Google Maps for Mobile River 3.2: Layers of information such as public transportation and Wikipedia now available

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has just released version 3.2 of their fantastic Maps application for S60 and Windows Mobile handsets. With it comes the new ability to see layers of selective information, superimposed on the map you’re currently wake. Say you’re in a new metropolis. Just base on balls exterior your hotel room, get a localization localization, twist on the Wikipedia bed, and then start exploring all the interesting sites near your present location. Want to be a little adventurous? Find the nearest subway or tram thanks to the populace transportation layer, record hop on, get off at a random stopover and start bumping into random landmarks. The lineament I’m most excited about is the power to view personalized maps. Google has always let you save points of interests (POI) with their mapping overhaul, but it was a act useless since that information just sat on their servers and could only be accessed on a full PC browser or Android French telephone. Now I can beginning finding restaurants, film theaters and acquaintance’s flats from the consolation of my own home, bookmarker them, and navigate to them exploitation Google Maps for Mobile on my Nokia (NYSE: NOK) E71. Search has also been improved. Instead of acquiring a list of 10 results, red dots now appear on the map, lease you simply hover over the nearest place that matches your question. Don River’t know what to looking for? In the USA and China, you will now be able to browse through popular categories for the specific expanse you’re in. More competition for Nokia Maps, more contention for hustler’s offering a navigation parcel, and more features for free people thanks to this cut pharynx industry. I curiosity how the folks at Layar ar going to respond?

To download the new variant, just open up the web browser on your gimmick and type in google.com/gmm