Nokia Maploader: Indian mobile maps (Mumbai, Pune, Chennai) review June 18, 2007

As promised, I am back with a review of Nokia Maploader, now covering Indian maps.

Before starting with actual maps, few words about the basic maps software:

The maps load pretty fast. If the map of an area is not installed on the phone, then it is automatically downloaded OTA.

Zooming in and out is very easy.

Users can switch between satellite view / map view as well as 2D and 3D view.

Route finder feature of this software is also pretty useful.

Best part is, the route simulation, where the calculated route is rendered in 3D with voice guidance about turns and distances!

But this software eats up a lot of phone RAM making it slow.

Overall, the software is useful and can be downloaded at www.smart2go.com

 

Now about the maps:

Mumbai(Bombay) maps are in good detail. So are of Delhi and surprisingly of Pune(Poona)!

What comes as a bigger surprise and a turndown is that Maps of cities like Chennai , Hyderabad, Bangalore etc. do not have any details at all! Only the highways and some roads in those cities can be seen. We can hope that they will update those cities soon.

 

Here are some of the screen-shots:

Mumbai(Bombay) map on nokia:

 

 

3D route simulation in Pune (Poone):

 

 

 

The barren Chennai map on Nokia Maps!

 

 

 

** UPDATE : Related Post: How to add / download maps for Nokia Maps (Map Loader)