{"id":30926,"date":"2012-11-21T18:22:12","date_gmt":"2012-11-21T16:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=30926"},"modified":"2025-07-02T01:41:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:41:16","slug":"mobile-app-of-the-week-here-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/mobile-app-of-the-week-here-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile app of the week: HERE Maps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-30932\" title=\"Here Maps icon\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/11\/here-maps-18-100x100.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/>Nokia has got into the iOS maps game with the launch of its <a href=\"http:\/\/here-maps.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>HERE Maps<\/strong><\/a> app this week. Nokia hopes to capitalize on the <a href=\"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/youtube-and-google-maps-removed-from-ios-6-by-apple\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">removal of Google Maps<\/a> from iOS 6 and the <a href=\"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/impressions-of-ios-6-maps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lukewarm reception<\/a> to its replacement, Apple Maps.<\/p>\n<p>HERE Maps for iOS includes some of the innovative features of the HERE web app, which was released <a href=\"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/nokia-here-vs-google-maps-feature-comparison\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">earlier this month<\/a>. Features such as the ability to <strong>&#8216;collect&#8217; places of interest<\/strong> and store them in folders in the cloud, <strong>public transport information<\/strong> and <strong>location sharing<\/strong>. It also features a handy function to <strong>download portions of a map<\/strong> for viewing offline. This is great if you&#8217;re in an area without coverage, or if you just want to spare your data plan.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s an interesting alternative to Apple Maps, though I&#8217;m not convinced that HERE Maps is an adequate replacement at this stage, and much development still needs to be done. Read our <a href=\"http:\/\/here-maps.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">full review<\/a> to find out what we thought.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Highlights of HERE Maps<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30938\" title=\"History\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/11\/hereblog1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/11\/hereblog1.png 620w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/11\/hereblog1-300x204.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30940\" title=\"Offline Maps\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/11\/hereblog2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/11\/hereblog2.png 620w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/11\/hereblog2-300x217.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30942\" title=\"Public Transport\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/11\/hereblog3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/11\/hereblog3.png 620w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/11\/hereblog3-300x240.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30944\" title=\"Collections\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/11\/hereblog4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/11\/hereblog4.png 620w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/11\/hereblog4-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30945\" title=\"Location information\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/11\/hereblog5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/11\/hereblog5.png 620w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/11\/hereblog5-300x204.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nokia has got into the iOS maps game with the launch of its HERE Maps app this week. Nokia hopes to capitalize on the removal of Google Maps from iOS 6 and the lukewarm reception to its replacement, Apple Maps. HERE Maps for iOS includes some of the innovative features of the HERE web app, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/mobile-app-of-the-week-here-maps\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mobile app of the week: HERE Maps&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2006,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-30926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2006"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30926"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":333533,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30926\/revisions\/333533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30926"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=30926"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=30926"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=30926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}