Nokia announces new version of Ovi Maps – faster and more accurate, showcases it on Nokia N8

Nokia announced a new 3.04 version of Ovi Maps implementing more accurate positioning, faster zooming and panning as well as faster tilting. They have optimized the process of acquiring the location and added Wi-Fi positioning in the mix. They have also optimized the graphics performance when zooming in and out of maps, panning and tilting. Nokia has also partnered with few service providers namely Telegate in Gernamy, Cityvox in France, Lonely Planet, Qype in Europe to add more information to the database of Ovi Maps. The content from these service providers will be not pre-loaded in the handset unlike maps which are pre-installed, and thus will bear data charges.