How to download GPS maps to Nokia? Free navigation in Nokia phones, Ukrainian realities.


Smartphone applications

Just a few years ago, choosing suitable navigator for your smartphone, you would have to work hard: the brand was tied to Microsoft and its failed Windows Phone.

But the situation has changed, the contracts have expired, and today devices from Finnish developers are produced exclusively with Android. This means that we only need to go to to find a whole scattering of excellent suitable software.

Let's briefly consider the “xy from xy” among modern navigation programs.

Yandex maps

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.yandex.yandexmaps


This option is good because it is domestic. There is no jingoism in the style of “buy Russian even if it’s complete rubbish” - it’s just that its developers know their territory better than some world-famous TomTom.

And not so much from a topographical, but from a social point of view. Therefore if we're talking about about traveling specifically within Russia – an excellent choice.

Everything is here: comfortable and detailed scaling, customizable voice assistant, details about important objects, from gas stations to public catering, saving maps for offline use where there are problems with the Internet, and much more.

Moreover, all this is free and works even on antiques running Android 4.

Waze

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.waze


If Yandex.Maps is universal, then Waze is focused specifically on the needs of motorists.

Its user can easily make a trip plan by synchronizing it with the organizer, find a gas station with the cheapest fuel, which does not require traveling halfway across the city, and quickly receive information about repairs, traffic jams, accidents and other obstacles that are best avoided.

The only negative is that you must have an Internet connection: Waze cannot save maps for working offline.

Navitel Navigator

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.navitel


Another domestic product, this time having much greater versatility than the Yandex service - the geography covers 65 countries of the world, in 12 of which it is among the top five navigation applications, and this is already recognition, considering how many of them have been written.

Like Waze, it is intended for motorists, with all the ensuing consequences for functionality.

With Navitel.Navigator you can easily get a weather forecast for the next three days, find the desired object by simply saying its name out loud, or exchange messages with friends if they also use this application.

The program is able to save information for offline work.

Unfortunately, you have to pay for the extensive capabilities, and you need to buy a card for each country separately.

MAPS.ME

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mapswithme.maps.pro


Universal (suitable for both pedestrians and drivers), global (more than 100 countries), offline (does not require a network connection), and most importantly - a free navigator.

GPS is quite enough for work, which is very important, for example, for tourists who do not want to buy a local SIM card and are not ready to pay “horse” roaming prices.


Regular updates, if necessary, can be done from some hotspot.

The bad thing is that the location is not determined very quickly and the lack of up-to-date information about the traffic situation.

Sygic GPS Navigator

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sygic.aura


Another one navigation program, which does not require an Internet connection.

It takes into account the interests of motorists to a greater extent than in MAPS.ME: there is access to up-to-date information about traffic jams, accidents, repairs, a voice assistant will announce street names, and HUD technology will project information directly onto the windshield.

The application uses one of the most accurate modern maps - TomTom.

You don't need to pay a subscription, but to get full access To access all Sygic features, you will need to purchase a perpetual Premium license.

Route 66 Navigation

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.route66navigation


Another program using TomTom maps, mainly aimed at tourists traveling around Europe. The user receives information about numerous attractions, including 3D models of buildings.

If necessary, you can build the most convenient route from this point of view.

The possibility of offline use allows you to save traffic in roaming.

A serious disadvantage is the lack of a Russian-language interface.

Full navigation is only possible with an annual subscription, but the basic version is also quite useful.

Finally

In addition to those described above, there are many other navigators that can be installed on Nokia smartphones from Google Play, both paid and free.

When choosing, you need to keep in mind: the ideal is unattainable, and there is simply no program that would be the best in every situation.

Therefore, you need to clearly understand why you need the application and what specific tasks you will solve with its help.

GPS navigators are gaining popularity every day, and the more companies that produce these devices appear, the more areas for their application open up. Today satellite navigation for the driver it is simply a necessary thing if he daily travels around his city and not only in his region.

    Instructions
  • Buy good navigator It's quite troublesome now. This is due to its rather high cost. But there is a way out; a car enthusiast can install a navigator on his phone if it has a special GPS function. To phones without this parameter It is simply impossible to install a navigator.

  • Download the Garmin Mobile XT app to your phone. It is important to know that the application exists in several versions and you need to download the one that matches your phone model. This program will make it possible to use simple mobile phone as a GPS navigator.

  • Install Garmin Mobile XT on your phone. To do this, connect your phone to personal computer or laptop using special cable or Bluetooth functions in “Data transfer” mode. Download and install the Garmin Mobile XT program on your phone first, and then all the files attached to it.

  • Disconnect your phone from your PC or laptop and check if the application appears in the phone menu. If your application is not included in your phone's programs, try installing it manually. To do this, you need to go to the memory card in the place where the program was copied, and run the GarminMobileXT.sis file there. Restart your phone.

  • Launch the application after installation, select required language program at startup and its settings. Search for maps on your phone so they can be downloaded. Cards for installed application There are several types - in the form of a file with the *.img extension or as a *.exe format file packed into an archive, which will subsequently contain several sub-files.

  • All maps must be located in the root park of the program, and their names must be located as follows - Gmapbmap.img – base map; Gmapsupp.img (map No. 1); Gmapsup2.img (map No. 2), etc. The first two folders must be present.

