Here Maps now available on iOS

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#167393 12-Mar-2015 11:25

It's a mapping app, it offers FULL offline navigation, it's free.

https://itunes.apple.com/app/id955837609

(It is also awesome)

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#1256987 12-Mar-2015 11:57

does not show on the store here

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#1256989 12-Mar-2015 12:00

scratch that I picked it up via my iMac

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#1256993 12-Mar-2015 12:03

it looks good,

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#1257026 12-Mar-2015 12:20

I use it on my Nokia 1020 - works great.

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#1257057 12-Mar-2015 12:47

Nice feature but not always relevant.
How much space taken up?

Why switch from Google maps otherwise?

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#1257088 12-Mar-2015 13:15

groynk: Nice feature but not always relevant.
How much space taken up?

Why switch from Google maps otherwise?

Unsure of what the space taken on iOS would be, but on Windows Phone, the NZ Map is around 100mb, for all of Europe it would be 9.7GB, all of the US, 4.7GB. But you can choose countries/states in each region.

Full offline navigation is the biggest reason over Google (which only allows a small subset to be used offline)

UI differences may be a reason for you also.

Public transport navigation is also supported in 950 cities in 50 countries.

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#1257147 12-Mar-2015 13:42

sweet. not sure what to do with it but nice to have LOL !

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#1257196 12-Mar-2015 14:13

Oh I see it's available for Android too, but not in NZ, I wonder why, obviously they have the maps.

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#1257204 12-Mar-2015 14:20

Thanks! Hopefully this work well as a backup for Google Maps when no data connection, will give it a spin sometime.

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#1257293 12-Mar-2015 16:13

Navmii also does offline navigation

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#1257298 12-Mar-2015 16:23

CutCutCut: Oh I see it's available for Android too, but not in NZ, I wonder why, obviously they have the maps.

I have it (and the downloadable NZ maps) on my Note 4 - Android 4.4.4.

It's OK, but at the end of the day, I still prefer Google Maps. I compared both programmes going from Welly to Tauranga and they both showed the same route. Coming back was a different story with HERE showing a 50 km detour.

Go figure!

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#1257315 12-Mar-2015 16:50

DaveB:
CutCutCut: Oh I see it's available for Android too, but not in NZ, I wonder why, obviously they have the maps.

I have it (and the downloadable NZ maps) on my Note 4 - Android 4.4.4.

It's OK, but at the end of the day, I still prefer Google Maps. I compared both programmes going from Welly to Tauranga and they both showed the same route. Coming back was a different story with HERE showing a 50 km detour.

Go figure!

Yes, I did some investigating and for some reason it thinks my phone isn't compatible thats why I couldn't see it. I have a Zenfone 5 and one of the variants has an intel processor so I guess they just did a blanket ban on them.

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#1257317 12-Mar-2015 16:56

joker97: sweet. not sure what to do with it but nice to have LOL !

You could:

- Download NZ maps, knowing that if you go on trips in your town, or wherever, you can run the GPS app using GPS radio and therefore as much battery. Or data.

I wonder if countries, like NZ, get regular updates. I'd expect road works to be out of date though.

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#1257332 12-Mar-2015 17:22

I don't use GPS. I live in a small town.

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#1257832 13-Mar-2015 12:59

tdgeek:
joker97: sweet. not sure what to do with it but nice to have LOL !

You could:

- Download NZ maps, knowing that if you go on trips in your town, or wherever, you can run the GPS app using GPS radio and therefore as much battery. Or data.

I wonder if countries, like NZ, get regular updates. I'd expect road works to be out of date though.

There is a local Here team of 6 in NZ that are regularly updating the map data and POI's. Generally there are 3-4 updates a year.