Sports Tracker Adds Navteq Maps
Back when I was in Lebanon and tried Sports Tracker, I saw a big blue’ish screen behind my movement tracking and assumed that there should be maps there, that I couldn’t see because I was offline or because there were obviously no maps of Lebanon. When I came to France, I tried Sports Tracker again and saw that blue’ish screen again… “WHAT?” I thought, a tracking application that doesn’t show you where you are, but shows you how you’ve moved?! That’s ridiculous!
Apparently, Ykä Huhtala and Jussi Kaasinen from the Sports Tracker team thought the same, and yesterday they released an “intermediate test version” of the application, version 1.82, which is currently only available in English and brings some overall improvements, as well as a major new feature: Navteq Maps. The new option does not use the Nokia Maps files you have on your handset, but downloads a simpler version of them, over the air. They are then apparently temporarily stored on your memory card, since a memory card is required for the function to work, as well as a Sports Tracker account.
I really do hope that the team works on an integration with Nokia Maps, as it is absolutely ridiculous to download maps that you already have on your handset, and it requires you to have an unlimited data plan to back you up. Nonetheless, the addition of the maps is a good step forward. I just tried it, and to the app’s defense, map downloads were blazing fast and worked very well in the small and the large mode. You can also zoom in and zoom out of the maps. Sports Tracker is available for S60 3rd Edition FP1 (N95, N82, E71, E66…) and FP2 devices (6220 Classic, N78, N96…).
So, you no longer have to wonder what street you’re in or where you really are compared to your start point. You’re no longer limited to the roads you know, but can fully explore new paths without having to open Nokia Maps at the same time and keep flicking between both. Nokia Sports Tracker is now what I thought it was months ago. Great.
Omg, finally!
>> as it is absolutely ridiculous to download maps that you already have on your handset <<
AGREE !
They have this “feature” on the NokiaviNe build that I’m playing around with for a month now. I was wondering when they’d implement it on sportstracker lol. About time !
Sports Tracker met maps…
Via Symbian-Guru valt te lezen dat Nokia een nieuwe beta versie heeft uitgebracht waarin Nokia Sports Tracker is uitgebreid met de kaarten van NavTeq. Dat zijn dezelfde kaarten die worden gebruikt in Nokia Maps.
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Thanks for spotting this, I wouldn’t have known about it otherwise.
I’ve used Google Maps whilst running (excuse the pun) Nokia Sports Tracker. Not an elegant solution, but it works.
Anyway, got this working on an E71 without a hitch. Now to try it on an N95 8GB
Sportstracker already had the ability to upload your training session to the sportstracker’s website. If you do that, you’ll see your route on a Google Map.
But I agree that it’d be much better to see the map while you’re using it, too.
Eric, I meant using Google Maps Mobile at the same time as NST while out and about… mobile!
Thanks for this; and to think I finally downloaded ST last week; guess to go with an update so soon is a good thing on my end :)
Great news, and thanks for the heads up, dotsisx! Going to go download the new version and hopefully try it out tomorrow if it doesn’t rain.
Thanks for the tip. I have installed it and can finally see the map of the routes I have ran so far. :)
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As in the “Options” shown, there will be a possibility to use only the phone as the source of the map. But not implemented yet. So no worry! :)
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thx for the new version.been using it for a while.can yo tell me the web addr.of S.T. please? when I look up I find download forums only. I appriciate it.
gulden, sportstracker.nokia.com is where you see your uploaded tracks, and http://research.nokia.com/research/projects/SportsTracker/ is where u can download the latest versions.
Thank you for the valuable info.about the web address of S.P.
To go into the site I used my user name and code but it required MY NOKIA user name and code. Then I did it. Although both was correct it wasn’t accepted and remarkesd as invalid. When I enter MY NOKIA only without attempting ST. it is OK. I don’t understand this.Can you please help me out with it?
To answer my own question. After trying a few times I happened to learn that Sports Tracker website requires Mozilla FireFox browser. So now eventually I can use it. Thanks anyway.