The review of the Lumia 920 on http://www.expertreviews.co.uk claims that searching in an offline map requires a data connection (second paragraph on http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/smartphones/1295656/nokia-lumia-920/2). This even if all map data (roads, streets, ... and POIs) is available offline.
Can a Lumia 920 owner confirm this? Does the same apply to Nokia Drive?
If true, this would seriously limit the usability of the offline maps!
Thanks!
luigig said:
The review of the Lumia 920 on http://www.expertreviews.co.uk claims that searching in an offline map requires a data connection (second paragraph on http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/smartphones/1295656/nokia-lumia-920/2). This even if all map data (roads, streets, ... and POIs) is available offline.
Can a Lumia 920 owner confirm this? Does the same apply to Nokia Drive?
If true, this would seriously limit the usability of the offline maps!
Thanks!
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Yes, this appears to be true.
I downloaded the map for my area, and then went into "flight mode". I was able to browse the map without a problem, but when I tried to "search" it wouldn't do it, failing with an error message saying it couldn't connect to Nokia Maps.
The good news, however, is that Nokia Drive works fine offline. When you search for a destination, it shows an error saying it cannot connect online, and then gives you the option to "search offline", which works no problem.
So from a practical point of view, because searching and directions would be done mostly through Nokia Drive and not Nokia Maps, I think this is fine -- having the map downloaded and available offline is fantastic.
Nokia maps need data, drive does not.
Hi,
I'm part of the Nokia Maps product team. Nokia Maps WP8 supports offline search in version 3. If you go to Windows Store today you can get the update. Once installed you can use offline search, routing and navigation.
Hope that helps.
Thanks,
Dan
djmberlin said:
Hi,
I'm part of the Nokia Maps product team. Nokia Maps WP8 supports offline search in version 3. If you go to Windows Store today you can get the update. Once installed you can use offline search, routing and navigation.
Hope that helps.
Thanks,
Dan
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And I can confirm that this does indeed work . . . I've had this phone for less than 24 hours and so far I'm liking it a lot.
Thanks for great news! Free and real offline maps and navigation is one of the biggest reasons I am thinking to move to Nokia.
Not important as the two features above but I am curious about City Lens: does it require a data connection if you have the map of the city available offline?
Thanks!
luigig said:
Thanks for great news! Free and real offline maps and navigation is one of the biggest reasons I am thinking to move to Nokia.
Not important as the two features above but I am curious about City Lens: does it require a data connection if you have the map of the city available offline?
Thanks!
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Yes, it appears to -- City Lens still complains when there is no data connection.
it's normal; City Lens needs access to centralized database to find it's targets
jo
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Hi all,
Well, I am getting a bike mount for my Streak this weekend.
I roam about a lot in the city on my bike now! ( and I get lost a lot too! new city .. )
so, I was thinking.
So whats one good Navigation software that has:
Voice navigation (optional)
Turn by turn directions (required in text atleast!)
Offline maps (must!)
<GPS assist is must! for the accuracy..>
City road maps (e.g. Bangalore, India)
Please suggest.
(Offline maps to ensure min battery usage..)
Thanks,
Sony.
Google Maps or NDrive
Google maps navigation supports all of the features you asked but the offline maps download automatically from a round you and it caches them so you can't always be shure that they are always there.
But if you defiantly need offline use NDrive, it is not for bikes but it is good and quite cheap and very fast, I use it all the time with my streak
Just checked..
Just checked!
Brut maps is what I need, but, again.. I think it has difference from the legal terms from Google maps..
Ndrive.. hmm, I think, its not good in India.
is there a trial version of it?
Thanks for that..
any other softwares/maps stuff?
care,
Sony.
P.S. stevepork: there you go.. first thanks
Not sure if CoPilot is in your area, but it works quite well here in north america. I attempted to use it in Mexico, and the results were less than stellar.
A free option is Navit, which can work alongside with Google Maps, so you can get a starting and end point that works. Navit's maps are all on SD. It's a work in progress but does include TTS.
besony said:
Hi all,
Well, I am getting a bike mount for my Streak this weekend.
I roam about a lot in the city on my bike now! ( and I get lost a lot too! new city .. )
so, I was thinking.
So whats one good Navigation software that has:
Voice navigation (optional)
Turn by turn directions (required in text atleast!)
Offline maps (must!)
<GPS assist is must! for the accuracy..>
City road maps (e.g. Bangalore, India)
Please suggest.
(Offline maps to ensure min battery usage..)
Thanks,
Sony.
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if u hd bought steak frm india u shd get Map My India licence free with dell streak...
if wldnt u can buy it..juss do some google
and 1 more thing whr do u got bike mount ?
Sent from my Dell Streak using XDA App
SYGIC MOBILE MAPS FOR INDIA is al you are going to need.
Suggest that you have a look at this web site:
http://mobile.jack-frost.co.uk/android_sat_nav_apps.php
It has very good reviews of all the different (on-line and off-line) navigation applications that are available on Android.
