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Nokia Maps 2.0 adds new features | Nokia Maps 2.0 adds new features |
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| by Stuart Corner | |
| Friday, 23 May 2008 | |
Nokia Maps 2.0 is now out beta and claims to offer improved car and pedestrian navigation, multimedia city guides, satellite images, and a new user interface. Featured Whitepaper
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Nokia Maps 2.0 includes public transportation information (station entrances) data in 17 cities with localised icons for stops. There are satellite images with hybrid rendering overlays for selected cities worldwide that provide real aerial views and a 'one box' search allows you to search through places, addresses, restaurants, nightlife, outdoor, accommodation. Nokia Maps 2.0 uses vector maps provided by Navteq and TeleAtlas Maps are available for over 200 countries, but only around 70 of them are navigable. Maps can be downloaded over the air directly or by using the Nokia Map Loader on a PC of which a new beta version is available on the Nokia Betalabs web site. Nokia Maps 2.0 and the current commercial version of the Nokia Maps Loader are available at no charge from http://www.maps.nokia.com . However use of drive and/or pedestrian navigation require payment of a monthly or annual fee. |
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