Opening Up there own mapping software – Nokia
Posted on 20. May, 2009 by admin in News
The company is also updating its Ovi Maps service to include new features, such as satellite and terrain as well as 3D landmarks in 200 cities, as well as adding weather information and data about points of interest.
“It’s about opening up innovation in mapping,” Michael Halbherr, vice president of Social Location, Services & Software told vnunet.com.
“It can be reused on any web site. Ovi Maps is evolving from a consumer service to a live and dynamic platform for location-based services and content shared between the mobile device and the web.”
He described the Ovi Maps Player API as being like Windows Media Player, in that it was a tool that allowed third parties to use certain files.
Ovi Maps is also available in the browser via a plug in he said, for Firefox and Internet Explorer but not Chrome – “we go for browsers with market share,” he said.
Already the Lonely Planet guide book company and Associated Press (AP) are using the API for developing prototypes of possible future services.
Lonely Planet are using it to extend its existing close ties with Nokia and augment its online services, although no plans have been made to release the software as yet.
AP have been trying out a feasibility study of using the mapping software to augment news pieces, both local (AP owns over a thousand local newspapers) and international.
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