How To Download Offline Maps to DJI RC and DJI RC Pro

[@TheVirtualsherpa]

Massive Fail by DJI to not allow larger areas of download. Absolutely ridiculous to have to download a map every time you travel. Thanks for the video though

[@traumlichtfabrik]

I totally agree. What a rubbish that you can't define a bigger area to download. Also the rectangle is TINY

[@markkempton4579]

This is how it's always been, though. Nothing new here. I'm not sure the logic, but the Smart Controller had the same 2x1 map size.

[@shb7772000if]

Yes, I have a 32 gig card, and they're only allowing small 3 gig maps. Retards!

[@michaelv1984]

I just got the rc today and having two rc1 remotes with an iPad mini 6, old Samsung gs8+, and my current iPhone 14 Pro max I’m now really starting to regret this. I haven’t even flown with it yet. Lol. 128GB and I can’t download a 20 mile radius which is like 1mb. It’s super finicky to try and make the rectangle larger. I finally got it to cover all of Long Island bc why wouldn’t I want the entire island I live on saved so it’s always accessible? So I have to literally sit here and stitch together all these little 5 block radius chunks that measure a few KB each? The remote feels way cheap compared to the rc1. And I passed up the great Costco deal on this bc they only offer it with the rc1 which I could have sold for $80. Great. Last time i listen to the internet; “oh it’s so much better, no fiddling with your phone, no cable, no notifications, no screen dimming. Right. So just fiddle with a cheap piece of crap saving a half a mile map at a time oh and don’t forget the screen recording at a beautiful crisp 480p. Good thing I don’t screen record. The joysticks suck compared to the rc1. Even my old mavic pro and air remotes are better….. I was so excited to use this one “easy” remote for my air2s, mini 3 pro, and mini 2. At this rate I might sell it and use one of my two trusty RC1’s. You’ll totally miss golden twice daily faffing about with these tiny maps. Sorry I don’t want to fly without a map. I use it extensively

[@simonebraglia908]

@@ArmandSalmon are you sure? 😏

[@weirdmark]

This confused me the first time I tried to use the map function on the RC but I knew where to come for the explanation. I fumbled around and tethered the controller to my phone. Now I know to download the map when I fly in a different location. Great video and explanation.

[@AirPhotography]

Thanks for watching it. Thanks for the support of the channel. 😊

[@khellendrose360]

The map area is nearly unusably small

[@georgekelly1948]

Thanks for going over this again. I am saving this video until I have mastered the technique.

[@travelsantuy]

Great share my dear friend I learn so much from this video

[@Ozydanz]

Thanks for sharing this useful information as I was flying my mini 4 pro today and decided to use the find my drone function. After landing my drone in a different location I tried to use find my drone on the maps and could only see the a blue dot on the maps with no details of what area it was in, so you have answered my question for me. Thank you and good bless.

[@416Expedition]

Hey Shawn, Thanks for the video, it helped me out a lot.. I have a question. Is it possible to download a larger area at a time? I know that the internal storage is mainly for the controller's OS, I haver a 32GB mini SD card that the downloaded maps are saving on. Anyways, Just trying to down load the smaller area is kind of tedious.

[@michaelv1984]

Idk. It is super finicky to get a larger rectangle. There’s no real gestures. I just got this rc today with my mini 3 pro and I’m regretting already not sticking with two RC1 remotes I already own for my air 2s and mini 2. I was finally able to save more than a 5 block radius consisting of a 100 kb or so. I got an 18 MB download. I have a 128 gb sd card in there and I just want to make a map of my island. It’s not that big. Wtf? This isn’t looking good.

[@leopoldpoppenberger8692]

someone mentioned shrink the map and that will increase the rectangle.

[@416Expedition]

Hey @@leopoldpoppenberger8692, So that what I have tried. The problem is that when you shrink the screen to a certain point, the "Download Square" starts shrinking with the screen limiting the download area. The main problem is that at max, the downloadable square is limited to something like 2 Mile square! Now if you know were exactly you are flying then I guess that's fine. But someone like myself were we travel a lot and stay out for long period of time, having that option to download a large area will be beneficial.

[@hootgibsonxplane]

Terrible to realize in the midst of a search and apprehension operation that I couldn't use the maps after a firmware update. Deputies asking about specific areas, and I had no way to reference them flying at night with IR only. Will definitely be downloading our entire county offline. Thank you!!! DJI M300

[@JaredDoyle76]

I wish it would allow saving to a micro sd card.

