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#448
We need a mapping app with
-locally stored map data (Jolla's current implementation uses Here cloud and requires internet connection which makes it unfortunately almost unusable for travelers)
-voice guided turn-by-turn navigation (currently there is no voice guidance which makes the app unusable or actually deadly dangerous to be used while driving)

I have a bad feeling that this will not be fixed by Jolla (Jolla Maps development is outsourced).
I wonder why they went down this route for mapping in the first place. According to their interview in zdnet, they mentioned that mapping providers were aplenty and all offering similar rates so why not go full on with Nokia and ask them to licence Here Drive too like it seems will be done on tizen.

As of now, the mapping application seems pretty mundane and Sygic won't work till GPS for Android apps is not enabled.
Mapping is a service, that sits in a wrapper (the app) and features are enabled or not given what the level of service is (APIs). Given HERE's potential licensing terms that Jolla agreed to, there might be a few things which aren't as easy to see at this point.

Therefore opinions about Mapping, have to be put into 3 categories:
- what are things happening in terms of the experience of the app (not the content of the maps) which need improvement (UX of app)
- what's happening in the content of the map(s) which are great/needs improvement (UX of services)
- what features should/shouldn't be enabled; which of these might require some kind of premium component that SailfshOS might/might not support right now (in-app purchasing of things like nav aids, voices, offline support etc.) - (UX of APIs)

Yes, we kind just want things to work right from the baseline that the previous device(s) came from. Its not exactly realistic given the "starting from scratch" nature of Jolla. Therefore feature requests versus UX preferences are going to be a bear to understand - at least from this initial 450 folks who have a device in hand.
 

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