At the Google I/O keynote today, Jen Fitzpatrick, Google vice president of engineering and product management, announced that Google Maps will be updated with a more fully featured offline maps function later this year.

Google first introduced offline maps at its I/O developer conference in 2012, letting users select and save a region of Google Maps for later use. With offline maps, GPS-enabled devices were still able to see the blue locator dot on the offline maps.

Now, Google says that users will be able to search for locations within that offline region and even see ratings and other information, just as they are able to with online maps. Turn-by-turn navigation will also be available as well, again without an Internet connection. “Now I can search and navigate the real world, online or offline,” Fitzpatrick said.

In addition, Google announced that it will be pushing to make the map experience more useful to locals, allowing users to navigate railways in India, for example.