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Here gone there
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Originally Posted by Walkabout
For the hardware there are differences such as the water resistant, ruggedized versions that have been referenced earlier and the thread was started in order to explore such developments.
For software, I have just re-read the whole thread to remind myself of the themes herein.
There is very little reference to iPhones and their technology in here, so sticking with Android (more or less), the softwares identified in here are:-
Locus
OSMAnd
Navfree
MapDroyd
Backcountry Navigator
Androzic (Oziexplorer?)
Sourceforge
Soviet Military Maps Free
Mapquest
Google Maps
Skobbler
Viewranger
Sygic
Navigon (now owned by Garmin)
Tom Tom on Android
Ovimaps (therein lies a story)
MapsWithMe
MotionX
Navit
iOverlander (this slipped in as an IPhone OS?)
Avenza
PathAway
A number of these tap straight into Open Street Map (OSM), increasingly so it seems to me; Mapquest for example.
Nor do all of these exist nowadays - 2+ years is a long time in the software business.
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It wasn't even in my list of some 10 months ago, but I think "Here" has been discussed in here since last Oct.
Anyway, briefly, Nokia pulled out of manufacturing mobile phones having failed to foresee what was happening with smart phones, eventually licensing Microsoft to use the Nokia name on their Lumia branded hardware - that's the potted history for the hardware side of things.
Nokia went on to concentrate on producing maps with the brand "Here".
Now they have sold out that whole area of activity to the German car manufacturing industry:- German luxury automakers purchase Nokia’s Here mapping services
For a couple of billion of some currency or other.
The reasoning for the purchase is given, briefly, in the link. Not so clear is why Nokia wanted/needed to sell.
In any case, I guess the free app for Here will be available for a bit longer but I have lost interest in dabbling with Here.
I remain grateful for the existance of OSM!
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