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Revision as of 22:35, 22 July 2011
| Developer(s) | Nokia |
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| Initial release | v3.06 |
| Operating system | Symbian OS and Maemo |
| Platform | S60 |
| Type | Web mapping |
| License | Proprietary freeware |
| Website | maps |
Ovi Maps (Ovi meaning "a door" in Finnish) is a free mapping product and service by Nokia for its mobile phones and smartphone multimedia devices. Ovi Maps includes voice guided navigation for both pedestrians and drivers for 74 countries in 46 different languages and there are maps for over 180 countries.
Inception
The Nokia Maps product Smart2Go, later renamed Nokia Maps and now Ovi Maps, initially came into existence after Nokia made the smart2go application free to download when it acquired the German route planning software company Gate5 in August 2006.[1][2][3][4][5] Nokia Maps was expanded later, when Nokia acquired Chicago-based digital map supplier NAVTEQ Corp. to build further on their smart2go mapping application.[6][7][8][9] Maps is part of the Ovi brand of Nokia's Internet based online services. Ovi Maps provides offline maps which have the advantage of not requiring an active data connection or even network coverage on the handset. Maps can be loaded onto the phone with Nokia Ovi Suite[10] (for Microsoft Windows only) or through a web browser[11] (on any operating system).
On January 22 2010, Nokia released a new version of Ovi Maps (v3.03) that allowed free turn-by-turn navigation for the following cellphones (as of January 31, 2010): Nokia X6, Nokia N97 mini, Nokia E52, Nokia E55, Nokia E72, Nokia 6730 classic, Nokia 6710 Navigator, Nokia 5800 Xpressmusic, Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition, Nokia 5230 [12] and (without turn-by-turn navigation for the) Nokia N900 [13] Nokia will add more smartphones to the compatible devices list and E66, E71 and Nokia N97 has been added to the list. Nokia Ovi Maps have currently 27 million users, which is expected to double. Nokia has over 84 million GPS-enabled devices in the market[citation needed]. Nokia has established one of the largest audiences for mobile location-based services. By the end of 2011 the market is expected to be getting toward 200 million.
Features
The latest version of Ovi Maps includes:
- Driving and walking turn-by-turn with international voice guidance
- Third-party content such as ViaMichelin and Lonely Planet
- Location-aware social networking
- Mapping data can be preloaded
- Weather service (temporarily removed on May 1st, 2011)
- Night View
- 3D buildings
See also
References
- ^ Nokia Press Release - Nokia Delivers Free Downloadable Maps to the Mobile World
- ^ Nokia Press Release - Run on Nokia's mapping and navigation application smart2go
- ^ Register Hardware - Nokia to free route-planning app, maps
- ^ AllAboutSymbian - Nokia announce free Maps (smart2go) solution
- ^ The Inquirer - Nokia to offer free mapping software
- ^ Cnet News - Nokia to buy Navteq for $8.1 billion
- ^ InfoWorld - Nokia buys mapping service for $8.1 billion
- ^ BBC News - Nokia to buy digital map company
- ^ Bloomberg.com - Nokia to Buy Navteq for $8.1 Billion, Take on TomTom
- ^ - Nokia Ovi Suite
- ^ - Nokia Maps direct download links
- ^ http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CB0QFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmaemo.nokia.com%2Fn900%2F&ei=Am1qTLiPPNfPjAea6sF2&usg=AFQjCNEexh0gj1rAwrVnfIiFIrqTg3IOMw&sig2=7Ho4HIFSEg9DSRBNB8AbRw
- ^ - Nokia Ovi Maps
