Sygic MM10 - Successful integration of AU/NZ maps.
 

G'day there, I know there are plenty of other Sygic threads, however, this one may be of interest to others in AU/NZ, who are not catered to by Sygic, with an off-the-shelf product.

I have achieved success with getting Sygic MM10 + AU/NZ maps to integrate and work effectively, through the purchase of two separate Sygic products. (I am aware of other methods of obtaining the software, however, it is not exactly legal, so I went about it the ethical way).

Firstly, I bought Maemo SMM10 - Canada (the cheapest option) and installed it all, then activated the Canadian maps.

Secondly, I bought the Android SMM10 AU/NZ package.

Once I had unzipped the SMM10 AU/NZ files onto my laptop, I connected my N900 via 'Mass Storage Mode' and copied the 'Maps' files - AU & NZ folders, as well as the SMM10 Australia & New Zealand.mlm file into the 'Maps' folder in my N900 root drive.

I held my breath and did a reboot and ran the Sygic MM10 program. I went to the 'Maps' icon in the program and switched to the SMM10 AU/NZ map, activated it and all is working 100%.

I'm very pleased with the outcome, however, am disappointed that Sygic is not providing a solution - off the bat - at a fair rate for end users from AU/NZ.

Disclaimer: I cannot explain it any better than how I have and I cannot provide any assistance, other than what I have already posted, so I'm not guaranteeing it will work for anybody else, nor can I assist with any fault-finding if it doesn't work for others, as I simply do not know how to.

However, if you want to have a crack at it, you may do so in the knowledge that a complete hack has been able to get it to function correctly. :cool:

I would also imagine that it would work with other map-sets - I do recall a recent thread where Israel map packages were discussed.

cheers

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I refuse to buy two apps just to use one !! good work tho

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I certainly know what you mean mate and I was of the same opinion, however, I NEEDED to know if it would work and have no other option, thus, ended up where I did.

Hopefully Sygic come to the party and release the package for AU/NZ. I'm lucky to be able to navigate through my N900, so for those experts, it isn't rocket science!

cheers

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Quick update - I've been running the program over the past two days, covered about 450km with mostly country and town driving and it has been faultless.

cheers

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I have also got the Australian Maps working on Sygic, but have you noticed that the Nokia Bluetooth GPS does not work with Sygic after the second time you load Sygic up?

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Not certain what you mean there mate. I just start the Sygic application, the GPS locates the satellites and away we go. I have disabled Assisted-GPS / Network assistance on my N900, so it is all run with the internal GPS.

Is there something that I'm missing?

cheers

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Couldn't agree more, they should forget about Navteq Map Data for Maemo and sell it with the existing Map data they are already selling for other platforms.

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FWIW, I have been using AU/NZ map with MM10. The MM10, like MM9, was installed via a repo, which is practically free:
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=815580&postcount=1

A little bit more details from myself here too:
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...4&postcount=11

Re: Sygic MM10 - Successful integration of AU/NZ maps.
 

Macca33

Just a question.

Your Canada and AU/NZ maps are both from Navteq or is AU/NZ from Teleatlas ?

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Sacal, as far as I'm aware - from the Sygic site - the AU/NZ maps are from Navteq.

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Thanks.
The last line of the ".mlm" file specify the maps provider:

Navteq - maps=NT: .........
TeleAtlas - maps=TA: .........

Any way i have tried sygic V10 with Android TeleAtlas maps (as in my region TeleAtlas is far superior to Navteq) but i couldn't activate the maps with my code - wrong code.

It seams that for N900 we are limited to Naveteq maps.
I almost can smell Nokia's hand on this. :(

Re: Sygic MM10 - Successful integration of AU/NZ maps.
 

You could be right mate - for the life of me, I cannot imagine why Sygic have not offered this solution, as it is as straightforward as it gets.

cheers

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mind to share your mlm file?

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hi! Does anyone knows if it is possible to use the older navteq maps with the sygic 10 software? The reason i want to do this is because in the new maps there is almoust no coverage for Romania and the older version has 98% coverage (i have been using that map only on symbian).

Thank you!

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there is a nokia bluetooth gps dongle called the ld4w. it is a gps dongle that u can put on your keyring that connects to your phone by bludtooth. it gets a better satellite signal than the internal gps. unfortunately it only seems to swork with sygic the very first time u load sygic up. after that it does not work ie sygic says it cant find the satellites. not sure if anyone else has the ld4w and experienced the same thing.

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Thanks for clearing that up mate.

Another week or so and plenty of use without any issues. Good gear this.

cheers

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I can also confirm that android maps work just fine with Sygic for maemo.

AND VERY GOOD NEWS is that you dont need to buy 2 different sets of maps to get it to work.

Simply download Sygic applications only (without any maps) from Nokia Ovi Store the application itself is free. Install it, once you start it it will say no maps available.

Then simply go to Sygic website & purchase Australia & NZ maps for Android. Once you download those copy all contents of maps folder into maps folder on your n900 (connect N900 in mass storage mode).

Once copied simply unplug the N900 from your PC. These is no need to reboot, just start Maps application & follow instructions to activate your maps.

ITS THAT SIMPLE.

Regards

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Do you think this works for any other Sygic maps? I notice that Sygic for Android is now called Aura rather than Sygic Maps. Is this what you used? Or is it ok if I purchase the Symbian maps?

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Yes you cant get mobile maps for Android anymore, maps for windows mobile or Symbian should work just fine. When i downloaded android version a while ago, it was just a universal file for windows mobile, android & symbian all the same zip file. The actual maps folder was the same for all platforms. So 99.9% it will work!

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It didn't work for me. There seems to be two hurdles:

o Aura is a download from the Android App Market (MM10 was a download from sygic). I don't know how you get the file from the app market so the maps can be extracted. Anyone know?

o I tried my Aura activation code with AU/NZ maps from Android MM10 that I got from a friend. The activation code was invalid.

Maybe I can use the Aura maps with my Aura activation code on MM10, but I can't get the andriod install package.

I'm interested to know if anyone else has the same problem.

Stu

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anybody knows how to sort the contacts by lastname in MM10?

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Please someone?

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Aura is different from MM10, you cant use it because there is no Aura for Maemo & probably never will be. You MUST download MM10 AU/NZ maps, you can use either windows mobile OR Symbian version.

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can someone tell me why i cannot install sygic..
i thought that maybe because i had power kernel installed, but i still cannot install even after i remove power kernel??

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Hey buddy. I just bought the N900 but was not impressed with its ovi maps no turn by turn, no rerouting, and no voice navigation.

I installed the Sygic Maps 10 on it successfully but don't have the Australia maps. Can you send me your Sygic MM10 Australia maps to my email at ctc_rx@y7mail.com please?
I found Sygic MM10 australia maps in some forums with a download link but they were all dead, because the links they were provided were megaupload links and you know that everyone knows that megaupload site has been seized by law. So there is no link to MM10 anywhere in the internet.
Which is why i request you to give me a link of it if you have or just send me it to my email.

Guess you're the only one i can ask now.