Good map application for WP

[Roderick Aspiras]

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?

 

[dermotw]

You ARE using the Nokia ones (Drive, basically), rather than the MS ones?

 

[xandros9]

You have some options.

There are third-party Google Maps apps.
Nokia has HERE Maps as default in their Lumias.
MS also has Bing Maps (just Maps) available too.

 

[amitnahar]

Waze is really good though battery eater it is.

 

[forked]

Try gMaps.

 

[Roderick Aspiras]

Thanks guys buy I have tried all you said and sorry but those a pretty worthless here in Japan as I need travel by train. Bing and Here maps as well as Waze do not do by train. I have used Google here and it is really very useful. So far I cannot ditch my iPhone here in Japan. My other phone is a Lumia

 

[vk1971]

It is a blasphemy but Google has waaaay better map compared to HERE or Bing Maps for my country. Even the map for capital city, Tbilisi is inaccurate in HERE and Bing.

 

[AnestisL820]

Maybe you are right but HERE Maps have helped me a lot when no data was available...

 

[vk1971]

Yeah indeed. Offline feature is fantastic.

 

[AG VK]

Thanks guys buy I have tried all you said and sorry but those a pretty worthless here in Japan as I need travel by train. Bing and Here maps as well as Waze do not do by train. I have used Google here and it is really very useful. So far I cannot ditch my iPhone here in Japan. My other phone is a Lumia

This is one of the reasons I cannot use WP. I travel a lot in Asia, mainly Japan, Singapore and South Korea, and WP maps are simply horrible. MS of course doesn't care and wants to port Cortana to iOS instead of fixing their maps.

 

[AG VK]

It is a blasphemy but Google has waaaay better map compared to HERE or Bing Maps for my country. Even the map for capital city, Tbilisi is inaccurate in HERE and Bing.

What nonsense. Blasphemy indeed. It's a blasted phone, just that. If it's bad for your needs, sell it or throw it away and buy some thing that fits your needs.

 

[SSgt Bruskowiz]

google is okay when online........
anything wat uses internet to navigate is imo no navigation.

but wat about copilot?

 

[foxbat121]

Yeah indeed. Offline feature is fantastic.

Here Maps has no offline maps for Japan where OP resides and South Korea where OP also travels to. Something strange with these two countries with relate to map data.

Since Bing maps also use Here map data, it will be the same.

 

[gomezz]

In the UK I find OS Maps is a useful adjunct to Here Maps including information such as farm names etc.

 

[Roderick Aspiras]

So a lot of you may appreciate. Here in Japan the best mode of transit is the train, subway, bullet trains etc. Owning a car is very expensive that's why Google maps has thrive here. It's very useful. I know a lot of people hate Google too but their maps is really good that's why they are not letting it port to WP. So there's a valid point for some of us to criticize MS for trying to port Cortana to other platforms. But again, Google maps is very very useful here in Tokyo. No problem with data because data is relatively cheap here in Tokyo and quality is very good. See google maps can even give you alternative trains to choose, its fair and time. Really good. Bing maps only have by foot or by car. I don't really understand why MS has completely left Japan. Too bad. WP will never see its light here if maps or something like this never arrive in WP.

 

[SSgt Bruskowiz]

Why you need a port to wp8.
You can use your mobile webbrowser.
Just enter in the searchbar google.maps and hit return/enter or whatever

 

[vk1971]

What nonsense. Blasphemy indeed. It's a blasted phone, just that. If it's bad for your needs, sell it or throw it away and buy some thing that fits your needs.

What are you talking about, Mr.? Where in my post you have quoted have you seen anything about PHONE?

 

[vk1971]

Here Maps has no offline maps for Japan where OP resides and South Korea where OP also travels to. Something strange with these two countries with relate to map data.

Since Bing maps also use Here map data, it will be the same.

That's weird. No japan and S. Korea in the offline maps? Are you sure?

 

[azcruz]

That's weird. No japan and S. Korea in the offline maps? Are you sure?

That is correct

 

[foxbat121]

That's weird. No japan and S. Korea in the offline maps? Are you sure?

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.