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Really? I wish! Maybe one day the java version will work. That is pretty good. Is J2ME for the n900 likely to come?
Meanwhile, Maemo Mapper merits most. But it starts zoomed way out, and the hardware zoom buttons do not work.

try: http://www.google.com/maps/m
with the maemo geolocation plugin, it works not bad but could be better. you need the browser-mouse to move arround or zoom in, the only thing is that i dont know how to zoom out.

Any idea how to zoom in/out on the map itself via the link you provided?

or you can pay a fee. sygic will soon release navigation for n900.

http://www.sygic.com/index.php/en/pr...-news/225.html

Thanks! Funny that that info is not on the google mobile maps webpage. They give the URL m.google.com/maps, which does not work on n900. They don't actually seem to mention a mobile web version, just java or native.

i've tryed some things but wasnt able to zoom out... an alternative is maemaps (http://tomch.com/maemaps.html) from user twaelti but the search and navigation function is not so optimized like in maps/m

Have you tried this?: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=38542&page=2

It wraps the iPhone Google Maps page in a Qt + webkit app. Zooming out doesn't work atm (need to work out how the iPhone gesture stuff is done and passed to the javascript) and it seems to crash on Diablo (debugging anyone?)

Just want to say thanks to everyone for the helpful posts. http://www.google.com/maps/m works with maemo-geolocation.

As everyone mentioned, with hover/cursor mode in the browser, I can pan around and zoom in by double tapping, but I cannot zoom out.

I opened that URL in my desktop browser to test, and I noticed that the typical + and -, and mouse scroll up/down does not zoom the maps in and out.

So what key shortcut/mouse action actually is required to zoom the maps in and out? Once that's figured out then we can find a way to pass that to the javascript or something.

How are the LED's on the N900? How many LED's and are they customizable for alerts?

And what would you say is like one or a couple of the N900's top strengths besides the 32GB and physical keyboard...or like big advantages or stuff that's worth it over the Nexus One or Android. I think I still might want to go ahead and buy this one and give it a shot just because of the physical keyboard. Don't know if I could deal with a phone without a physical keyboard. I think I might be able to last with the Ovi Maps and I can always use Google Maps/Mapquest in the browser easily right? And I have 2 Garmin's at home so that's good. Thanks.

Also is there any way to tether from the N900 yet? Like if I wanted to tether my T-Mobile 3G to my laptop/computer/PS3/360, I can do it on my G1 easily with a wireless tether app for HTC Android phones...would be nice if the N900 could tether. Not really needed but it'd be a plus.

Remember that Google made this web app for the iPhone so it's most likely that the zooming is tied to that phone's "pinch to zoom" browser API.

So, don't expect it on the N900 like... ever.

But I can't complain since this web-app is 99% of what I used the S60 version for so I'm a happy Maemo guy!