(In the UK, I am using NDrive quite happily, although it's not as good as TomTom under WM6. I wish that TomTom would produce an Android version.)
Navigon Select
I was installing Navigon Select
and it works Perfect. Actually i use 3.5.4 with 3D Maps. I got fully Europe and USA maps also available.
I like it very much
Hi
I am traveling to some parts of Asia where apps like Tomtom do not have maps and I am thinking if it is possible to have Google maps copied to the SD card and use the HTC GPS and Compass for navigation.Not just as a map but like a point to point tuen like Tomtom.
Rgds
Google maps are online only.
Garmin Mobile XT could be an idea. They have quite a large range of maps, including Asia, as far as I know.
Have you looked at iGo by NavnGo. This is their Asia coverage:
https://www.naviextras.com/shop/portal/catalog?view=list&type=100&page=1&area=10
Rob
Thanks for your replies. Thanked via the button.
Would an application similar to map droid be able to do this?I did see one last yea but cannot remember the app right now
RAMBO29 said:
Thanks for your replies. Thanked via the button.
Would an application similar to map droid be able to do this?I did see one last yea but cannot remember the app right now
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Don´t remember the app name either... also, there seem to be conversion tools to "translate" open street maps into commercial navigation readable formats.
Anything similar to translate Google maps to readable format?
I am planning on using my Prime in the car and would like to know what is the best "offline" alternative to Google Navigation. I have heard about Sygic but do not have personal experience with it.
Any suggestion?
ajamils said:
I am planning on using my Prime in the car and would like to know what is the best "offline" alternative to Google Navigation. I have heard about Sygic but do not have personal experience with it.
Any suggestion?
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You are able to download the Google maps for offline use, have you tried doing that with your tablet? All it should need after download is GPS...
omac_ranger said:
You are able to download the Google maps for offline use, have you tried doing that with your tablet? All it should need after download is GPS...
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Well, it's not that simple actually. You can't download entire maps. You can pre-cache 10 square mile areas around locations.
Works well if you know where you're going .
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You are able to download the Google maps for offline use, have you tried doing that with your tablet? All it should need after download is GPS...
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Sorry, I wasn't aware of that. How do I do that? All I see is an option to cache map area. How can I cache the whole USA map ?
try Orux maps from the market, its an open source alternative and as far as I am aware you can create maps of any size for offline use. And its free (or donation!).
ajamils said:
I am planning on using my Prime in the car and would like to know what is the best "offline" alternative to Google Navigation. I have heard about Sygic but do not have personal experience with it.
Any suggestion?
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Have you looked into the new additions to Google Maps? I think they're increasing the offline capabilities (according to their talk yesterday or the day before).
http://www.androidcentral.com/google-maps-android-getting-offline-access
Although google maps is excellent and the new features are needed, orux maps includes google maps within along with just about every other map source available.
I havent heard of any apps that do offline route planning and navigation though, thats a different story.
Oruxmaps looks good but I don't think it does what I'm looking for. I need complete "turn by turn" navigation offline (just like car navigation ).
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Well, it's not that simple actually. You can't download entire maps. You can pre-cache 10 square mile areas around locations.
Works well if you know where you're going .
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I was assuming he knew where he was going Haha
Sygic seems to do everything that I want but I would like to get some opinions about it before I spend a good chunk of change on it
Maps Stored on the Phone
to save your data for more important stuff.
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http://www.sygic.com/en/android
sygic
I bought sygic. There's a free time-limited market d/l and my USA upgrade was $20. I've used it on one trip and it was very a functional turn-by-turn experience. Maps are by Tom-Tom.
i wish you could cache more than 10 square miles in google maps... 10 just never seems like enough!
Downloaded the trial version of Sygic and took it for a spin. Without the GPS dongle I lost GPS connection randomly but with the dongle I was able to complete a 10 mile journey with Voice guidance without any issue.
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I am planning on using my Prime in the car and would like to know what is the best "offline" alternative to Google Navigation. I have heard about Sygic but do not have personal experience with it.
Any suggestion?
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Well, SYGIC is great. Me and a collegue both tested NAVIGON and SYGIC and SYGIC is by far the winner!
Google Maps "offline" is not recommendable. You only will download a 10x10 tile. Not more!
Google announced they will be adding full offline support (not just a 10x10 tile), but it's not out yet.
handi1948 said:
Well, SYGIC is great. Me and a collegue both tested NAVIGON and SYGIC and SYGIC is by far the winner!
Google Maps "offline" is not recommendable. You only will download a 10x10 tile. Not more!
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ZANavi for android.
It's a fork from NAVIT. Free, using free Openstreetmaps, you can download entire countries, or even the whole world lol. There is a possibility to donwload only a limited region on navit's website (google it).
Not as sexy as paid versions but it does the job.
And people speaking about google maps please provide correct info. Offline maps in it is only an anounce, with no ETA.