  • Rename the cards to match the names above if they exist under different names. Launch Garmin Unlock Generator and you will be able to download maps designed for the navigator to your phone.

  • Click on the "Select Map" button at the bottom of the program and enter the map code. Click Generate to start the generation. Copy the received code to your regular one text file and give it the same name as the card. Specify the *.uni extension.

  • Copy all maps and additional files for them to your Nokia phone in the folder with Garmin software. Launch the application. Check your navigation.

Contents of delivery:

  • Nokia 6210 Navigator device
  • Battery BL-5F
  • Wired stereo headset HS-47
  • AC-8 Charger
  • USB cable CA-101
  • CD-Rom with Nokia Suite and Map Loader 1.3
  • 1 GB memory card
  • Case (not available in all delivery options)
  • Instructions

Positioning

The first model designed for navigation was Nokia smartphone 6110 Navigator. The company was in such a hurry to release similar product, which was not used by Nokia Maps, the program appeared later, but by Route 66 software. Functionally, both solutions are comparable, there was no difference as such for the end user, and licensing of navigation and voice prompts took place in the same way, for the same money. The price is average for such a solution, the usual characteristics of the S60, but the model did not become popular and had small sales. The explanation lies in the fact that all other S60 smartphones with GPS came out later and have greater functionality ( better camera, screen, more programs), provided exactly the same level of navigation. There was no special device; it did not have any unique functions, everything was at the level of other devices. A rare case when a model lasted on the shelves for less than a year and disappeared unnoticed. Will the second generation of the navigator face the same fate? Nokia model 6120 Navigator?



In my opinion, the answer to this question is obvious. The company tried to create a “unique” addition to the functionality of the device by offering an electronic compass function, as well as giving users a subscription to the navigation service for 6 months. Is such an additive worth the unique attribute? It is not too critical for most; the difference with older NSeries models is again not noticeable. This does not allow us to say that the device will not be niche, but mass-produced. Unfortunately, we are again faced with the fact that the versatility of the solutions on the S60 does not allow the company to create a niche device that is clearly different from all other solutions.

Design, dimensions, control elements

There are two color options available, black and red, both look interesting, but are radically different in perception. For example, red is clearly aimed at the fairer half; it looks a little more practical than black. Just like on the Nokia N78, the front panel is always made of glossy plastic, attracting attention on display. In real conditions, marks from the cheeks and hands remain in a matter of seconds, and the appearance of the device deteriorates. If this is not so noticeable on a red case, then on a black case it can be seen with the naked eye.



The back surface of the phone, as if in contrast, is made of matte plastic, somewhat reminiscent of that of the Nokia 6220 Classic; there are no traces left on it. During your conversation, everyone around you can see the clean device, they cannot see its other side.


The build quality of the phone is good, I especially liked the flaps on the eyelets that cover the microUSB connector on the left side, as well as the memory card slot. It's easy to pry off such a plug and fold it away. Even with excessive force, the plug can be pulled out of the loop; it is not difficult to install it in place. The main thing is not to break the fastening, but this is hardly possible.



The size of the smartphone is typical for latest generation devices – 103x49x14.9 mm, weight 117 grams. This is slightly larger than the average size for sliders, but not by much; the device cannot be called gigantic, although it will be noticeable in a shirt pocket, and it is not so comfortable in trousers.










There is a light indicator above the screen, it adjusts the backlight of both the screen and the keyboard, right there front-camera for video calls. A paired volume key and a camera button have been moved to the right side. At the top end there is a 2.5 jack for audio, as well as a connector for the charger (thin, 2 mm).


The automatic finishing mechanism works without any problems, the movement is easy, due to the size of the device. On the back panel you can see a 3.2 megapixel camera, flash, and a speaker hole.

Display

The device uses a 2.4-inch display with QVGA resolution (240x320 pixels, 36.7x48.9 mm). The display displays up to 16 million colors, the picture is quite bright, clearly visible in different conditions. The screen is fully consistent with that of the Nokia N82.

If we compare the screen with the Nokia N95, it will be comparable in everyday use. In general, the screen leaves a pleasant impression; the device is not bad in this regard. The screen displays up to 8 lines of text and up to 3 service lines. In some modes, up to 14 lines of text can be displayed. The font is easy to read.

In the bright spring sun, the screen goes blind and even the diagonal doesn’t help. When navigating on foot, you have to look for a corner and peer into it, or follow voice prompts.




Keyboard

The block of functional keys is large, well spaced, there are no erroneous presses, although the buttons have a soft stroke. Under the four-position navigation key There is a GPS button, an indicator is included in it; when navigation is running, even in the background, it blinks.


Numeric keypad made of plastic, the buttons fit closely to each other, but are very comfortable, they have a good movement. Backlit keys white, not very bright, just right.



Battery

Applies to the phone lithium ion battery BL-5F, it has a capacity of 950 mAh. The choice of this battery seems strange, since batteries with a capacity of more than 1000 mAh are standard on NSeries today (N82 - 1050 mAh, N78 - 1200 mAh). It would seem that for a navigation device where power consumption is critical it is necessary to install a battery with maximum capacity, but this did not happen. The calculation is apparently based on using the navigator in a car with a charging cord from the cigarette lighter. But not for walking navigation. Space in the case allows you to install a battery increased capacity, but this is not provided for this device.

