Gps programs for nokia

Let the blue-marked package called WAZE. SIS be a hint for now. After you install any needed software for syncing the maps between the Ovi Suite and your phone, let them sync. Your maps will be uploaded to your phone. Remember that there is some space limitations after all. World maps can easily add up to hundreds of MB, so make sure you have enough space. Another tool you may want to consider for the purpose of downloading maps and syncing them to your phone is Nokia Maps Loader.

This can be an alternative to the full-blown suite. For more details about connecting your phone on Linux, see my cell phone backup howto. Let's briefly go through each one and see what they offer us. Here, you can specify your connection method. For abroad, I always use Offline. You can also setup the default access point and have a roaming warning light up, which can be useful to prevent unnecessary costs.

Here you can specify the voice. Nothing like a posh Brit to spice up your blood. You can also setup walk guidance, home location, zoom, reroute due to traffic, time indicator, speed limit warning, and more.

There's also traffic info update, but this requires an Internet connection, so use sparingly if at all when abroad. Reroute due to traffic is a similar feature. This sub-menu lets you choose the transport mode, route selection and what kinds of roads you want to drive. For example, you may only want motorways, but no toll roads or unpaved roads. By default, all options are selected, including ferries, train ferries and tunnels.

The default route selection is the fastest route. You can specify what kind of colors to use, maximum memory use, the default category, like hotels, hospitals or others, and choose your measurement system. Basically, you have metric and imperial.

No screenshot here, you get the idea. This menu allows you to choose when to update you GPS software and maps, like manually, on startup and shutdown, etc. Login information will be required if you want to do that against the Ovi website. You will need to configure your Internet connection accordingly. Not recommended abroad.

And that would be all. Let's drive! Now, we're ready. Go somewhere, like Norway or United States, power on your GPS, wait for a few moments until it calibrates properly, select your destination and drive. I've tested the software in real life, and it works very well.

Maps are fairly accurate and the software makes reasonably intelligent choices. The voice choice is wicked. The small screen is clear and visible from cm away.

You can search for places of interest, zoom in on the maps, use 2D and 3D projections, save your favorite locations, and much more. It's not fancy, but it works extremely well, especially considering the zero cost. An important note: when you search for places of interest, make sure you are as detailed as possible.

In the Offline mode, the software will look for places only in the vicinity of its last known satellite position, so if you're looking for something km away, you may not find it. But if you specify the city or the country, the searches will be far more successful.

This is a small downside of using the program in offline mode, but it compensates for astronomical cell phones fees abroad. If you think we're done, you're wrong. Only Dedoimedo provides tutorials so detailed and complete. Not only have I shown you how to use the build-in software, now I'm going to introduce yet another program, in case you don't like the Ovi software, and we will also learn a little more about installations of packages on Nokia phones.

So let me tell you about Waze. It's another cool free GPS software, available in many locations and languages. What makes it useful is that any user can send real-time traffic updates, which makes it for a sort-of community GPS. The program does need network connection to work, though. Anyhow, if you're interested, read on some more.

We saw WAZE. SIS in one of the screenshots earlier. Now, time to install the program. Best of all, here's an exercise in how to install Symbian packages.

Believe it or not, it's no different than any other installation you've done. Confirm the installation, choose where to install the program - phone memory or the memory card, let it run. Next, you will need to create your account. Afterwards, customize your usage options and start running. Once again, the mandatory network connections makes it probably most useful in your own countries of residence. But it's an option worth consideration. But i din't find any single one..

I use wetravel, is totally free, based on open strret map, there is a guide voice, but the maps are quite poors, I dont know how to insert start and destination coords.

Free Navigation and Updated maps are not available for Navigator. OVI 2 is available for most of the old models and free navigation license and updated maps are not available for OVI 2!! So the free navigation is not available for ALL Post a Comment. There is only one free native Symbian option for your Nokia Symbian smartphone if you like to use free GPS maps navigation software.

It is Nokia Maps, also known as Smart2go. The site where you can download this application is here. I hope we can install it on , , , devices too. But this assumption should be proven.