HERE Maps releases new version for Windows 8.1 with important improvements

Earlier this year Nokia gave us the good news that HERE, its excellent mapping service, would be available as an application for Windows 8.1/RT, including the ability to download maps for offline use. Now they give us another good news announcing a update to HERE for Windows with important new features.

Among these novelties is that we can now add intermediate points or detours to a route Thus HERE Maps gives us a route that, together With taking us from A to B, it meets the condition of going through point C, or all the intermediate points that we want to add, up to a maximum of 8.In addition, it is possible to do searches for places that are close to the route (restaurants, shops, flower shops, etc.), and add them directly as intermediate points, something very convenient to optimize our itinerary.

The options to customize our route do not end there, since we can also tell HERE Maps to avoid roads with tunnels, tolls, ferries, highways, etcAnd once we get a route according to what we want, we are allowed to print it on paper for later reference.

An option has also been added to indicate our position manually, in case we have a device without GPS and location by triangulation does not work well.Finally, the city pages have been revamped to offer a more attractive design, and more suggestions of relevant places at a glance.

No doubt all very useful and interesting news. The question now is when the next update to HERE for Windows Phone will arrive adding several of these features. Given HERE developers' close relationship with Microsoft, we probably won't have long to wait.

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Updating to this new version of HERE Maps should install automatically through the Windows Store, but we can force it by opening the Windows Store app. the store, then going to the App updates section in the settings charm, and finally clicking Check for updates."

HERE MapsVersion 4.0.5.1369

• Developer: HERE Europe B.V.
• Download it at: Windows Store
• Price: Free
• Category: Travel

Via | Here Maps Blog