Planning a Trip with OVI Maps

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OVI Maps , Nokia’s free for all Navigation Tool is great for planning a trip  .  For me the service is of no use in Pakistan as there are no maps available , but since  the maps had been set free , whenever I or any of my colleagues travel aboard , it’s an essential tool for us to plan our trip  . 

In a few weeks , I’m planning a trip to US with family comprising of New York  City among other places .  As our plans are being made , I’m updating my OVI Maps with the point of Interests to see in New York for a 3 day trip ,  so instead of me carrying an enlarged map of NYC and looking all touristy , I can simply take out my E72 , startup OVI Maps and see where I am and where I need to go .

New York is a Jungle of humanity , a place where you can easily get lost , if you don’t know the way and for a guy like me who easily loose his bearings in an un familiar place  I could end up at Rocker Feller Center while walking to Macys .

This is how I’m planning my trip to NYC .

Our plan is to stay at Westin at Time Square as it’s in the middle of everything that is New York from Broadway to Times Square with Avenue of Americas and Macys a short walk away .

So the First POI on my list was the Westin New York , an easy find on OVI Maps Online , just searched for Westin New York and there it was

I’ve chosen as my favorite also later to be used as the starting point for my routing .

My second priority is food , being a Muslim , I just can’t enter any eatery and order a steak , my meat had to be halal  / Kosher so the next search was Halal .  Wow OVI Maps found me Five places with the nearest one only half a Km away from my hotel .

I’ve heard a lot about the Halal cart Guy standing near Hilton , so the next search was Halal Cart ,  no results so I searched for Hilton and add it to as a favorite , will find him there I was told.  I added Hilton as Halal Cart Guy to help me remember the place

As I will be going with family including my wife and two kids , Statue of Liberty  and Central Park are next on the list .

An easy find , just enter the name and OVI Maps find the place instantly .

For Statue of Liberty when I clicked Drive , OVI Maps took me all the way from New Jersey , so I’ll better stay with walk maps , and take bus .

 

My Wife is interested in shopping so 5th Avenue and Macys are on our list ,  again an easy find , check out the 3D rendering of Saks and Rocker Feller Plaza

 

The electronic junkie in me wants to find a Best Buy and it’s there on OVI Maps just 1 km away  

I was also able to find a Starbucks around the corner and Food Emporium a short walk away from my hotel for breakfasts , even Subways were shown but the search also showed Subway the Eatery although marked by their icons

                       

As I don’t frequent clubs , for night life , I’m finding some Cinemas near my  hotel. OVI marked Lowe’s Theatre just around the corner

As Friday may come between my holidays , the holiest day of the week and I have to go for my Friday prayers , OVI Maps even found me a mosque a short walk away from my hotel.

Now I have all my favorites marked on the OVI Map on the web

Now it’s time to Sync them with OVI Maps on my Phone .  Simply click Favorites and choose Sync with OVI and within seconds , all my favorites on the web are synced with my phone . I’ve already downloaded complete maps of New York on my phone through Nokia Maps Uploader for offline search of POI’s

 

I have some suggestions for Nokia

While using OVI Maps on the web , it was making my starting point my last search and before checking out a new place I had to again make Westin NYC the starting point , can I simply fix a POI as a starting point and run all the searched

Can you also add Subway Maps and Bus Routes in collaboration with the concerned authorities , as when I was searching for Statue of Liberty , it took me all the way from New Jersey by drive , if there was an option I could have worked out the nearest Bus Stop or Subway station.

This is just s glimpse of what OVI Maps can do , I wanted to use it for a three day trip , I got my POI’s , with the amount of data available on the maps you can use it any way you like .

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