Maps Confusion

[Matt McCannon]

As the title states, I am pretty confused with the maps on Windows Phone. I'm fairly new to the phone and I just haven't gotten the hang of them. There's a Maps app, a Here Maps app, a Here Drive app, and Places. When I use Maps and want to use the navigation it sends me from Maps to Here Maps and when I route my destination it opens Here Drive. Are three apps necessary for this or am I just doing something wrong? Either way, it's a huge pain. Thanks!

 

[xandros9]

Maps is the default Bing Maps app.

HERE is a mapping service, HERE Maps and Maps are generally redundant, although they're a bit different.

HERE Drive is basically the voice navigation GPS driving system. Keep that.

 

[crispinchurch]

If you want satnav then just use here drive

 

[RumoredNow]

I think in Win 10 Mo you will see Maps gain features quite rapidly. All Places (especially for Cortana) are going to use Maps.

I love Here Drive for nav and have Here Maps on my laptop, tablet and phone. They sync between them nicely. Maps will do the same. Microsoft used to rely on Nokia's Here suite, but those days are ending. As a new user you may want to invest your time and learning into Maps if you are going all in with Microsoft. If you are also invested in Android and/or iOS you might like Here better. Certainly Here's offline map support helps Nav a lot.

 

[Matt McCannon]

I appreciate your responses! I think I'll stick with HERE Maps at least until Windows 10 rolls out and see what that has to offer.

 

[RumoredNow]

I've certainly got all my data in Here and have loved working with it.