Google Maps for Mobile 3.2 came out today and it now has support for Layers.
Layers make it easy to view various types of information on your map and are especially helpful in situations when you’re traveling somewhere new. For example, you can turn on the Wikipedia layer to read entries about nearby places, then use the transit lines layer to help map out a route. Or you can use the My Maps feature of Google Maps to create a collection of places you’re planning to visit on your trip and then use Google Maps for mobile to access it from the road. You can also turn on the Google Latitude layer to see your friends’ locations.
There is probably something that BlackBerry Maps does that Google Maps doesn’t, however, I have no clue what it as and am pretty sure that I don’t miss it seeing how I am pretty sure that I don’t even have it installed on my device any longer.
Check Google Maps for Mobile out. Just point your device’s BlackBerry Browser to http://m.google.com/maps. It it is definitely a free BlackBerry application worth downloading.
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Can anybody point me to a link for 3.0.2 since 3.2 does not support external GPS’s and I didn’t know it until after I installed it. I have a 8300 with a GPS puck and now Google Maps has no GPS. The help file even states it does not support external GPS’s.
Thanks
Nevermind,
I got it from another user. Here it is if anybody else needs it.
http://m.google.com/maps/download/maps.jad?dc=gorganic&ver=3.0.2
hey i wrote a quick review of the new program if anyones interested
http://whatisgoodblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/google-maps-320-whats-new.html
your review, and this blog post, sucks. It doesnt mention the most IMPORTANT thing that everyone wants to know. Does the new version get accurate GPS location? If not — who cares.
im sorry you feel that way. i never had any problems with the its always been accurate so maybe theres a problem with your phone. what phone/os do you have?
update: Still broken .. The GPS is still not working on the storm. Cell tower approximation is the best it can do. Why cant google play nice and get this fixed like the many other working GPS apps.
i guess thats just a widespread problem google hasnt really addressed yet unfortunately