I'd recommend moving to one of the OpenStreetMaps apps for offline usage. They allow basic things like the ability to search for points of interest while offline, so you can do things like ask where the Metropolitan Museum of Art is and get a pointer on the map. Google Maps doesn't really provide a proper offline mode with such functionality, and never has. All they do is cache images that they let you zoom/pan, and not even that works properly.
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I'd recommend moving to one of the OpenStreetMaps apps for offline usage. They allow basic things like the ability to search for points of interest while offline, so you can do things like ask where the Metropolitan Museum of Art is and get a pointer on the map. Google Maps doesn't really provide a proper offline mode with such functionality, and never has. All they do is cache images that they let you zoom/pan, and not even that works properly.
Which app in particular are you thinking of? All the ones I've tried so far haven't been all that impressive.
osmand, Oruxmaps, mapswithme