George P Global Moderator Posted February 12, 2011 Global Moderator Share Posted February 12, 2011 The app features: Scrollable/zoomable maps Street/satellite views GPS location tracking Search Favourite locations Driving mode (keeps map centred on GPS location) GPS sensitivity settings Smoothly restores your last map view and pushpins TA Maps uses sources like Google Maps and OpenStreetMap and goes for $1.99. So if you're a WP7 user in a part of the world where Bing maps isn't that up-to-date you could give this a try. App Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo158 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 I thought i'd give this a try, seeing as Bing Maps sucks in the UK. Having the ability to choose between different map sources is a great idea as one source might not have all the data you need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George P Global Moderator Posted February 14, 2011 Author Global Moderator Share Posted February 14, 2011 I thought i'd give this a try, seeing as Bing Maps sucks in the UK. Having the ability to choose between different map sources is a great idea as one source might not have all the data you need. Ya, I agree, I can't wait for the MS+Nokia deal to kick into effect so MS can add all that Nokia Maps EU data back into Bing finally bringing it up to the level of the US version, if not better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Charming Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 I thought i'd give this a try, seeing as Bing Maps sucks in the UK. Having the ability to choose between different map sources is a great idea as one source might not have all the data you need. I'm suprised to hear that, I've had great experiences with Bing Maps in the UK on my Optimus :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 I'm not sure how bing is any worse than Google in europe. map wise they seem pretty much identical. my problem with bing maps is that if I search for a street in my town, it won't find it, if I search for street, town name, I still don't find it, I need to do street, town name, Norway to find the streets, which works butis a bit ridiculous. especially when my maps is also zoomed in on the street name I'm looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George P Global Moderator Posted February 14, 2011 Author Global Moderator Share Posted February 14, 2011 As far as google vs bing for my neck of the EU the only difference maps wise is that google has a bit newer (yet still pretty old) images. They're both like 5+ years old though, they really need to update the images imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo158 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 I'm suprised to hear that, I've had great experiences with Bing Maps in the UK on my Optimus :) It's just the map data for the UK sucks compared to Google Maps, I had and still have an Android Handset which is used for navigation, so we'll have to see how the OVI and Bing maps integration goes. The same goes for Bing Search, no voice search outside the US which is pathetic seeing as Google have had voice search everywhere for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 seeing as Google have had voice search everywhere for a while. No they have not. US and UK and some other places, yes, but if you're in anywhere but the bigger EU countries, you can't do voice, even in english. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo158 Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 No they have not. US and UK and some other places, yes, but if you're in anywhere but the bigger EU countries, you can't do voice, even in english. I stand corrected, but at least Google voice search is available outside the US, unlike Bing voice search. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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