I use GoPilot Live Pro and like it. I think they have a free version you can try, but eventually, you will want to go to the PRO version. If you find a map error, you can submit a correction to them and they will fix it. In addition to that, I also run WAZE...it's an online map service, but has the best info on Police/traffic congestion/accidents because it's totally based on user reporting. I don't know why, but their routing is attrocious. I use CoPilot for my directions, and check in on Waze to check the road conditions ahead. To use Waze, I just tether my phone to the Prime.
Bob
I haven't really used it myself for navigation, but Osmand is superb for viewing maps and tracking. It is easy to download vector maps for each country from within the app and there is a wide variety of online maps. The navigation is provided by Cloud made, YOURS, OpenRouteService, or the offline option.
I've tried Navit, and it works, but the UI is disgusting.
yeah try ZANavi. its free, its offline.
and if you find the time help to translate:
https://translations.launchpad.net/zanavi/navit-orig-import/+pots/navit
https://translations.launchpad.net/zanavi/trunk/+pots/zanavi
I bought a Lumia 710 as a travel phone to replace my aging Nokia C7. Now, the great thing about the C7 was that it had offline maps. I would simply download the map before travelling, and the map would be available in the foreign country. GPS and the compass would work as well. Oh, and address search worked too.
It was great, but, slow. The phone was essentially useless for anything other than maps.
So I sold it, and bought the Lumia 710 thinking it to be an upgrade. While playing with it in store, the rep showed me how Nokia Drive had a maps download option. I thought it would work the same way.
Unfortunately, if I have data and wifi disabled, Nokia Drive doesn't open - says it doesn't work offline (edit: updated it, now opens, doesn't seem nearly asgood as the old Nokia Maps on my C7. My original question still stands )
Now, I'm reading that Windows Phone 8 users will get Nokia Maps with offline functionality, but I cant find anything saying that this feature willl come to Windows Phone 7.5/7.8 users.
Can anyone shed some light on this? It really is the main reason I bought the phone.
You can try locations from htc collection. You can get it by changing marketplace to htc. Here's how to do it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1393265
I can say for sure that Lumia 800 has Nokia Drive with the possiblility to use Maps in offline mode (this after I have updated to version 2).
Currently Nokia Maps in my phone has version 3.1.0.xx and Nokia Maps 2.5.xx.
I can use Nokia Drive in offline mode but can't use Nokia Maps in offline mode.
Try upgrading your software to latest version.
Hope this help.
Have a great day.
Hey,
Ive just updated my android to a windows phone 8 Lumia 920 and I used google maps navigation a lot on my old android.
Im trying to use Nokia maps for walking navigation, but it never seems to show what way im pointing, which makes it very hard to understand and use....on more than one occasion ive walked the wrong way before realising im doing so
Does Nokia maps not have a compass feature???? Nokia City lens has it, so they know how to use the feature!! but city lets wont let me do walking navigation between 2 points so its useless to me there
Unfortunately Nokia Maps don't have this feature...
I hope Nokia will implement it soon in the next versions...
The biggest problem is as you said to start to walk in the right direction, sometime it's helpful to look around and read the street names to understand in which direction you should start walking...
If you like Google maps better you can use gMaps from the Microsoft Store...
It also has a compass feature...
Thanks for your reply
Im actually quite amazed that an app which has a major feature such as a 'walking directions' doesnt have a compass. Nokia seems to have it all backwards
Thanks for the gmap tip! Ill try using that for a bit but may end up switching back to my android purely for their Google maps navigation software (as driving includes traffic too, unlike Nokia Drive )
It comes all down to personal preferences i like Nokia drive better than Google Maps navigation... But I don't use ether of them...
For me right now Navigon is the best Navigation Software an Windows Phone...
I like it more than the Android version...
Anyway can you suggest me a full blown navigation software on Android??
I tried Navigon but I'm not really satisfied.. I don't like the UI at all...
I pretty much swear by Google maps navigation on android. Its never done me wrong in terms of driving or walking navigation (and it uses the compass feature!!!)
Additionally it gives you a good traffic overview which is constantly updated.
Only negative is that its pretty much online only, although you can now download small parts of your map for offline navigation (but we are talking up to around 5-10 mile radius)
I like Google maps for walking navigation but i really don't like it for car navigation...
It seems i have to search and test a little bit more...
I agree there are better driving nav systems out there, but the traffic assistance and ability to reroute to absolutely anything in the Google maps system is really useful to me! For free I'm not sure there's anything out there close to it, but if you find something better I'd be very interested to try it out
Ikkari said:
It comes all down to personal preferences i like Nokia drive better than Google Maps navigation... But I don't use ether of them...
For me right now Navigon is the best Navigation Software an Windows Phone...
I like it more than the Android version...
Anyway can you suggest me a full blown navigation software on Android??
I tried Navigon but I'm not really satisfied.. I don't like the UI at all...
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I bought Sygic on Android and it works fine. They update maps often and you get no problem changing device. Speed limits are not correct. for example, all around Geneva it is indicated 120 km/h for highway and it should be 100km/h. Nokia drive is more precise, but their maps are older (more than two years traffic changes not updated near home. I'm sure it will come soon.