According to the manufacturer, the phone can work up to 5 hours in talk mode, up to 240 hours in standby mode. Music playback time is up to 20 hours, video recording in maximum quality is up to 140 minutes, video playback is up to 190 minutes.

The operating time of the device is on average about 2 days in Moscow conditions cellular networks(for comparison, Nokia N78 with a similar load takes about 3 days). At the same time, you can talk for up to an hour and a half, take a couple of dozen pictures, record a couple of minutes of video and listen to the radio or music for up to an hour. The time to fully charge the battery is about 2 hours.

Here is the maximum operating time in various modes:

  • GPS navigation – 3 hours
  • Watching video – 4 hours
  • WEB surfing (EDGE connection) – 3 hours
  • Listening to music on headphones – 19 hours
  • Radio – 12.5 hours
  • Games – 4 hours

Unfortunately, we do not see a critical increase in the device's operating time in navigation mode, and this is the main mode for the Nokia 6210 Navigator; the device is typical for its generation and architecture.

Memory

The device has 64 MB random access memory, when downloading, about 20 MB is available to the user free memory. This is enough to run a dozen applications, as well as view “heavy” web pages, the device has no problems with this. Although, compared to the Nokia N78, which is similar to this phone in terms of platform (both hardware and software), a little more thoughtfulness is noticeable when loading applications into memory, sometimes when navigating the phone seems to freeze, maps are loaded, it is slow.

The user has access to about 120 MB of memory in the device itself; any data can be stored in it.

Cards microSD memory, they are hot-swappable, and a 1 GB card is included. The maximum capacity of memory cards is not limited; our 8 GB card was recognized by the device.


Hardware specifications

For an inexpensive model, the use of the TI OMAP 2420 platform, as in the Nokia N82, is unjustified, and here a solution from Freescale is used, this is a single-chip platform with ARM processor 11, with a clock frequency of 369 MHz. There is a motion sensor, but it is used only in a number of modes.

Performance

In fact, a complete coincidence with Nokia N82/N78, there is no difference in synthetic tests. It turns out that the model looks at the level of the current S60 devices, and does not have any pros or cons in this aspect.


USB, Bluetooth

USB. In USB settings you can select one of 3 operating modes:

  • Data Transfer (Mass Storage USB) – both the phone memory and memory cards are visible, no drivers are required, the OS itself recognizes the phone.
  • PC Suite– work with Nokia PC Suite, access to all functions of the device, backup all information and so on.
  • Image Print- printing photos.

The data transfer speed is about 1 Mb/s.

Bluetooth. Bluetooth version in the smartphone – 2.0 with EDR support. The device supports the following profiles:

  • AVCRP
  • BIP-ImagePush
  • DUN-GW
  • FT-Server
  • HandsFree-AG (1.0)
  • Headset-AG
  • OPP-Client
  • OPP-Server
  • SIM Access-Server

The data transfer speed via Bluetooth is on average 100 Kb/s. We tested the transmission of stereo sound to a headset such as the Sony Ericsson DS970; managing songs, rewinding, and skipping works without problems, but at the same time the name of the current song is not displayed on the screen.

Camera

Lens characteristics F2.8/4.6, 3.2 megapixels, CMOS, autofocus. We've already seen something like this somewhere. Yes, this is an old friend from Nokia N78, the models are similar in camera characteristics. Looking ahead, I will note that the quality of the images is typical for this type of camera, it is not bad, one could not expect anything more. The disadvantages include the lack of a protective curtain, which is reserved only for photo solutions. Unlike Nokia N78, they simplified the camera interface; it is made the same as in most FP2 solutions that are not photographic.

Among the new functions associated with FP2, it is worth noting geotags, when when shooting, a location tag is added to the file description, and then you can see on the map where the photo was taken. For some services, for example Flikr, this function is convenient. However, if you have GPS navigation turned off, it will take time to determine the coordinates; for the first pictures this information may not be recorded.

The camera settings are as follows, you can choose one of 4 resolutions:

  • Print 3M – Large
  • Print 2M – Large
  • Print/e-mail 0.8M – Small
  • Multimedia message 0.3M

The manufacturer does not provide the actual resolutions of the images, but we will do it for him. The resolutions are respectively: 2048x1536, 1600x1200, 1024x768, 640x480 pixels. The average image size is 1 MB, 600-700 KB, 250-300 KB and 75-100 KB. You cannot set the quality of saving images.

The device uses digital zoom, its maximum value is x20. There is a difference between “normal” and “extended” zoom. In the second case, the maximum value is reached, but the artifacts become clearly visible. When using regular digital zoom, artifacts are not as noticeable. Considering that such an approximation can be made in any graphic editor, you should not use it when shooting.

Shooting modes include one mode, which can be customized by the user to suit his preferences, automatic, as well as macro. Among other options there is portrait photography, landscape, sports, night, night portrait.

The flash can be set to auto, just on, off, or with red-eye reduction. The timer for taking pictures of yourself can be set to 2, 10 and 20 seconds. The device supports shooting a series of pictures (three at a time), which can be useful when working with fast-moving objects. The feature is designed to be similar to Sony Ericsson's BestPic, but offers less flexibility.

Exposure compensation – this function interesting for some specific conditions and can help get better pictures. The scale ranges from -2 to +2 in 0.5 increments.

