you zoom via two fingers it increases the area and detail, i.e. street names, building names etc etc
No idea about memory map, I just use the inbuilt DJI maps and Dronescene on here

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So it’s that map that disappears if you lose mobile signal?
So far I’ve only been using the compass in that little square - so what else do you use that map for?
I think I must be missing something. :confused:

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It’s like any mapping software, what you see at home while connected to WiFi is not what you will see out in the field if you have no signal, i.e. down to street level, it will only show a base map, now if you have internet before flying it will download the area you are in, but if say in the middle of the Peak District you won’t have a signal and your map will only be very basic and about as much use as a chocolate fireguard

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