Drive, Walk and Discover the updated version of Nokia Maps

Updates include enhanced pedestrian navigation, new satellite images and support for integrated compass orientation

Zurich, 28 May 2008


"Nokia Maps 2.0", the latest version of Nokia Maps, has now left the beta stage and is available for immediate download.

Downloaded over 240,000 times since announced in February, Nokia Maps 2.0 has improved its optional Car Navigation, enhanced its pedestrian navigation, added multimedia city guides, now offers satellite images, and is sporting a redesigned user interface. Nokia's mapping and navigation solutions give people navigation features, local content and world maps directly on their mobile device, in a way that only connected devices can.

Content Card: activate additional Nokia Maps functions quickly and easily

After installing Nokia Maps on their mobile devices, users can navigate within maps of more than 150 countries, search for specific locations, get free route plans and even display route simulations.

If you want to make use of the additional Nokia Maps functions - such as the language version for instance - you can choose from a range of licences obtainable upon payment of a fee. For example, users can choose between different countries, regions or validity periods for the services. The navigation upgrade turns your mobile phone into an effective navigation device that provides clear visual and spoken directions.

Customers have a range of options for obtaining the licences. They can be purchased immediately online using a credit card, and are also available in retailers and specialist stores. This is made possible by "Content Cards", which work in a similar way to prepaid phone cards.

The customer sends his or her individual Content Card code via SMS, and receives the licence code in reply. This enables the additional functions to be activated as required.

A partial list of the updated features in Nokia Maps 2.0 includes:

DRIVE
  • Improved optional Car Navigation equals PND-level car navigation experience with faster routing.
  • Easy-to-use, updated User Interface features including a new navigation carousel with pre-defined navigation views - i.e. navigation, arrow, bird-eye.
  • Top-of-the-line navigation features: signposts, multi-stop route planner
WALK
  • Optional pedestrian navigation efficiently walks you from A to B with visual guidance. It helps you to locate yourself by giving information about the surrounding buildings, streets and parks and, if the device supports it, notifies the direction you are walking.
  • Nokia Maps 2.0 includes public transportation information (station entrances) data in 17 cities with localized icons for stops.
  • Advanced multi-sensor positioning using A-GPS, and pedestrian orientation using the compass feature (Nokia 6210 Navigator needed for built-in compass usage)
DISCOVER
  • Satellite images with hybrid rendering overlays for selected cities worldwide provide real aerial views on your mobile.
  • Signature "one-box search" allows you to search through places, addresses, restaurants, nightlife, outdoor, accommodation.
  • New premium multi-media city guides including features photos, video, audio streams.
Nokia Maps 2.0 uses vector maps provided by Navteq and TeleAtlas, Nokia Maps now has maps covering over 200 countries, with over 70 of them navigable. Maps can be downloaded over the air directly to selected devices or by using the Nokia Map Loader on a PC. A new beta version of the Nokia Map Loader is available on the Nokia Betalabs web site.

Nokia Maps 2.0 and the current commercial version of the Nokia Maps Loader is freely* available for selected devices. For download and more information, please visit http://europe.nokia.com/maps

*Subject to terms and conditions. Data transfer costs may apply