I am still trying free navigation software on the N900. So far my experience: 1. Nokia Maps: Since the possibility of using it offline it is good as a mapping instrument. Navigation is still absent although it can do route-planning. 2. Navit: works as navigation software but the interface is difficult to understand and simple functions as searching for an address is not obvious. I fail to understand the menu structure properly. This is a common problem to many of the programs I have tried. For voice-enabled navigation Navit is the best of the bunch. 2. Mappero: It took my quite a while to figure out how to use it, but I have some success now. Still primitive. The possibility of recording my own voice instructions is there but I did not take time to do it. 3. Cloudgps: apart from the few keyboard shortcuts I am unable to find a way to use it for something useful. I see no menu for searching, routing or navigation. Nice maps. 4. Modrana looked promising but I fail to understand some of the menus e.g. the Download-menu's. I don't know what the different options mean like '5up' or '8down' . After guessing thte options I started a download process for more than 24000 tiles to carry on overnight. The next morning my N900 was unresponsive and I needed to switch it off. After a restart Modrana would not show any map. A remark about all the products except maybe Nokia's Maps: I could not find proper documentation and it is difficult to understand the logic of the menus without the documentation. Summary: Navigation software on the N900 still has a long way to go. If I want to search for an address: Nokia Maps is the easiest and then next one is Mappero. Johann -- May grace and peace be yours in abundance through the full knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord! His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through the full knowledge of the one who called us by his own glory and excellence. 2 Pet. 1:2b,3a _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