White balance – automatic, sunny, cloudy, Incandescent, Fluorescent. You can use Sepia, Black&White, Negative as effects.

The ISO value is set automatically by default, other values ​​can be set independently, but here, similar to a number of cameras, the manufacturer has set only ranges, and not specific values. That is, for example, you choose low ISO, these can be values ​​from ISO 60 to 200, an average value up to 200 and then high ISO. This is another step towards the mass market, an attempt to isolate technical details from the user.

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The panoramic shooting option looks good, it happens automatically, and the phone stitches the final image together independently.

Video recording. When recording video, the number of settings is significantly less than in photography mode. There is a software image stabilizer; it first appeared in the Nokia N80. White balance – automatic, sunny, cloudy, Incandescent, Fluorescent. You can use Sepia, Black&White, Negative as effects. Shooting mode – only automatic and night. The maximum resolution is 640x480 pixels, while the format is mpeg4, it is possible to disable sound recording (there is no encoding quality adjustment, always 15 frames per second). Total recording time is limited only free space. IN maximum resolution digital zoom x4, with QCIF – already x8 (here the recording format is 3GP).

Nokia Maps 2.0 – navigation

The main functionality of Nokia Maps 2.0 is described in the corresponding material about FP2, I don’t see the point in repeating it again, we’ll just show a number of images of the program and tell you about our impressions.

The main problem with the Nokia 6210 Navigator is the lack of uniqueness in the navigation software. All devices equipped with a GPS receiver use the same maps, exactly the same software. A solution was found by adding an electronic compass function, which will be useful in pedestrian navigation mode. An image of a hand shaking a phone appears on the main screen; on the left is a compass with an arrow. Just shake your phone and the map will start linking to your position. No matter how you turn, the map will always unfold so that the picture is in front of you. The electronic compass works without any problems; the function is nice, but not very necessary. It can be added to any company smartphone that has a built-in motion sensor.

Another change is that the company is offering a 6-month license (Walk&Drive) that includes voice guidance and navigation. There is no package for 6 months on the Nokia website; a similar license for 3 months costs 25 Euros, for 12 months 70 Euros. It turns out that Nokia 6210 users were offered pre-installed maps with navigation for 6 months, a tricky move, since in the future they will need to purchase a license for either a year or 3 months. Most of those using this program will apparently purchase additional licenses for a year.

From what I liked in connection with a specific device. Navigation key, it blinks when coordinates are being determined. This is nice, but the truth is that exactly the same thing happens in the Nokia 6220 Classic, there is a key on the left side surface. In the sun, the screen goes blind and is not visible so well. This is a very significant disadvantage for pedestrian navigation.

It’s funny, but access points that are combined into groups sometimes “fly off”, this is a problem with FP2, then you have to set them again, otherwise navigation is impossible. The second version is much more voracious in terms of traffic. We spent about 2-3 MB of data on one route, which is not so cheap in GPRS/EDGE traffic. If you enable hybrid display of maps, traffic costs will increase. Not a free pleasure. As it might seem, unfortunately, the program does not create a cache of maps and pictures, and downloads them from the network (the maps themselves are stored in memory, but current information, or satellite photos, are pulled from the network). I may be mistaken on the issue of satellite maps, but then it is not clear where such traffic in the program comes from. For third generation networks with HSDPA support, working in Nokia Maps will not be difficult, and with reasonable traffic prices, this is not so noticeable.

The bottom line is, if we evaluate the superiority of the Nokia 6210 Navigator over other S60 smartphones with built-in GPS receivers, we are forced to admit that it does not exist. Moreover, the hardware model has a smaller amount of RAM, lacks WiFi, and is built on an inexpensive, single-chip platform. All together leads to lower performance and the inability to work both with maps and with many other applications at once. Installing a small capacity battery does not add optimism; only three hours of pedestrian navigation is extremely short.

Musical Features

I admit honestly that this is not a device worth talking about in terms of music; there is a 2.5 mm jack on the body, and the set includes headphones that are not very good for listening. Another thing is that if you connect your headphones through an adapter, the sound becomes better and significantly better. This seemed unusual to me, and we carried out instrumental measurements at RMAA. For comparison, we took the music smartphone Nokia 5320 XpressMusic and Nokia 5220 XpressMusic as a representative of the S40 platform. Surprisingly, the result turned out to be very, very unusual. In particular, there is almost no difference between the Nokia 5320 and Nokia 6210 Navigator in terms of sound quality, everything is at the level of statistical error, the Nokia 5220 model sounds subjectively the same, but has best ratio signal/noise This is a great demonstration of the platform versatility of the S60 products. It turns out that in some cases the presence of AIC33 sticks out, you get “musical” models with a 3.5 mm jack, a control panel, and in some cases they don’t talk about it, although the sound of the devices is the same. It is clear that the player software is specific to the platform; those wishing to familiarize themselves with it are invited to the corresponding material.

Version: 3.08.112 Beta Pre-Release
Manufacturer: Nokia
Website: betalabs.nokia.com
Compatibility: Symbian^3
Distribution method: Free
Interface language: Multi-language (Russian language is present)
Program competitors: , Garmin Mobile

Introduction

The application is one of the main built-in applications from Nokia. Each Nokia Maps update brings users a lot of innovations and latest version not an exception. The app is free to download maps as well as use all the apps included in Nokia Maps, making it indispensable in the world of navigation as most popular apps today are paid.