[@TeddyD802]

The rectangle is way too small to be useful at all. Can we make the saved area larger? On my iPhone I downloaded the whole state

[@supergeodotca]

Hello Shawn. Does it download the imagery maps too when downloading the plain street maps? Thanks

[@GeoffBrabecDronesTech]

That is awesoome Shawn! Thank you for the great information on downloading maps. I have the RC controller with the Mini 3 Pro and cannot wait to try this out.

[@AirPhotography]

Thank you

[@Joe-GMY]

Thx for this tutorial - but I actually can't get my preloaded maps into 'camera view'. And once I click on the map (left lower corner) I just always get the world map, my preloaded maps don't appear. So all I can do is to zoom into the world map to get my location which is a hassle. Would you have a clue?

[@uberacx]

The download area is WAY TOO SMALL.

[@TerryMcGearyScotland]

Very handy to know this, thank you. I'll just have a look at doing that in retrospect for my today's country hike here in southern Scotland.

[@digitaltransformation1267]

Well that is all intuitive, nevertheless useful for one or other anyways. If you want to add additional and probably deep value, please explain how to select a bigger area, because with that little rectangle, one get old until e.g. a farmes field has been downloaded. Thanks and Good luck.

[@IdahoMthman]

Good Morning sir. Thank you for all your tutorial videos

[@DonJoyce]

It strikes me that this is such a clunky way for dji to implement the maps. I bet they'll automate this in the future such that it will do map downloads in the background when you're not flying.

[@KNIGHT-FLIGHT]

Very Nice,,, WE need more blogs like this...

[@vcdroneGR]

In case we don't download the offline maps and we need to use the 'find my drone' feature out on the field is it going to work and give us an accurate trace of the drone without maps real view?

[@hu5tle-]

Can you download large areas? For example, by city? The size is pretty small for the area.

[@ArmandSalmon]

Take two fingers from opposite sides of the map area and pinch/zoom slowly. The map size went from 3mb to 99mb.

[@hu5tle-]

@@ArmandSalmon BOOM! thanks

[@ArmandSalmon]

@@hu5tle- hey just a follow up. I had it working and it downloaded about half of the estimated size and crashed. Not sure if this will work again.

[@hu5tle-]

@@ArmandSalmon Yeah, it works insofar as I get it to capture a bigger area, but can't get it to download the actual map and save it. Keeps asking me if I want to wait for the app or cancel and even when I keep selecting "wait" it never downloads. This RC ui/software is super unresponsive. Wondering if the PRO or RC II is any more responsive.

[@ArmandSalmon]

@@hu5tle- I had similar experience. It actually began downloading then crashed. I shrunk down to a smaller area around 70mb and it completed but when I access it, it's smaller than I selected. Wish they would just let us use Google Maps

[@olimp231]

Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks

[@mikeyama7277]

any way to dowload a flight sim on the Rc controller?

[@jumanrodstudios]

Need tutorial how to transfer waypoints maps from SRC to another SRC - Mavic3 Enterprise.

[@DJI624]

What if using hotspot connection to iphone?

[@jameswilliamson8050]

Brilliant..... Great Feature, great for when I go into the Highlands of Scotland with NO internet

[@lorddodger755]

Thank you!! I bought my mini 3 today and couldnt find it Till now. 😊🖖🏻 have a nice evening. Greetings from germany

[@AirPhotography]

Thanks, you too!

[@PhillyDroneLife]

402nd. Yahooooooooooo lol lol. Grrrrr. Lol. Thx Shawn. I put this side when I want to do it.. all this crap confuses the hell out of me lol.... I just want to fly.. FPV for Life! 💙💙💙⭐⭐⭐ Thx for all your hard work.. Mikey

[@javangodnger]

Just wondering. According to your video, DJI RC Pro can use tethered internet connection even after launching while DJI RC disconnect internet connection automatically after launching?

[@AirPhotography]

Yes, that is correct.

[@javangodnger]

@@AirPhotography One question here. What if I reconnect internet again after auto disconnection after launching the drone? Any issues we might experience? A sudden signal lose or poor video transmission quality or something? Thanks!

[@WarWizardProductions]

I downloaded the offline map but when I went to my location, satellite imagery still wasn’t available. Only the roads

[@photobeast]

Why is it SO SMALL? JEEZ... I need larger areas, but it makes the box smaller..

