Why do I have TWO map apps on my lumia ???

[Mohammad Reza2]

Forgive my question, I'm new to Lumia phones.

I have an app which is named "Maps" and I have an app which is named "HERE Drive"

what are the difference between these two? is it just that one is meant for driving?

Also I have a LOT of favorites locations saved in the HERE version but how can I make them show in the "Maps" app?

Thank you.

 

[anon(7900571)]

Here drive is from Nokia where as maps are just normal bing maps from Microsoft.

 

[Mohammad Reza2]

So BOTH are offline right? I can download the map of my country on both apps right?

Also is there a way for my favorites in HERE to show up on the Microsoft Maps?

 

[anon(7900571)]

So BOTH are offline right? I can download the map of my country on both apps right?

Also is there a way for my favorites in HERE to show up on the Microsoft Maps?

Sadly I can not test bing maps , they aren't available in my country :/
You can download offline maps for here maps.

 

[Kaushik Banerjee]

Sadly I can not test bing maps , they aren't available in my country :/
You can download offline maps for here maps.

Bro the default "maps" app is bing maps. So you don't need to worry. You already have maps installed (if you are using dev preview) . The thing is as soon as the nokia firmware update will be released the default maps app will get hidden and here maps will be displayed . But there is a trick check it out Check out "Maps" for Windows Phone http://www.windowsphone.com/s?appid=763581b5-5c70-4009-99ce-39d49991039d

 

[Mohammad Reza2]

Thanks again, so how come even when I'm offline, my bing map of my country is complete? so it also download the full country?or it's using the data from HERE maps?
can I sync or bring over my favorite bookmarks from HERE maps?

 

[Kaushik Banerjee]

The default maps is actually related with here maps. Any changes such as downloading offline maps , in here maps are going to get reflected in the default maps app. So you don't need to worry. As soon nokia release firmware upgrade the default maps app will vanish from your apps list

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[Chris_Germany]

why don't you just download there HERE maps? Then everything will sync, and its better anyway imo!

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[Mohammad Reza2]

Thanks for clearing all this up for me, cheers.

 

[Kaushik Banerjee]

Thanks for clearing all this up for me, cheers.

You are welcome

 

[xandros9]

HERE Drive is the turn-by-turn GPS navigation app.

HERE Maps is Nokia's mapping app.

Maps is Bing Maps, bundled with Windows Phone itself.

HERE services link together.

You can download maps from the maps section of settings. But none are downloaded by default.
Downloaded maps are generally used universally throughout the device.