Nokia Maps vs Google Maps

GPS – Global Positioning System, most of us today are well known with this thing. GPS is a Technique that allows you to locate your position exactly where ever you are whenever you are, it’s very very very accurate. Most of the Today’s High End Mobile Phones comes with the GPS and some of them comes with A-GPS ( Assisted GPS ), and there is also a maps on mobile where your can find your exact position through your GPS. you can also find on Maps some special features like – Driving & Walking Navigation, Searching for Places and making routes to go there, search some points of interests like Coffee Shop, Cinema Hall, Restaurant etc. All of the Nokia Mobiles which are facilitated with GPS comes with OVI Maps, which is really god and also provides some superb features, and All Androids which are facilitated with GPS comes with Google Maps For Mobiles, which also provides some features that can outclass others. Suppose you are using Symbian OS ( Nokia’s OS Platform ) and having OVI Maps, but for any reason you want change to Google Maps maybe because of you are not enjoying so much with OVI Maps are you are keen to Taste something different from OVI Maps, any reason you can still get Google Maps For Mobiles on your Symbian OS.

Key Features:

1. Navigation – Free Turn-by-Turn Walk & Drive Navigation with Voice Guidance.
2. My Location – Find your Location even you don’t have GPS or poor GPS Signals.
3. 3D Maps – With two fingers, drag down to tilt and see 3D buildings where available; twist to rotate (on supported devices). 
4. Offline Reliability – See the Areas you used Most on Maps even if you lose your connection temporarily.
5. Place Pages – Search for any business or place to find all info about it.
6. Places – Find nearby places of Interests with the Places icon.
7. Compass Mode – Enter 3D compass mode to orient yourself and automatically rotate the map and labels to whichever direction you’re facing.
8. Latitude – See where your friends are right now. and let them know where you are.
9. Traffic – Route Calculations using Real Time Traffic info.
10. Street View – View Street level Imagery.

Best Feature:My Location is a feature that can you use on your phone even if you don’t have GPS on your Mobile Phone, it’ll still show your approximate Location, and you can also enjoy other features too. It traces your location with the Information collected by the Mobile Tower you are getting Signals from, and Tracks your Distance from that informations by some Calculations and shows you approximate location of yours.