Re: Step by step: N900 OVI maps and maploader
 

Why is Ovi map so slow to load my google map is fast to load ?

Re: Step by step: N900 OVI maps and maploader
 

I can only guess. Ovi loads everything on initialization, POI, landmark etc, altogether a whopping 1.9 G, if you have the whole USA onboard. While google loads only the portion of the map upon request, and then download whatever you want to do with it bit by bit. Your question is similar to loading and initialize a program vs download a webpage, I think they are different ballgames.........anybody wants to fill this up? TIA,

bun

Re: Step by step: N900 OVI maps and maploader
 

i use mac and i get error that u file or folder might be in use , it downloads the map but while putting that into my n900 it just doesn work please help ?
any other way ?
Thnx

Re: Step by step: N900 OVI maps and maploader
 

I N900 Win 7 32 Bit . Had initial trouble with map loader

http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...3&postcount=46

solved it.

Thank you

Re: Step by step: N900 OVI maps and maploader
 

can you write step by step how to make that works for noobs? i don't know how to find that file and copy it!!

Re: Step by step: N900 OVI maps and maploader
 

I think I can pull off the rest of this stuff if only I could find Map Loader for N900. Any ideas where to get that?

Re: Step by step: N900 OVI maps and maploader
 

Re: Step by step: N900 OVI maps and maploader
 

And a heart-felt Thanx to you Sir!

Re: Step by step: N900 OVI maps and maploader
 

Hello everyone, i just got my N900 today. I finally got the map loader to work. And it is currently deleting the files and it seems to be stuck at 99.4% about a good 15 minutes now. What should i do? Should i just close it and try it again? I'm afraid it will corrupt files or something. Please help.

Re: Step by step: N900 OVI maps and maploader
 

Is the N900 removed from the list to download map loader?

Re: Step by step: N900 OVI maps and maploader
 

What if after 35 times restarting map loader still the Waiting for phone message appears?

Re: Step by step: N900 OVI maps and maploader
 

@bunanson.
Thanks for all your updates man. really helpful.
though am having issues with mine.
I have windows 7 ultimate running and i have an updated Maemo running on my N900 as well as an updated "OVI SUITE".
I went to the maps tab, clicked on Africa, then NIGERIA and download (20MB) after it completes successfully, i go to my N900 > menu > location and navigation > maps. but it still asks me for internet connection. Am i doing something wrong? Am about following the instructions here and was wondering if am missing something...

Re: Step by step: N900 OVI maps and maploader
 

I remember it used to be a big issue and it became manageble after PR1.3. Today, it still asked to be connected, but only once, it then proceed without any problem. Sorry, not much of a help as it does NOT really bother me. Anybody?

bun

Re: Step by step: N900 OVI maps and maploader
 

You can try disabling the network positioning in the Settings>Location menu.

I'm not sure if OVI Maps will try and use data in other ways, but the GPS initial connection will always use data to download position data unless you disable that feature.

Beware though, your GPS lock times will increase drastically by disabling the assisted GPS functionality.

So that's one place you can try.

Re: Step by step: N900 OVI maps and maploader
 

pretty sure the internet connection is just required for agps and search. you can veiw maps and get a gps lock fine without an internet connection, you just can't search or route.

Re: Step by step: N900 OVI maps and maploader
 

hi i'm new here. been using n900 since a year ago unfortunately i couldn't open ovi maps even once. i've successfully load the map using the nokia map loader but the application keeps loading and loading in the splash screen when i tried to open it. help pls :(

Re: Step by step: N900 OVI maps and maploader
 

BTW: http://www.hpsblog.com/2009/07/direc...0-without.html is dead, use this one instead: http://nokiamaps.site666.info

(Use the older maps for 3.0 that the site says work with 3.04 - it is the smaller link, so read the page carefully.)

Re: Step by step: N900 OVI maps and maploader
 

Download links are dead. Any new links?

No need for new link. Already downloaded using nokia map loader.

Doesn't seems like map loader includes the satellite view.

Re: Step by step: N900 OVI maps and maploader
 

It's worth noting that if you mix versions of map data, then it may cause the maps program to crash when trying to start. I used the links from http://nokiamaps.site666.info with my very old previously-downloaded maps and it caused this problem.

When I got maploader working, it updated the version of my maps data to 1.28.107, and used map data from http://static.maploader.maps.svc.ovi.com instead of static.s2g.gate5.de.

If you have a cities/MapLoader directory, check the content.xml file for the entry <directory map-version="0.1.xx.xxx"> for the version of your current maps.

In case it helps anyone else, you can use the attached script to download maps for a couple of different map data versions (originally from http://www.blog.d-11.de/2011/03/22/n...ng-map-loader/). It includes all maps (7G worth) at the moment, but you can use the links inside to get single maps if you need.

Hope it helps someone!

Re: Step by step: N900 OVI maps and maploader
 

Some concerns:
a) I am unable to find the version of Ovi Maps application running on the N900 (in the about section)

b) The geographical map files as per http://symbian.clanteam.com/indexmaps.htm, on July 2012, is of version "00.02.42.122", while the script, fetches version "00.01.28.107" (believe it is older)

By going for 00.01.28.107, would I lose any recent updates to the maps ?
In other words, are the incrementing numbers just updates or additions of new streets & POIs in the maps , or, has it got to do with compatibility with newer map rendering software in non Maemo platforms ?

Re: Step by step: N900 OVI maps and maploader
 

Just updated my maps via http://symbian.clanteam.com/indexmaps.htm .

Had to use the ones labeled "older maps for version 3.0 (also work with some newer versions (like 3.04), and with test version 3.0 beta)" since the "Maps for Ovi Maps 3.0" would crash for me.

Unfortunately, I wanted a map of Japan too, and the one from Ovi is just 3.5mb...

Re: Step by step: N900 OVI maps and maploader
 

Sorry to bump an old thread, but does anyone know of any other resources to download maps compatible with the n900 software?

I'm trying to download my necessary list of regions and as Knuckles above pointed out, the latest version of the map files cause Ovi maps to crash. Problem is that the nokia servers either don't host older versions any more or have moved their location, because all the links to older versions give 404s.

My usb port stopped working recently, so I can't use Ovi suite to download anything.

edit:
Found them thanks to karatestarfish. The working urls are found in his script on the previous page:

http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...&postcount=139