New in Nokia Maps
Current update became Live traffic routing, more precisely, a traffic jam function that takes traffic information to avoid traffic jams, and it only works in Germany, France, USA, UK and Russia.
The main window now has buttons like Set distance (distance), Driving home, Normal movement. New information bar in the windows Movement navigation And Movement Assistant. Arrival time in minutes and Distance to destination- by simply clicking on the icon on the screen. New menu option Movement, reorganization of settings. Updated feature car speed shows your exact speed, gives warnings about speed, distance. It is also possible to set a contact as a destination, and it is easy to change settings when navigating in a car.

The built-in widget for the main map applications, with which you can easily and quickly launch one or another Nokia Maps application, is also included in the latest updates. Long presses are now available to provide quick access To Trip to, Walk.
The performance of the application is very pleasing, the advantage, in my opinion, is the connection of all individual applications with each other and their functioning as one whole. Last update created specifically for Symbian^3 and does not support devices with Symbian^1, it is obvious that all the innovations introduced in the new version of the application are not supported by Symbian^1 hardware.

More about the application

After successful installation, we receive a set at our disposal Nokia applications Maps, which includes:

  • Maps is the main application of Nokia Maps;
  • Weather – an application that displays detailed weather information;
  • Download Maps – applications for downloading maps that can be used without a network;
  • By car – application for navigation by car;
  • Guidebook is an application that consists of several useful services;
  • Mark – to mark on the map.
    • All these applications are interconnected. The application has a powerful search system, which is also common, using one log of visited places on the map.

    Cards
    When you first launch the application, a little loading, then you accept the agreement to use the Maps application:


    The application is built so that any ordinary user can quickly figure out what, where and how. At the top there is information about current location, as well as a button to go to My location, it is made in an original way - the arrow displays the direction of your current location. Despite the fact that there is multi-touch, on the right there are distance control buttons, below there is a network usage indicator, and there, but on the left, there is a compass. At the bottom there is a panel on which by default there are Search, a button for basic settings that relate directly to the area and a button to exit the application. When changing the distance, the bottom panel changes to a scale of distance to the ground.

    The search works perfectly, divided into 3 tabs: manual search (manually enter the name of the city, region...), search by category - the categories are very diverse, and search by favorite places, noted earlier:


    basic settings, here a window is activated in which you can select the modes of the displayed terrain and additional modes such as: "3D Mode", "Landmarks", "Night Mode", " Public transport", which can be turned on or off:


    Map mode:


    Satellite view:


    Type of terrain:


    In the "Maps" mode, you can configure all additional modes (3D Mode, Landmarks, Night Mode, Public Transport). In satellite view mode, it is not possible to configure the above additional modes; in terrain view mode, only two settings are active: 3D Mode, Landmarks.
    At the bottom of these settings there are two buttons, one Additionally, to save the above settings, button Ready.
    “Advanced”, here there are such items as: Review, Use, About the Maps application and downloading maps, since the applications are interconnected, we will consider these items further, in the By Car application.
    Settings :


  • Are common;
  • Maps and Walking:
      • Route parameters – we’ll look at them in more detail in Navigation on foot;
      Voice commands– selection of voice commands;
      Time indicator - Travel time\Arrival time;
      Backlight - always on\optimal\default.
  • By Auto.
    • Let's look at the "On Auto" settings in detail, then in the corresponding applications, now let's look at the "General" parameter:
  • Accounting Nokia entry– Nokia account setup:
  • Categories – select categories (pharmacies, recreation areas, restaurants, etc.);
  • Connection - Online\Offline;
  • Network destination – select the destination (default – Internet);
  • Measurement system - Metric\English;
  • Used memory – select the memory that the application will use.

    • Navigation on foot
    This type of navigation is part of the Maps application, so we will consider it as a subsection. To switch to mode On foot, you need to long press ‘sight’ on the map to open the navigation selection menu and select the appropriate navigation:


    Start on foot:


    By car– goes to the By Car application.
    Save.
    Exchange– exchange in message or by e-mail:


    First, you need to calibrate the sensor so that the compass works correctly:


    At the top, as in Maps, the current location is displayed. Below on the right is a button to go to your current location My position, and below the distance control buttons. In the lower right corner there is a small compass, even lower main panel in this application there is a dashboard that displays the speedometer, direction, distance traveled and travel time. Below are two buttons: Functions And Stop.
    A little about the "Functions" item:


    1. My position - to go to your current location.
    2. Route overview.
    3. Route parameters:

      Prefer. Route – streets\straight line.
      Ferry – allowed/prohibited.

