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"Nokia has released an app for its HERE maps service on iOS devices, offering an alternative to the much maligned Apple Maps. The HERE app is available to download now for free from the Apple App Store. Built using HTML5 technology, HERE on iOS offers a &amp;quot;rich mapping experience&amp;quot; featuring free turn-by-turn navigation and real-time data.   The maps, search and place data on HERE covers nearly 200 countries, and users can also access community maps in selected countries created and adapted by other users.  Voice navigation only works for journeys on foot, but there are public transport and driving directions for more than 500 cities, along with live traffic information and incident notices.  Nokia says that HERE Maps is based on the world-class NAVTEQ mapping data that is used in 90% of in-car navigation systems in the world. HERE enables users to save map areas to their device for access when without a mobile internet connection. These offline maps support up to four different zoom levels.    Users can organise their favourite places into categories, such as &amp;quot;Hip Bars&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;Cheap Eats&amp;quot;. These can be synced with HERE.com to build a &amp;quot;personalised map&amp;quot;. Users can sign in to this either via a Nokia or Facebook account.  On an iPad, HERE displays each user&amp;#039;s top 25 places automatically at a glance via a scroll window at the bottom of the screen. They can tap on a place and see all the details.  Map locations can also be shared with other users over SMS, email or social networks.  The HERE app provides an alternative to Apple&amp;#039;s own mapping service, which has attracted widespread criticism since its launch in September as the replacement for Google Maps. A report last week indicated that Google was putting the &amp;quot;finishing touches&amp;quot; to a dedicated Google Maps app for iOS devices but nothing has been confirmed on that as yet.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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