Offline view of Google My Maps (and Editing too)

I used to use Mapsy, a great little app that allowed to edit Google My Maps. It no longer works
I also looking at option to view my customize maps (Google My Maps) offline.
A web search did not give me quite the choices I was looking for...
Tks
Max

As this also had me stumped for a while here's a small howto for everyone else. The basic problem we're solving is you will be travelling to an area where you have no data connection but want to store a Google Map of the area you're going to. You want to retain zoom levels and all details of the original maps.
To do this I am using a Linux PC with Firefox to prepare maps for offline use on an iPad 2. The basic instructions can be found here on youtube I elaborate a bit and fill in the blanks. First install the current screengrab plugin for Firefox. Then visit Google Maps and select the area you want, and set the correct zoom level you need.
If you do not want your map centred around the pin you must clear the pin (by using the drop down on the right of the map with the other satellite/terrain options) and re-center the map. Finally copy the link to the map, which is currently on the left panel of Google Maps, paste into a text file and edit the size as in the video. Save this as a map.html file and load again into Firefox. Use the screengrab plugin to save this as a large .png image file (can me many Mb in size). At this stage you can modify the image to add markers to points of interest if you require.
To get this file on your iPad - Use a site like this one to convert the image into a .pdf. Upload this .pdf to your Dropbox account, then finally using the Dropbox app on the iPad download the .pdf onto your iPad's bookshelf. The png and pdf files can be big, 10Mb or more, so be patient with the iPad while it renders them.
Et voila, a permanently stored copy of a piece of Google Maps.

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