    4. Map Mode:
      2D Map.
      3D Map.
      From satellite.
      Terrain.

    5. Information panel - detailed information about distance, time, etc.:


    6. Stop navigation – after stopping navigation, the application switches to Maps:


    Weather
    In order to see all the functionality of the application, you first need to create a mark in the Check in application so that the program can adapt to a particular area. I’ll note right away that the application is on English language. After launching the application, the program downloads weather information for a few seconds:


    The design of the application is also very pleasing; it consists of 2 tabs, between which you can switch:


    The first tab displays the weather in a horizontal view, accurate to minutes. It can be scrolled right and left, thereby changing the time, and the weather changes accordingly. In the second tab, weather information is listed by day and also in detail:


    In the lower left corner of the application there is a function button that contains only information about the application, and in the right corner there is a button to exit the application:

    With this app you can easily download maps using WiFi connection. The application consists of 2 points: Check update And Add new cards. Already downloaded maps are displayed in the application. At the bottom of the application there is only a button to exit the application. I would like to note that old version cards are not suitable for new version Nokia Maps application, if you have updated the application, you need to update the maps as well:


    By car
    When you launch the application, it offers three options: set a goal, home by car(home is a mark in the Check in app) and just by car:


    When entering one of the points, for example, set a goal, the application prompts you to select a destination: using search, log, go home, from favorites, contacts and categories:


    Next, having selected a destination, the application goes to the map, where everything is designed for driving a car and where navigation actually begins, you can select just by car, for easy navigation in your car. At the top of the screen, as always, information about the current location is displayed, on the right side there is a distance control and at the bottom there is an information panel where the speed is displayed:


    In the lower right part of the screen you can select to display: current time, travel time and travel distance:


    In this application, you can also select the type of navigation; to do this, you need to long press on the terrain map to activate a window in which you are given a choice: walk or drive to a particular specified point or object on the map:


    Functions – to go to the functions section, you must press the button in the lower left corner of the screen. Learn more about the features.
    The section consists of six tabs and two shortcuts at the bottom of the screen Additionally And Back, to go back to the map. In chapter Additionally you can find information about the cards (version, choice of participation in improving the cards). You can leave a review about the application (in points), you can also find out about the terms of use and download maps:


    6 Tabs:


  • 3D – to switch to 3D mode;
  • Traffic – road traffic (requires active network connection);
  • Volume – volume setting;
  • Set goal – the option will set the goal through log, search, etc. After setting the goal and starting to navigate the tab Set a goal changes to tab Route overview– by clicking on it on the map on the left, the total distance of the route appears in the form of a straight blue stripe:
  • Options - basic application settings By car:


    • 1. Route parameters:

      Route type: faster. route\optimal\more corr. route;
      Avoiding traffic jams: allowed\prohibited;
      Highway: allowed/prohibited;
      Tunnel: allowed/prohibited;
      Ferry: allowed/prohibited;
      Toll road: allowed/prohibited;
      Dirt roads: allowed/prohibited;
      Railway ferry: allowed/prohibited:

    2. Warnings:

      Radar warning - on/off;
      Speed ​​mode – on/off;
      Ogre Speed Ogre Speed >80 km/h - select the limit from 0 to 30 km/h.
    3. Colors – select the color of the area: daytime or night mode.
    4. Voice commands – select a voice when navigating.
    5. Home location - define your home location.
    6. Automatic scale - on/off automatic scale.
    7. Backlight – backlight selection: always on\optimal\default.
    8. Map improvement – ​​on/off. map improvement service.
  • Exit – exits the application (When navigation is activated, this tab changes to Stop navigation– to stop navigation, then changes back to Go out)

    • Guide
    The guide, I think, will be useful to many users. The application is very beautiful and high quality. It includes:


    Weather - detailed information about the weather for a week in your region:


    Lonely Planet - with its help you can find out detailed information about your region, city or country:


    HRS Hotels is a hotel booking service that will help you book a room in a hotel near you. HRS Hotels displays detailed information about a particular hotel, such as the price of a single room. There is also a function to display the hotel on the map:


    Maps Reporter - not only can this type of application help you with various needs, but you can also help developers improve maps by writing them a message through Maps Reporter, for example, which street is missing or about an incorrect address:


    Check in
    An application with which you can easily check in on the map. When starting the application, you need to log in account Nokia:


    You can then easily create a mark or update an existing one. I would like to remind you that without creating a mark it is not possible to enter the Weather application, which loads information for the marked area:

    Conclusion

    In conclusion, I can say that the application is very high quality, and the developers continue to improve it. For example, I can’t imagine a good smartphone from Nokia without Nokia Maps. The program is very functional, it includes a large number additional programs and irreplaceable services, which makes it the best in its field. In terms of functionality and performance, it surpasses competing applications such as Google Maps and Garmin.
    Among the main advantages of the Nokia Maps application, I can note the presence of multi-touch, 3D mode in maps, separate application Weather, also included in the rather large package of Nokia Maps applications, Weather information down to the minute, and of course the fact that it is free.
    The application does not have many disadvantages, despite the fact that it is a beta pre-release version. I noticed stuttering in 3D mode when close to an area with a lot of roads, bridges, etc. I think this is due to the lack of RAM on my smartphone. kerim777 Nokia Maps navigation software review

    Nokia organized a meeting for journalists, where company employees spoke about current situation with free navigation in Nokia maps in our country. For the most part, all this was known to one degree or another, but first-hand information, the desire to talk about how free navigation differs and which phones already have it, as well as the presence at the event of the Navteq development director, who talked about exactly how these maps are created, which together led to the appearance of this material.

    What is free navigation and what does it cost?

