Navigating Neatly with Nokia

   

This is one thing I found very useful while I was in St. Petersburg. The clever bit started when I downloaded all the maps for this part of the world before I left the UK. This meant that I had full navigation support without needing any form of networking connection. The map application lets me pin locations and also routes onto the start screen. The left hand screenshot shows the hotel pinned to the upper left and a route to the Errata gallery on the right. At any point in my travels I just had to hit that shortcut and I’d get a route to my destination. On the right you can see the route, along with my present position. If it looks like I;m going the long way round it’s because I’m on a bus. The whole thing worked splendidly and got me where I wanted to be.

Comments

[Etienne]

Hi Rob,
Wait, for the Nokia Map, you were able to download the maps? I thought it was only available for Nokia Drive...

Or is it another app?

Thank you.

[Rob]

With the latest versions of the applications they share maps that you have downloaded. So both the maps app and the drive app, along with the transport one, will all use the same maps stored on the phone.

[Etienne]

Hum... Wait, wondering if it is only for WP8. Not sure I saw any update for a while on my Lumia 800.