GMS On-Line

• GMS offers you an easy way to download big Google Maps on your PC as JPEG, PNG-8, PNG-24, BMP or Targa files.
• GMS is light (roughly ~500 KBytes) and very easy to run since doesn’t have an installer. Just download it on your Desktop and Run-It!
• GMS runs on Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Vista and Windows 7.
• GMS is free.
  However if you consider this piece of software a donation would be welcome. You can use the button bellow to donate with PayPal:
  

Here are some on-line resources regarding GMS:

• Get the latest news and updates from Google Map Saver Web Site
• Read the End-User-License-Agreement (EULA) from here.
• Just Google it!

Here is a quick Step by Step Tutorial:

1. Give a Point of Interest (POI). Here are some examples:
   • New York, US
   • Karlsruhe, Germany
   • Niagara Falls, US
   • 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043
2. Choose the desired resolution.
   • Please note that this is an approximate resolution.
   • The captured picture will have most likely a little bit more horizontal and vertical resolution.
   • Use other graphic tools to crop the unnecessary frame.
   • Please do not remove the Watermarks.
3. Choose the Zoom Factor if necessary, otherwise you could jump on step 6.
   • Greater numbers gives you more detail
   • On some places zoom levels 18, 19 and 20 are not producing any output in Sat mode.
4. Choose the Map output type if necessary, otherwise you could jump on step 6.
   • Map - Map only, streets, street names, places, etc.
   • Satellite - Satellite imagery
   • Hybrid - Satellite imagery with overlapped maps
   • Terrain - Geographical details
5. Insert the coordinates if necessary, otherwise you could jump on step 6.
   • If you don't know the POI and you know the coordinates (e.g. from a GPS equipment) this is a useful feature.
   • Consult this wiki for more information
6. You are ready to access the Google servers for the maps so, please press GO!
   • Once you press GO! consider waiting a little bit.
   • Depending of selected resolution and you internet connection speed it can take a while
   • When the Globe icon (7) finished flickering and there is no updates in the status bar(11) you can actually drag/zoom the map and tune the map a little bit.
   • After this tuning please wait again for the Globe to stop flickering.
7. The depicted Globe has two functions. It presents the status of the map download and gives you access to the About box.
   • After you press the GO! button observe the Globe(7) and the status bar(11). If it stops flickering you can save the map (8).
   • You can click the Globe to get information about the license and remove the watermark.
   • The watermark is there just to be sure that you read the license and agreed with it.
8. You can save the map in the specified format (9) after the map finished downloading
9. Before saving the map consider adjusting the output resolution.
   • Consider that the resolutions above 10.000 x 10.000 pixels are very problematic
   • If you select big resolution consider selecting Targa or BMP.
   • If you run out of resources it may happen that you need to restart the application and repeat the operation using BMP or TARGA export.
   • The watermark is there just to be sure that you read the license and agreed with it.
10. Use the embedded Google Maps controls to adjust and navigate the map, once you pressed the GO! button
    • If you don't want the location bubble to be shown on the exported map simple scroll in the middle of the map and close it.
    • Use the embedded Google Maps controls to adjust and navigate the map, once you pressed the GO! button
    • Before saving the map scroll the map and double-check if was completely downloaded.
11. Observe the status bar from time to time
    • If there is no more activity here most likely your map is ready for saving.

Here is a list of common problems and some solutions:

• If you get a dialog showing Script Error you can try few times to ignore it. If doesn't stop you may need to close the application.
• You you run out of memory resources you may need to restart the application and decrease the output resolution
• Internet Explorer 7+ is required
• Windows XP and newer is recommended.
• GMS may work on MAC OSX or Linux (with Wine) if you solve the issues with the Internet Explorer 6 IFRAME.
• If you don't like that GMS loads this page on every start up you can uncheck the Info on Start checkbox.