A new update to the desktop web version of Nokia’s Ovi Maps has been rolled out, called ‘Good Things’. Basically, this is user-generated P.O.I’s, and it allows you to mark ‘good things’ that you know of on the map, and share those landmarks with the world. Ovi Maps Good Things is most likely a result of some of Nokia’s latest acquisitions, including Plazes, Plum, and the more recent Dopplr.
You’ll need to update the Ovi Maps plugin on your computer, which you can do by going to Maps.Ovi.com/GoodThings, and then restart your browser. After that, you’ll notice the new ‘Good Things’ tab on Maps.Ovi.com, and you can start adding your own good things landmarks. You can give a description of why it’s a good thing, and then there’s also an option to share that with your friends, as well.
Hopefully, this will be added to the new beta of Ovi Maps for our devices, so that you can view, add, and edit Good Things on your phone, as well. What do you think about Good Things on Ovi Maps? I think it’s an awesome thing, personally, and will be using it quite a bit. Hopefully this will also improve the P.O.I. search in Ovi Maps, which currently sucks.