[@shsechas]

Thanks for this video. You did use the smart controller for the demo on the downloading of the maps. I see that you were able to view the maps in Satellite view. On the RC controller I heard it's only 2D maps. You can switch on satellite view, but it's blurry. Has that changed? Also mentioned a good idea to download the maps is if you ever have to use the " find my drone" or have to make an emergency landing. You might want to know the best place to land. Maps will (kind of🥴) help with that. Thanks again for all your videos.

[@nicksgarage2]

Still blurry.

[@markkempton4579]

Just received my RC today. No satellite maps, only street view. :(

[@ryanpohl2709]

Today a bad experience made me look this video up. Home point was set to where I took off from and eventually I had the drone hover about a mile away as I had someone drive the car along the road. After this I flew a bit more around and when I went to return to home, it flew to where I took off from. This is entirely my fault, however it’s just one of those human errors to forget to reset the home position. I looked on the map and saw it was returning to home and didn’t think anything of it until I noticed I was losing connection. At that point I realized home wasn’t where I was and this would’ve easily been recognized had I had the maps downloaded. Little hiccup, nothing bad came of it, but it still scared me enough to figure out this feature once and for all.

[@flaviohiguti5430]

Is it possible to cache an entire city?

[@jamesmallard3386]

Thank you! This is exactly what I needed!

[@sonlahCBR]

I need the maps off line, thank you!!

[@dr.s5688]

Hi Sean! Do you know if the location pin from the drone gets updated even in an offline map?

[@AirPhotography]

Good question I’m not sure I will look into it

[@Johncaig7279]

On my controller screen with map at full screen I can only see details when I touch it with my finger. Until I touch the screen the display is yellow with little detail. I’m sure it hasn’t always been like this. What am I now doing wrong, please?

[@djcie1018]

Thanks man, helped alot..Cheers

[@AirPhotography]

Glad to hear it!

[@Bikepacking]

So small the download it crazy why cant we download who country i can easy do on my gps units old tec

[@blub9217]

Is there a way to increase the size of the saved area?

[@AirPhotography]

Unfortunately, no not at this point

[@ArmandSalmon]

Take two fingers from opposite sides of the map area and pinch/zoom slowly. My map size went from 3mb to 99mb. I just downloadedmy entire county to my sdcard , its 700mb

[@clasher-le7gq]

so we dont need to buy additional memory for the console for the maps ?

[@AirPhotography]

No, you don’t need any extra memory the map that can be stored on the internal memory

[@lutherison9895]

Probably from the latest update, but I just tried to download my first map and it prompted me to insert a memory card. Once I did, I was able to download.

[@celson44elson52]

Hi Nick, why won't the RC download offline maps at my local McDonald's? The RC screen just has the circle spinning forever.

[@MysticalDragon73]

you have to open a browser and accept their terms before using their internet.

[@LaszloBagi]

I don't think the limit is 3MB. I was able to download an offline map for Bermuda and its 110MB

[@homesteadfilm3870]

Good Info.

[@johnforbes5621]

Hello Shawn. I have SC Pro and it never seems to update the controller, or I am not seeing the updates. Thanks Dennis

[@AirPhotography]

Do you have a smart controller or the RC Pro? They are two different controllers and the way they update is a little bit different.

[@johnforbes5621]

RC Pro

[@johnforbes5621]

Original RC packaged with the Mavic 2 Pro

[@charliewilson3234]

How do you bring the map up that you downloaded on the screen when you're ready to fly? I'm in the US the Map says Africa.

[@dfwald4657]

I am interested too in your answer.

[@marty906]

My maps won't download. Says downloading, but 0%. Wi-Fi connected. Sum Ting Wong.

[@dpwild328]

My satellite view does not seem to work.?

[@JulioFiadi]

Nice Lots of thanks

[@fraserthomson5766]

What advantage does having detailed maps provide? The SRT files tells you where you were, why the need to know what street your drone is over?

[@amritamrit6291]

True! Why do we need those streets!))))

[@markkempton4579]

So you can create waypoints, reference where you are, etc. I've never used it, but many people live by them.

[@fraserthomson5766]

@@markkempton4579 OK, I have a Mini 3 Pro. They released a SDK but the waypoints feature is still a 3rd party nightmare. No thanks. Why the hell DJI, with their infinite wisdom couldn't just make waypoints a factory feature is beyond me..

[@markkempton4579]

@@fraserthomson5766 I thought they released waypoints for the Mini 3 Pro this month.

[@fraserthomson5766]

@@markkempton4579 Right? Idiots. Can't believe this isn't a native feature. .

