[muhan]

My relevant background - I live in Los Angeles, owned an HTC HD7S for more than a year and just recently got a Lumia 920. I like everything about my new 920 except vibration noise, and this horrid Nokia Maps app which is forced on us...

Problems with Nokia Maps:

Lack of integration with the rest of the operating system. 
Nokia maps is an island to itself. I click an address from a people hub contact, it opens Windows Phone Maps, not Nokia Maps. I click an address from a Bing search which has a dedicated hardware button, and it opens Windows Phone Maps, not Nokia Maps. I click an address in an email, you guessed it, it opens Windows Phone maps. 


Searching in Nokia Maps has terrible results
I tried 3 searches today during the course of my day using Nokia Maps. Si Laa is a Thai restaurant I wanted to try a few miles from my house with an obviously unique name. The results I get are for Joyce Cafe, something in Germany and Slovenia. Next I try UPS in hopes it will find the company owned UPS Customer Center a quarter mile from my house. It doesn't find it at all, but does find alot of ups stores that are further away. Nokia Maps choked on another restaurant in Beverly Hills I tried to find. My wife's iPhone 4s had no problems with any of these. 


Local surface street traffic info is missing
On the Lumia 920, I don't get any surface street traffic info. I do see traffic info for highways and freeways. I used to get local surface street traffic on my old HD7S Windows Map. Windows Phone Maps shows some sporadic street traffic data but is not quite right either. I called Nokia about it, the level 1 techie tells me I'm supposed to have local street traffic but has no further explanation and has escalated to level 2...


Nokia removed the Windows Phone Maps.
As shown in the first point above, Windows maps is still clearly on the phone, but Nokia removed the tile for it from the app list. There doesn't seem to be a way to directly open Windows maps. This would be fine except that Nokia maps, which is supposed to be the replacement, is worse than Windows Phone maps in so many ways.


There isn't a single reason to use Nokia Maps over Windows Phone Maps.
The only reason I use it is because Nokia has seen fit to make Windows Phone Maps hard to start by removing it from the apps list.


Nokia should leave both map apps available and in the apps list.

If Nokia Maps is the superior product, people will use it. Right now I'd say Windows Phone maps is superior in every way and that's a shame for Nokia who is supposed to be a mapping leader...

[tazaracsp]

i agree with everything you said. its mind boggling that the application cant even access your contacts or phone data. nokia maps in the USA is terrible, maybe outside of the US is good but that doesn't help me out.

[rich]

Hi - Do you have latest versions? As mine works fine see below.

Lack of integration with the rest of the operating system. Nokia maps is an island to itself. I click an address from a people hub contact, it opens Windows Phone Maps, not Nokia Maps. I click an address from a Bing search which has a dedicated hardware button, and it opens Windows Phone Maps, not Nokia Maps. I click an address in an email, you guessed it, it opens Windows Phone maps.

I can select a contacts address, see it on the map, then request directions and then swith to drive each step with one tap of an option or icon

Searching in Nokia Maps has terrible results I tried 3 searches today during the course of my day using Nokia Maps. Si Laa is a Thai restaurant I wanted to try a few miles from my house with an obviously unique name. The results I get are for Joyce Cafe, something in Germany and Slovenia. Next I try UPS in hopes it will find the company owned UPS Customer Center a quarter mile from my house. It doesn't find it at all, but does find alot of ups stores that are further away. Nokia Maps choked on another restaurant in Beverly Hills I tried to find. My wife's iPhone 4s had no problems with any of these.

I needed to find a vet the other day. Did a seaarch and then onto drive easily. Same works using Nokia City Lens. select a place and then walk or drive.

Local surface street traffic info is missing On the Lumia 920, I don't get any surface street traffic info. I do see traffic info for highways and freeways. I used to get local surface street traffic on my old HD7S Windows Map. Windows Phone Maps shows some sporadic street traffic data but is not quite right either. I called Nokia about it, the level 1 techie tells me I'm supposed to have local street traffic but has no further explanation and has escalated to level 2...

Not looked yet, will do so.

Nokia removed the Windows Phone Maps. As shown in the first point above, Windows maps is still clearly on the phone, but Nokia removed the tile for it from the app list. There doesn't seem to be a way to directly open Windows maps. This would be fine except that Nokia maps, which is supposed to be the replacement, is worse than Windows Phone maps in so many ways.

At least they are integrated, or they are on my phone

There isn't a single reason to use Nokia Maps over Windows Phone Maps. The only reason I use it is because Nokia has seen fit to make Windows Phone Maps hard to start by removing it from the apps list.

Nokia maps and drive share same data set  and can be used in offline mode

Nokia should leave both map apps available and in the apps list.

If Nokia Maps is the superior product, people will use it. Right now I'd say Windows Phone maps is superior in every way and that's a shame for Nokia who is supposed to be a mapping leader...

See, Here.... http://conversations.nokia.com/2012/11/13/here-the-next-generation-of-location-services/

[rich]

My versions on 920 in the UK.

Nokia Maps - 3.0.113.8

Nokia Drive+ Beta - 2.0.0.1189

Nokis City Lensv - 1.2.16.968

Works a treat!

[hellboarder]

I found a fix for this which is not elegant but works a treat.

You can do this with every location but just for the fun, you go into the normal WP8 maps application (not Nokia maps) via your address book by clicking on any address within it. That will open The normal (better) maps app. Then you go to your favo(u)rite place and hold your finger on the screen to see the address. Then pin the place and that will put a tile on your Start Screen where you can start the native maps app.

Hope that helps.

[johnkiddjr]

I agree completely with the OP.

Especially because I use the App Link feature constantly at work, and I refuse to use a work around because Nokia had to remove Maps and force Nokia Maps on us.

Sure it's the same maps, but the app that runs the maps is very different, and the Windows Phone default one is much better for people that use a navigation app other than Nokia Drive, like me.

[adrianhughes]

Hi all,

If you wish to leave feedback regarding Nokia products, it would be best to leave it with them directly via clicking the Nokia Support link at the bottom of this page.....since this is a user to user forum only.

[Grenzeloos]

Use Local Scout tile to access the Windows Phone Maps. Click to open tile, then tap the map image at top of screen and you will have the Windows Phone Maps with Voice to Text search. 

No voice to text search in Nokia maps or Drive is such an inconvience.