Google Maps 5.0 now available

[denialnw10]

According to androidandme:

Recently changed in this version:

Tilting: Drag down with two fingers to tilt the map. Tilt while zoomed in on one of the 100+ cities around the world with 3D buildings to see a skyline spring to life.

Rotating: Twist with two fingers to rotate the map. After tilting to see 3D buildings, rotate around them to gain a new perspective from any direction.

Smooth zooming: Slide two fingers together or apart, and see the map and labels continuously scale to any zoom level, stopping when your fingers stop.

Compass mode: Center the map on your location, and then tap the compass button in the top right corner. The map will flip into 3D mode and start rotating to match your perspective, while still keeping all the labels upright and readable.

The HTC Desire supports panning, zooming, and tilting gestures only.

 

[kevinf1990]

do you know if the app's caching of the maps will be on the phone memory or the memory card? i hope it isn't stored on the small phone memory lol.

 

[neilgarr]

rotating doesnt work on desire

 

[Androidin']

That's what happens when we don't have true multitouch.

 

[raydb]

Downloaded and installed on my Droid X. All features work as described.

 

[Trito]

I cant download it from market. Is it restricted in Europe or it jsut dont work on Desire?

 

[Fishyweb]

Rotating works on my Desire!

 

[danielvago]

From Denmark here;

Downloaded and it works on my Desire. Can't rotate though.

But I don't get it. Why do we need this? It only works a very few places, and so what? It just seems like a gimmick.

 

[kevinf1990]

the main reason why i liked the update is that you don't always have to have reception to use the navigation. this version caches the areas where you go to most so it doesn't need a connection.

but my question is where does it store the cache: the phone memory or the memory card?

 

[denialnw10]

To those talking about rotate, just click on the compass at the top right hand corner of the screen and that should get it working... if that doesn't work, I'm not sure its compatible.

 

[pspbricker]

Yes! Compass mode finally!

 

[vikrantv88]

Can u guys recommend any other navigation application that works in India?

HTC Desire 2.2 stock

 

[Fishyweb]

The thing that has diappointed me about this update is that, at the viewing distance when my phone is attached to my windscreen, the maps are now a lot less distinct. I often have maps on display with the traffix layer, to show conditions further along my route. This worked well with v4, but with this v5 update the roads and traffic indications are much less distinct. I hope that Google will provide an update for this.

 

[Shofar]

I could not find Google Maps 5 on the market.
Is it location specific?

 

[EddyOS]

I'd imagine so, yes

 

[Gisbourne]

Can anyone advise if they get the 3D buildings (have tried viewing London and New York but nothing)?

Doesn't appear to be an extra layer to enable either...

Ta,

G

 

[Hakasin]

Only 3D cities in UK are Birmingham, Cardiff and Dublin.

List of 3D cities here;
http://www.google.com/mobile/maps/3d/

 

[partridge]

Just installed it, all seems fine, there don't seem to be any cache settings so God knows if there's an upper limit or whether it fills your card with map data

The compass seems to work ok, but I was indoors and various interference exists where I work, it's like a faraday cage. I got the tilt to work too.

All in all, an excellent update to the best Google app so far.

 

[ScoobyWRX]

rotating doesnt work on desire

Works on mine

 

[haris9]

all functions are working very well in my desire. it also works in rotation form very smoothly. its amazing.......

 

[Jason71]

Some people are saying rotate works some are saying it does not. It certainainly does not seem to work for me. Can we figure this out?

Just to be clear that we are all talking about the same thing. rotate is when you place thumb and finger on the screen then move them in oposite direction across the screen sideways in a twisting motion.

It was clearly stated that this was not going to work on the Nexus one ( or beta version of the Desire as I like to think of it :0) and indeed does not seem to work on my early unbranded AMOLED Desire running 405.2. So can the people saying it works for them confirm their specs inc SLCD/AMOLED and the circumstances underwhich rotate works for them? That way we can figure out if this is a misunderstanding, a software or a hardware thing.
thanks

 

[extremejoe]

how do you see 3D buildings on the map?

i'm looking at birmingham but don't see 3D buildings

 

[StevenChap]

tilt the screen and keep zooming in and you will see the 3d stuff :O

looks cool

 

[extremejoe]

tilt the screen and keep zooming in and you will see the 3d stuff :O

looks cool

you using a desire? cus i am and have tilted and zoomed in and everything looks flat

 

[bunnisher]

Would someone post how much space Maps now takes up with 5.0?

I skipped a couple updates as mine is already 8.5mb. I don't use it often enough to give it loads of premium space.

Thanks in advance.