Nokia Maps application has been updated
http://maps.nokia.com/
You can download the latest Nokia Maps application (.sis) for your NSeries mobile (including N95 of course) and you can download and install the latest Nokia Map Loader software on your PC.
3 days free navigation trial included!
Improved view on your mobile:
In the bottom right corner you can see the map provider: either it's Navteq or TeleAtlas.
New Zealand is still listed under non-navigable maps unfortunately, but let's hope it will be changed with the planned map upgrades.
The site is saying also that the maps will be upgraded twice a year.
Let me quote that:
"The map data will be updated twice a year. You can check for map updates in the Nokia Maps application through Options > Settings > Network > Options > Check for map Updates. If there is a new release of map data, the application will prompt you to delete the preloaded map data. You can then download the new map data via mobile internet or Wi-Fi (data transfer costs may arise).
If the map data is updated, the application will display Your current maps are up to date.
If you do not avail of this functionality, the application will go on downloading data from the map data releases that were downloaded when using the application for the first time."
Great site with great content! Bring on the new maps Nokia!
Oh yes I forgot to mention: this application is for those who has built in GPS (like N95) or external GPS connected to use with their Nokia phones.
*UPDATE on 7.55PM 31/08/07:
I had a little play with it and found the followings so far:
- My N95 didnt lock the satellites after the Nokia Maps upgrade. I had to restart the phone, after it worked fine
- The new Map Loader sw every time I start it says "There is a newer version available: 1.2.1. Then it starts downloading it and immediately stops with the following error message: "Downloaded file is corrupted. Try again later". Huh? After this incident the sw starts and the version number is 1.2
- It seems that the new version of Nokia Maps application doesnt have the tracking function any more. Bad news.
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Comment by Mapperz, on 31-Aug-2007 22:52 , user id: )
"It seems that the new version of Nokia Maps application doesn't have the tracking function any more. Bad news."
If you go to Navigate then Cancel when asks you to Purchase Navigate it goes into Tracking Mode.
(but no blue line anymore).
Careful with updating Maps. It took 3 attempts to get all the data (England) into Nokia Maps using the new MapLoader 1.2.1 - it seemed to cut off data.
Loading Countries individually seemed to work.
A-GPS will cost you money - but a very small amount of data is used to communicate with the Nokia Servers.
Pre-Loaded Maps and creating a route is much quicker than before.
Mapperz
http://mapperz.blogspot.com/
Comment by Mapperz, on 31-Aug-2007 22:54 , user id: )
"It seems that the new version of Nokia Maps application doesn't have the tracking function any more. Bad news."
If you go to Navigate then Cancel when asks you to Purchase Navigate it goes into Tracking Mode.
(but no blue line anymore).
Careful with updating Maps. It took 3 attempts to get all the data (England) into Nokia Maps using the new MapLoader 1.2.1 - it seemed to cut off data.
Loading Countries individually seemed to work.
A-GPS will cost you money - but a very small amount of data is used to communicate with the Nokia Servers.
Pre-Loaded Maps and creating a route is much quicker than before.
Mapperz
http://mapperz.blogspot.com/
sorry if a double post (page went blank)
Comment by Matthew Campman, on 8-Sep-2007 03:15 , user id: )
On my N95 I also downloaded the latest Nokia Maps and Maploader. Now I don't see any landscape or roads. The GPS picks up after a minute, but shows an empty country (the Netherlands).
Sequence:
- deleted all maps using the previous version of Maploader
- installed the new Nokia Maps
- installed the new Maploader
- downloaded and installed the Netherlands
Any hints or tips on how the see the map again ?
Comment by prashant kalyan, on 6-Aug-2008 22:55 , user id: )
i have a n95 8g. it has nokia maps on it. can i use the gps navigation on it. i dont seem to be able to use it. it just shows a page of where i am but doeos not search for route etc
Comment by Dave Henderson, on 6-Nov-2008 05:45 , user id: )
It was one of the reasons to purchase the N95, maps and gps tracking. Now that this feature is removed, I have lost one of the main reasons for having this phone. It saved me in Europe this summer travelling. Luckily i didn't upgrade before I left.
Now that I have, I cannot use the GPS/maps, it's a waste of technology now.
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Author's note by Aloha, on 31-Aug-2007 16:35 , user id: 17706)
LOL After the upgrade I am experiencing a liiiitle problem, my N95 doesnt want to lock onto the satellites, however I see their bar being black in the satellite view in the menu, which means it's locked.
Also when I am opening the Map Loader sw on my PC it says it will download the newest 1.2.1 version, but the download stops after few seconds saying: the download file corrupted. Ooops! :)