For several months I have been asking myself what is the best GPS software for Nokia. So far the only ones I have tested are Route 66, Garmin Mobile XT and Nokia Maps 3.0.
In truth, there is not much of a difference between them except the fact that it depends on your location. If you live in any of the major cities of Europe or US&Canada then the maps and detail are quite accurate with OVI Maps 3.0. But in my country they have only major streets in major cities. Also, positioning on OVI Maps 3.0 is quite poor, because of the lack of detail in the maps and it took me like ten to fifteen minutes to locate a satellite when I first started it. So, Nokia’s Software Solution for GPS, proved to be quite ineffective for me.
Next was Route 66, which has more detail than the later but still not the detail I was looking for. Also, it is very hard to locate a destination by its address because of that lack of detail. Only major roads and major cities, but they seem to be improving. I remember an N95 with Route 66 and how when I tried to locate an address it showed some town in France instead of what I was looking for. But, that was a couple of years ago lets hope they will fix it because they have some serious competition.
Last but not least was Garmin Mobile XT, which proved to be perfect. Its accuracy was amazing, it contained even major streets in some villages. Also, it found GPS signal very fast and navigation was spot on. Plus, the maps are very well detailed, with each apartment building having its name. Furthermore, a neat feature was the search by postal code one. A very neat trick in my book, I do not know if the previous ones have it because I did not waste a lot of time on them. In my book Garmin is by far the best of test GPS Software, the guys at Garmin really know their stuff.
To conclude, choosing a GPS software for your Nokia phone depends on your location and where you want to go. If you are looking for major cities in the world than any GPS will do. But if you are looking for other cities around the world I suggest you give Garmin a go.
