Question: Is there a way to download a region from Google maps to a PDF or JPEG file? I would like to download as many zoom levels as possible so I can zoom in and out without being online. I need this for practical reasons when I will be traveling to remote China and I need detailed maps of certain provinces/counties.I will be browsing these maps on an iPod touch.

I only need the street information, so only the "map" part of gmaps.

Answer: 
GoogleMaps is now offering 'off-line' mode, so you can do this without any GIS or programming at all. The trick is you'll need Android Ice Cream Sandwich or Jelly Bean: [A new Google Maps app for smartphone and tablets](http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2013/07/a-new-google-maps-app-for-smartphone.html)

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> The offline maps feature for Android is also no longer available. Instead we’ve created a new way for you to access maps offline by simply entering “OK Maps” into the search box when viewing the area you want for later. Finally, My Maps functionality is not supported in this release but will return to future versions of the app. People who want to create powerful custom maps can still do so with Maps Engine Lite on desktop.
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There is possibility to download the Google Maps by free software like Terra Incognita ([link](https://sourceforge.net/p/terraincognita2/wiki/Home/)). It can be georeferenced and tiled raster format (GeoTIFF or JPG).

[![Terra Incognita 2.0](https://i.stack.imgur.com/bjKmh.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/bjKmh.png)

Instruction ([link](https://sourceforge.net/p/terraincognita2/wiki/save_tutorial/)):

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> ```
> 1. Select area which is interesting for you
>     ◦ you can use menu 'selection' to switch to selection mode
>     ◦ or you can hold Ctrl key to create selection various ways how to create selection is described later
> 2. Select map source from menu
>     ◦ this can be done also before selecting area
> 3. Zoom up to resolution which you want to have used in saved map
>     ◦ you can select resolution in menu 'zoom levels' list
>     ◦ or you can click to map to zoom up until your detail level is reached
> 4. Go to menu 'file' and select 'save map'
>     ◦ you don't need to wait until map is saved, save operation will continue on background
>     ◦ if you want to save various maps for the same area you must continue on step 2.
> 5. Go to menu 'selection' and select 'clear selection'
>     ◦ this will remove selection and remove dimmed layer
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> ```
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