    As you remember, January 21 this Nokia of the Year took a step, the significance of which we will be able to fully appreciate only a few years later - it announced free navigation in its phones. Just 5 months ago the company officially presented its cards for Ukraine. Previously, there was simply no detail, and even Kyiv looked like the intersection of three highways. The license to use navigation was not that cheap - an annual subscription cost almost 700 hryvnia. But from now on and forever in all new phone models, navigation will be available immediately and without any restrictions. Strictly speaking, you know what is free, and payment for a navigation license is simply included in the price of the phone, but in practice everything is not so bad.

    In the two months that have passed since the announcement of free navigation, the situation with the number of supported phones has not changed - there are still exactly 10 of them. These are the models 6730 Classic, 5800 Navigation Edition, and X6 16 Gb. You can check the current list of supported phones and download the free navigation application to your phone on a special page on the Nokia website. By the way, if you are reading this text not in March 2010, it makes sense to follow this link and check your Nokia phone. Although, if it’s already 2012 (and beyond), then this no longer makes any sense. Let me briefly remind you about the advantages of Nokia cards. They are stored on a memory card and not downloaded from the Internet, as is the case with Google or Yandex maps. In practice, connecting to mobile internet you will still need it - to search for points of interest (POI, Points of Interest), and with activated function Assistant GPS, when using data transmitted over the Internet, significantly improves the accuracy of operation. But the amount of data is still significantly less, although using cards in roaming still becomes a financial burden. Knowledgeable people talk about using ready-made cache files in the case of Yandex maps, but for the average consumer this is too overwhelming a task to consider such a move seriously. At the same time, maps of dozens of countries around the world are available to the user. If you are going on a trip abroad, you just need to load a map of the desired region into your phone (and, I would add, buy a local SIM card on the spot for a restful sleep and let domestic operators sleep poorly). In addition, the navigation functions allow you to calculate a route for walking or driving, taking into account the shortest distance or the fastest route, taking into account traffic rules, speed limits and other factors. Navigation has voice prompts that will warn the driver in advance about a turn. In general, everything is the same as in the case of full-fledged navigators. Nokia maps are now available in 180 countries (that is, the vast majority). For 74 of them, navigation functions are available with voice prompts in 46 languages. There is no Ukrainian among them (yet), and there is no Russian in pedestrian navigation in Ukrainian firmware yet (in automobile navigation, of course, there is Russian).

    Nokia 2710 Classic: accessible navigation for everyone

    A small lyrical digression especially for skeptics. Nokia 2710 Classic will be launched on the market in the near future. It has not yet been officially announced, unlike its close relative Nokia 2710 Navigation Edition. It's relative inexpensive phone on the S40 platform, equipped with a GPS module and, of course, free navigation. The delivery package will include a car Charger and a suction cup with a holder for attaching to windshield. The price in our country has not been officially announced, but I would venture to guess that we will be talking about an amount of about 1200-1500 hryvnia. pay attention to special key with a cross in both models designed to launch maps - on the left in the picture is the Nokia 2710 Classic, on the right is the Nokia 2710 Navigation Edition. The differences, as you can see, are minor.

    OVI Maps 3.03. What are the differences?

    The main difference in the interface was the appearance of a new main menu. The functionality of the program has remained virtually unchanged, but what was previously scattered across different sections of the menu has now been combined, making control clearer and therefore easier. In fact, these three screenshots illustrate all the innovations - the main menu, the choice of visualization and a nice menu that appears when you click on the “walk” or “drive” buttons. Accordingly, if you choose “walk”, then left button will not be “home by car”, but “walk home”. In this case, the coordinates of the house are entered separately once, the middle button allows you to select an address from your favorites or enter the address using the keyboard. The third simply returns the user to map mode.

    What's missing in new program? Here is this menu that allows you to buy a license:

    This is what pedestrian navigation looks like on different scales in two-dimensional and three-dimensional form. Pay attention to the compass in the lower left corner, it has changed a little in appearance. It has two operating modes - fixed (white circle), when it points strictly vertically upward. And activated, when depending on the direction the user is moving, the map rotates and the compass always points north. If the circle around the compass is red, this means that the digital compass is not activated; it is enough, no matter how funny it looks, to draw a figure of eight with the phone in your hand, and the icon will turn into yellow, then green. In green mode, the compass becomes sensitive to the slightest rotation of the screen in the horizontal plane.

    Car navigation has not changed at all. Those who are interested can read a separate material dedicated to Nokia maps and navigation.

    A new menu item is weather. The beauty of the HTC Sense interface (strictly speaking, insanely beautiful widget weather appeared in the HTC TouchFLO 3D interface) is still a long way off, but already quite nice. The weather service is free, unless, of course, you count the cost of Internet traffic, which is necessary to deliver data to the phone. You can see the forecast for several days ahead. The temperature is shown as a graph.

    There is also a button to access the Lonely Planet service in the menu. Apart from the fact that it is in English, there is, to put it mildly, a lot of information, for example, about Kyiv. It can be sorted by topic - food, nightlife, attractions, shopping. When you select a section, the list is built based on your current location and is displayed as you delete it.

    Selecting an object card allows you to go to the map or open the site in the browser. Very convenient for tourists. From the application interface you can dial the phone number of the selected object. Still, we should not forget that we primarily have a phone in our hands and it is intended for calls, not only for navigation and traveling on the Internet.

    Please note – there is a social element: you can rate the service’s performance on a 10-point scale and tell your friends about it. The feature is rather useless and demonstrates the desire of the business to be friendlier and give people the opportunity to communicate.

