Nokia Maps 2.0 Released

Nokia today announced an update to its Nokia Maps application, with improved car navigation, enhanced pedestrian navigation, added multimedia city guides, satellite images and a redesigned user interface.

Nokia's mapping and navigation application features local content and world maps. Using vector maps by Navteq and TeleAtlas, Nokia Maps 2.0 covers over 200 countries, with over 70 of them navigable. Maps can be downloaded directly to devices or through a PC. Updated features in Nokia Maps 2.0 includes:

- 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
- Optional pedestrian navigation efficiently walks users from A to B with visual guidance including information about the surrounding buildings, streets and parks and, if the device supports it, notifies the walking direction
- 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)
- Satellite images with hybrid rendering overlays for selected cities worldwide provide real aerial views on the mobile
- Signature "one-box search" allows users to search through places, addresses, restaurants, nightlife, outdoor and accommodation
- New premium multi-media city guides including features photos, video and audio streams

Nokia Maps 2.0 and the current commercial version of the Nokia Maps Loader is freely available for selected devices.

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