[@paulhowardvideos]

Thanks for this video. I must be doing something wrong, or maybe it's a different feature between the DJI RC and DJI RC Pro. I have the DJI RC. I downloaded a bunch of maps all around 2.94MB to 3.34MB. But when I go to view them it doesn't allow me to move around the map. It just shows a zoomed in view (almost like a zoomed in screenshot) of a part of the area that I downloaded. Am I doing something wrong? You were able to move around the city of the map you downloaded. I'm not able to do that.

[@nicksgarage2]

You're probably tapping on the map in the list of saved maps. That just shows you the saved area. If you go back to the map in the camera view to see that your saved map is showing.

[@paulhowardvideos]

@@nicksgarage2 Hey Nick thanks for responding. So not sure what you're referring to. I think you're right in that I was looking at the maps under --> Profile/Offline Maps/Downloads. That's what I was referring to above and it only shows me a small portion of the entire that I actually downloaded. So where exactly do I go for what you're saying? Thanks again.

[@nicksgarage2]

@@paulhowardvideos the area it's showing in the box is the actual area downloaded. Unfortunately they don't let you download much at once. The area I'm talking about is the camera view that you use when you're flying. If you turn off the WiFi, tap on the map to make it full screen. Then move the map to an area that you downloaded and you'll see detail in the area saved. Keep in mind that if you did this with the WiFi connected, the app will automatically cache that area in memory.

[@markkempton4579]

@@nicksgarage2 Paul is talking about the downloaded maps list. When you click on one, it's only showing a fraction of the section you originally downloaded - like a few hundred yards wide. It's not the original 2x1 mile map section you downloaded.

[@jetmartin9501]

Are you aware of any way to get around the RC offline maps 3MB map file size limitation? As you demo'ed you can download offline maps but you are limited to 3MB files sizes for these map snippets which for me is an area of about ~3miles X 2 miles. So if you want to download maps for a metro area or a reasonable geographic area (e.g., 25mi X 25mi area) you'd have select, download and name MANY MANY MANY map snippets to get map coverage making the offline maps basically unusable IMO. FWIW DJI support claims the limitation is an Android limitation but that claim is in direct conflict with my own research that shows the Android file size limitation for file transfers/download to be ~4GB not the 3MB DJI limitation. So I call it BS. I presume you could tether the controller to your phone but that sort of defeats the purpose of having a controller that works independently from the phone.

[@BlueDroneBlues]

Same limitation on the controller 2. Pretty annoying. Would be amazing if you could down load a whole region at once!

[@LaszloBagi]

I don't think the limit is 3MB. I was able to download an offline map for Bermuda and its 110MB

[@Gutenmorgenside]

Thanks.

[@neildurso]

Doesn't work. Something is left out

[@RandomPickles]

WARNING! The maps are soooo bad on this device! Nothing but a blurry mess in a lot of countries. Completley useless. If i had of known how useless the maps are on this device, I would have never bought one! Who ever is reading this...BEWARE! Nobody seems to bring up this issue in any review I have ever seen. Yet on the forums there are thousands of people starting petitions and stuff. It is not a one off issue or proper downloading issue. They simply use terrible maps. BE SURE TO CHECK YOUR COUNTRY. DO some googling.

[@burtininkas]

I just thought of download entire europe maps... but looks like this is mission impossible. shame on dji software limiting offline maps to very small areas.

[@christophersmith-zn2kn]

With the RC n1 controller the option for offline maps is piss poor as to use this controller you need cell data and GPS set to on on your phone as you can't get into the app without these, so out in the field without cell data or GPS this controller is a waste of time. You can still fly but it's like driving your car blindfolded.

[@Stefan_Boerjesson]

Time 01:37. Off line maps. Network needed says the controller.... Phone: Turn off Wifi for hotspot.... Not advancing. Anybody having tips? Be sure to be connected to Wifi. Ok. Where/how do I do that?

[@MichaelPowell75]

Almost useless. I want offline high resolution satellite maps like the DJI Fly app has on my iPhone. The DJI RC maps are very low quality for my area and are terrible.

[@sutv6754]

You might know I'm a big fan of your channel and 50 percent of the time you ez pee z experience is nothing like what we experience and this one above not working there is a ton of form people crying the same at DJI forms. This map downloading is major confused and many cannot do it. It makes me mad when you act like it's a ez and it not ez and not working. I'm a tech ie and part 107 pro. Boo.

[@DJI-DroneGuy]

never worked for me ?? don't understand as it just keeps coming up with Africa map still every time ???