    It’s also worth saying a few words that in the main menu you can log in to the OVI website and get access to the location sharing service with friends. Essentially, this is a kind of location-based analogue of Twitter. Nokia developed something similar in the Friends View service, which never left the beta testing stage and was closed. In new versions, the “social phonebook” function will be added to this service, which will allow you to combine in one place information about the access of all friends in all in social networks. That is, in the contact list you will immediately see which of the services (twitter, facebook, Skype, ICQ) the person is available on.

    How Navteq makes maps

    Navteq, as you know, is a world leader in the production of maps and has been owned for some time by Nokia, although it maintains some independence, continuing to serve various companies and government bodies around the world, today accounting for a significant share of Nokia's own revenues. Frankly, this is almost all I knew about this company before. But in practice, the underwater part of the iceberg turned out to be, as it should be, huge. The company now operates in 43 countries and has 192 regional offices around the world. There are about a thousand cartographers on duty who personally check all the roads, physically driving through them in a car and recording video with voice comments. So, the process of creating maps in Navteq consists of 5 stages. At the same time, basic geometry - the data that is purchased from local partners (they are not advertised, but there are only three mapping companies in our country, so the choice is small) constitute only a small fraction of the amount of work that Navteq performs in the process of working on its cards.

    At the information gathering stage, about 80,000 sources are used (if we take the whole world), including aerial photography, government data, satellite images and even (if necessary) paper maps. The company collects more than 260 (!) cartographic attributes of roads, the simplest and most understandable of which are road class (more on that later), lane, and speed limit. Most of these attributes will never be useful to you and me, but they may be of interest to the company’s customers right now or in the future. And customers, as already mentioned, can be government agencies (for example, the police), large companies and various transport services.

    The main surprise is that all these thousand cartographers constantly drive the roads, checking and regularly rechecking information about the roads. All information is recorded and then used to create maps to understand how drivers see it. While driving automatic recording video linked to geotags. The video is accompanied by voice comments from the cartographer. This is done so that in controversial cases, when the automation is not able to correctly identify the picture, a person can remember what the road and interchange actually looked like and make the right decision regarding the map.

    Navteq divides all roads into 5 classes. From roads of national importance (class 1) to small passages between yards (class 5). It is clear that the amount of information when moving to the next class grows significantly. There are separate walking routes. They were separated into a separate class due to their own specificity. This is what the road grid surface looks like Western Europe, where the total calculated and mapped mileage of class 5 roads is an insane figure of 5,024,192 kilometers.

    This slide shows what difficulties cartographers have to face in their work - incomprehensible signs that not only automation, but also humans cannot identify. Ban on video filming and other professional pleasures.

    It is worth saying that the company owns about 200 patents in the field of data processing and automation of card production. It is thanks to them that Navteq manages to maintain global leadership.

    The production of the cards themselves is carried out at the company's head office. As they suggest to me in the comments, 1715 is by no means the year the building was built, as one might think, but its number.

    Workplace of the employee directly involved in card assembly. All information is carefully checked and double-checked from all possible sources. By pointing the cursor anywhere on any of the 4 displays, the operator immediately receives a synchronous image on the other three monitors. This synchronization of actions allows you to process data as quickly and efficiently as possible, although the lion's share of the work, of course, is performed by automation. And a person is only needed to make decisions in cases where the automation cannot complete the task on its own.

    The work does not end with the production of maps and all data is regularly updated, if only because roads are constantly rebuilt and updated. New transport junctions are created, local traffic rules are changed (for example, streets become one-way or new speed limits appear). Navteq considers the excellent work of local specialists to be one of their advantages who know the roads region in which they live and capable of adapting universal algorithms to specific traffic situations. For example, when calculating a route, only a person living in this city will be able to say how accurate and convenient the automatically calculated route will be. And, if necessary, he will make changes to the algorithm that will make the route calculation as if it were done by a living person.

    On this slide you can see the density of points of interest in the center of Kyiv. There are really a lot of them. Total for this moment Navteq's maps of Ukraine include 64,102 objects in 42 settlements. This figure at the end of last year was half that and did not reach 30,000.

    Map updates are planned to be released approximately once a quarter. It is worth understanding that work on maps of Ukraine is still at the very beginning long way. And there's still more to come. Here is the list settlements, which already have a complete road network with street names: Alchevsk, Belaya Tserkov, Belgorod-Dnestrovsky, Boryspil, Boyarka, Brovary, Bucha, Vishnevoe, Vorzel, Vyshgorod, Dneprodzerzhinsk, Dnepropetrovsk, Donetsk, Enakievo, Evpatoria, Zaporozhye, Gorlovka, Ilyichevsk , Inhulets Shiroky, Irpen, Kamenets Podolsky, Kerch, Kiev, Kolomyia, Krivoy Rog, Lviv, Makkievka, Melitopol, Morshyn, Mirgorod, Odessa, Pereslavl Khmelnitsky, Simferopol, Strakholesye, Sudak, Truskavets, Uman, Fastov, Feodosiya, Kharkov, Yaremcha . The topic of navigation in phones is quite promising and we will probably return to it more than once. Your feedback and questions will help us understand what exactly you would be interested in knowing and what would be worth dwelling on in more detail. We look forward to your feedback, questions and suggestions.
    

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