I'm surprised that after all these responses only one person has mentioned BeMaps? It uses Google Maps and is built for BB10 so best of both worlds? Seems like the easiest answer, am I missing something?
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I'm surprised that after all these responses only one person has mentioned BeMaps? It uses Google Maps and is built for BB10 so best of both worlds? Seems like the easiest answer, am I missing something?
I swear I'm one of the few out there that loves the job BB did with maps.
I opt for BB maps over google or anything else on a regular basis.
My experience has been that it creates a huge battery drain, uses a LOT of data, and you can't get it to provide a voice update by tapping the screen.
For example, if it tells me "In 10 miles, turn left" it won't offer another update until it's almost time to turn left. I like to be able to tap the screen to know how far I still have to go. (A feature my Windows phone had.)
Don't talk crap mate, BlackBerry maps are good, as I've been using the to travel all over. Obviously an iPhone user
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Here here, nothing wrong with them
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you DON'T have to sideload... it's 2015, sideloading if from the stone age for god sake... Simply download your favourite android app directly from the Amazon appstore
Your probably driving too fast..... ;)
They all do that though. You have to always be smarter than the GPS. My Garmin used to try to get me to turn left into concrete meridians. I would just inform the nice automated lady that she should "recalculate" as she was obviously off her meds.
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I use a professional Navigation system handheld on a commercial cellular communicator, phone, text, camera, nav, customer signature input screen, etc and it has numerous routing errors! I work for a major international corporation and my job is performing delivery's!! You can get caught in loops such as take exit, get back on, take exit, many roads the run under bridges the nav tells you to turn off on them but you have to go to next intersection and let nav catch up, then there are turns onto dirt roads twenty feet long to a dead end, it goes on and on!
BeMaps is missing turn by turn navigation. It hooks into BlackBerry maps for this which the OP stated does not work well for them.
I use Google Maps in the BB10 browser. I added a shortcut icon to the Home Screen so I can go directly to it.
BB Maps is good if you know your destination - an address, name of a business, a defined location.
However, if you're searching for "ATM" or "Coffee" or "hardware store" it's an epic fail.
It's far more accurate than Apple Maps was for me so I like it. 👍
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1mobile market and download Google maps it works fine when BlackBerry maps acts up.
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I have had good success with mapquest
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Just to add another vote. BeMaps Pro is a native Blackberry Application that uses Google maps. It does an incredible navigating job.
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We must be using different BlackBerry Maps apps. I just did a search for both 'coffee shop ' and 'gas station' and it gave me a list of results close to my current location. All relevant results I might add.
The version of maps that comes with 10.3 is vastly improved over the the version in 10.2. You can now search for addresses even if they are not spelled perfectly. You can search for POI's and generic things like restaurants, etc.
If BlackBerry ever adds transit and walking directions then it will be a good native mapping option for most folks.
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I use BB maps quite often and it works great for me here in the states.
I have never had a problem with the blackberry maps, if and when it struggles I'll pull out Google maps downloaded from the Google play store, no side loading needed. It's fairly simple to downloaded 3 things, I call lazy on your part just my 2 cents
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As I said many times opinions are divided, because in US and Canada the maps data are OK and functionality is mostly OK.
Not in many other countries (as you can note OP is located in Warsaw, Poland) I can vouch, my experience is horrible too. "Error 2001, couldn't connect to server" is particularly anger inducing.
I am using Here maps in browser instead.
However, I would like ask a question : Is there a solution to replace BlackBerry Maps as default OS map? So when I touch location in calendar or 4 square, working map app is launched?
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I loved the BlackBerry map on my curve. Sadly, the one on my Q10 is slowwwww. I may try google maps because I do use that function a lot.
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I have a Nissan car with GPS built in and they are using Here as their mapping provider. Here maps have brought me to wrong places 4 times where I had to use my Passport as a backup and it brought me right to where I wanted. And Blackberry maps have failed me once as well. I'm not saying Here map isn't any better then BlackBerry maps but it depends on the Map provider to keep their maps updated and precisely recorded constantly.
You can't bet your life on a single map system because it could take you to places or situation that you don't want to end up being in.
Maps works brilliantly for me. I love the uncluttered simplicity of the maps themselves, ideal for a quick glance to figure things out, no mess. Turn by Turn instructions are accurate and provide enough warning before making a turn or change. What it does better than my wife's recently purchased stand alone Garmin or her recently retired Tom Tom is avoidance instructions. Brilliant!
The only issues I've ever had with Maps has been 3rd party Android apps interfering with the GPS since the recent 10.3.1 updates. I'm looking at you, Poynt!
I'll start with BlackBerry Maps. If there is an issue, I'll use WAZE - which has saved me a lot of time due to road construction, accidents, etc... As a last resort, I'll use Google Maps.
I'm in the U.S. on Verizon and I love BlackBery Maps. It works great and has never led me the wrong way.