SSgt Bruskowiz
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Just go to your phone and try to add offline maps. You will notice those two countries are missing from the list of Asian countries.
That problem is just plain politics...........same as Germany and streetview
Just go to your phone and try to add offline maps. You will notice those two countries are missing from the list of Asian countries.
That problem is just plain politics...........same as Germany and streetview
Your choices are limited:
Anyone in Japan who uses WP except me? I am using a L925 and an iPhone. I'm happy with WP but the google map app in iOS and Android is really useful. It gets me to where I want to go. However, WP has a lousy and useable maps in Japan. What gives?
Here are the best options :
1) Here Maps + Here Drive with offline navigation and voice navigation
I bought an Android phone just for my upcoming travel to Japan. Android and iOS both have lots of Japan travel related apps, whereas Windows Phone has nothing. I'm into the Microsoft stack owning a windows phone, xbox one and surface, but this limitation is really making me consider switching to another phone platform.
Only Bing Maps for WP7 is updated. WP8 uses HERE Maps data so Japan map is empty.
These are the some apps that I will be using on my Android device:
1. Google Maps and Google Maps Engine for routes with multiple POIs. GMaps is very limited compared to Google Maps which lets you look around for restaurants, etc.
2. Google Translate (Bing Translator doesn't support Japanese)
3. HYPERDIA JapanRailSearch
4. Japan Trains
5. MapsWithMe with full offline Japan map with POIs and search
6. TripAdvisor City Guides Catalog
7. TouristEye - Travel Guide
This made me realize that there's indeed a big app gap. Hopefully Microsoft will do something. I'll still be using my 1520 as my main phone but I'm not sure for how long.
2. Try T-Translator, it's powered by Google. Also try Translator with Speech.
6. Windows Phone does have TripAdvisor
Now that Bing has transit info for Japan and South Korea, MS really needs to update the Bing map app on WP8. Here data is awful and it seems the here team is now focused on ios...