Nokia today announced an agreement to sell its HERE digital mapping and location services business to a consortium of leading automotive companies, comprising AUDI AG, BMW Group and Daimler AG. #TechProlonged
Nokia misses the opportunity to show off its maps and navigation feature, which has been acclaimed worldwide, in a travel show “Kuch Kar Dikha” due to the unavailability of Nokia HERE Maps and Navigation in Pakistan.
According to the reports, Nokia Maps are going to be used by Amazon for the next Kindle Fire. While currently Kindle Fire does not support mapping or location services, however stepping on to Apple’s path Amazon also decides to avoid Google Maps. That is told by tells some people to Reuters.
Nokia has introduced a new service at the Nokia Maps that will now let users to create maps which will be visible instantly at the live Nokia Maps website. The new service is called “Nokia Map Creator”. It’s just like Google Map Maker or Open Street Maps, but yet in very early stages. Read more to know how it works.
It can not be avoided that Nokia Maps (aka Ovi Maps) are the most anticipated maps and navigational services around the world amongst any other Maps and Navigational services on any platform. Nokia previously made its web based maps available to HTML5 enabled browsers which directly facilitated Android and iOS devices, nonetheless with fewer features. Now a big and most awaited Nokia Maps on Windows Phone has been appeared with its full formed native app in Marketplace.
Nokia Maps have been optimized fully with HTML5 which lead the awesomeness of Nokia Maps through Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android.
Nokia has recently launched an HTML5 powered version of Nokia Maps which runs on an HTML5 browser just like a native app, including iPhones and Androids.
Just as a coolant to the eyes it was, when I saw the Pakistan maps of some cities on NAVTEQ. Thanks to Farhan at senseapplied.com, I just followed him through NAVTEQ website and really found that the Pakistan maps are available in great detail. Only street maps for cities (may be not for all cities) but…
