I would very much like to be able to import my collections of Google Maps/Earth Places - not to be able to use these erode my confidence in Ovi maps: why should i invest the work to add favourite map point when i am not able to back them up or use them with other programms (navis)? Why should i have to input data i already have elsewhere? Why shouldn
There are a number of methods of doing this as long as you can export from google.
1) Sync/backup using Maps on OVI (http://maps.ovi.com) - as posted in the following thread:
Mon, 02/02/2009 - 01:15 RobertH: Ideas Maps 3.0
http://betalabs.nokia.com/forum/topic/556
This capability has been widely advertised on the Maps 3.0 page on the Betalabs site. You can do this.
2) Importing POI using third party software - as posted in the following thread:
Mon, 04/06/2009 - 07:12 jonnymaserati: Can't connect to internet with N95
http://betalabs.nokia.com/forum/topic/1615
The following text is a copy of a solution found in the following website:
http://my-symbian.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=35857
Nokia Maps uses a ".lmx" format to send and receive landmarks. One .lmx file can contain single or multiple landmarks
Nokia PC SUite has no facility to backup or restore just Landmarks. But this is provides a technique for doing this - and I found it v useful when my N95 software was corrupted, and the PC-Suite backup had stored the corruption, so was no good to me.
Go into the "Landmarks" app, select all of your landmarks, select "Send", and email them to yourself on your PC - just one ".lmx" file attachment. Then if you need to restore them, say after a hard reset, you can email them back to your phone and save them as your phone landmarks again. Works a treat.
To import from different formats or devices you just need a converter, such as the freeware "POI Editor".
See http://www.poieditor.com/ and
http://www.gps-data-team.com/pda-gps-navigation/topic/1435.html
So I think the answer to the question - yes, you can import POIs and Landmarks into Nokia Maps.
mbrett
N95 8Gb (Product Code: 0558787 (UK)) FW 31.0.018
i wish taht too...it would save such a lot of work when planning complex trips that are not on maps and you try so hard to find spot on locations.