Offline Map Download Speed
-
A quick question about the download speed of a map on the Suunto S.
I have a 100 Mbps connection (up/download speed). How much time does it take to download a typical 1 GB map?I found the download speed on the watch is super slow compared to regular downloads on my computer.
Can you share your experience?
Most of the time, I keep the watch next to the router for the fastest and strongest signal possible and also keep it on charge.
-
@withManish
speed is more linked to the data writing into the watch (and potentially any unpacking process) rather than router speed.SSU (retired), SV1, SV2
Wife : S9PP
SA: Always the latest beta :)
Android + Galaxy S205G -
How much time does it take to download a typical 1 GB map?
~1 hour
-
@Mff73 yeah, you are right, and I am sure they have a very slow-write-speed chip in the watches.
-
Downloading of maps is so slow on my race s that I’m really wondering whether wifi is used or bluetooth via my phone. Maybe the next time I update the maps I should monitor my network to be sure.
Slow writing speed doesn’t explain it for me. Even writing a gig to an old usb stick is much faster than downloading a gig of mapdata to my watch.
Suunto t3c | Suunto Ambit 3 sport | Tomtom runner 2 | Garmin forerunner 935 | Garmin forerunner 965 | Suunto race s
Stryd | Bryton Gardia R300L | Polar H9 | Polar oh1+ | Wahoo bolt v2 | 4iiii precision 3 -
Who says it’s just downloading? There’s unpacking, indexing, and all that.
And all of that on very energy-efficient (slow) hardware.
Maps are downloaded only once.
Looks like a classic first world problem
-
@elbee, of course, the slowest possible WiFi too; in reality, you don’t need such WiFi, which takes more time than Bluetooth or wired …
-
@maszop, there are updates to the maps too, and they take the same amount of time. Once, a support engineer told me it should not take more than 10-15 minutes, and since then I have been waiting for that good day
-
Who says it’s just downloading? There’s unpacking, indexing, and all that.
Unpacking? Maybe. Indexing? What’s indexing? But I doubt the downloaded maps are raw osm data that need heavy processing before it can be used on a watch.
And all of that on very energy-efficient (slow) hardware.
Maps are downloaded only once.
Looks like a classic first world problemSure. First world problem. At most inconvenient when you are abroad and forgot to download the region you are in.
It comes down to this for me. Maps downloading on my suunto is slow. Much slower than on my previous watch. Would I want it to be faster? Yes. Is this the most important “problem” to fix? Nope. Makes this my watch less than my previous watch? Nope.
-
@withManish You don’t have to wait.
Maps download in the background. Plenty of time for those thousand ‘urgent’ things
Hello! It looks like you're interested in this conversation, but you don't have an account yet.
Getting fed up of having to scroll through the same posts each visit? When you register for an account, you'll always come back to exactly where you were before, and choose to be notified of new replies (either via email, or push notification). You'll also be able to save bookmarks and upvote posts to show your appreciation to other community members.
With your input, this post could be even better 💗
Register Login