Nokia Maps 3.0, currently in beta, has received its second major release. Back in December 2008 Nokia announced Nokia Maps 3.0 in early beta form with better looking maps, 3D landmarks, and other features. The beta was available on only a few select devices and the particular S60 device.
The new version will extend compatibility to Symbian S60 3.1 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1 phones like the very popular Nokia N95 and Nokia N71. The new version add support for map rotation, more shortcut keys, better 3D support, a 'point me' function for saved landmarks and fixes a larger number of bugs.
THe explained there are also some new features/enhancements to the previous release:
*Start-up sequence takes you to your current position as soon as position is found. If your position is not found in few seconds, you are taken to last known position
*You can rotate the map, so you can for example view 3D landmarks from all directions. Just press 4 and 6 in map view. Pressing 5 takes you back to 'north up' view
*In 3D view mode, you can tilt the view by pressing 2 and 8
*2D/3D mode works with all map modes, i.e. with Map/Satellite/Terrain
*My Favourites menu is cleaned up and History list is moved higher in menu
*My Places has option "Point me to" for any saved place/landmark, you the direction to that place on the map
*In addition to the synchronisation of Favourites and Collections with Ovi MapsBeta and vice versa (use in online mode, enable Internet connection), you can now plan routings on *Ovi MapsBeta and synchronise to your device
*Finally, many bugs have now been fixed
