Nokia N96 manual Browse maps, Your current location, Move and zoom

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online). Contact your network service provider for details and roaming costs.

Almost all digital cartography is inaccurate and incomplete to some extent. Never rely solely on the cartography that you download for use in this device.

Browse maps

The map coverage varies by country.

When you open the Maps application, Maps zooms in to the location that was saved from your last session. If no position was saved from the last session, the Maps application zooms in to the capital city of the country you are in based on the information the device receives from the cellular network. At the same time, the map of the location is downloaded, if it has not been downloaded during previous sessions.

Your current location

To establish a GPS connection and zoom in to your current location, select Options > My position, or press 0. If the power saver turns on while the device is attempting to establish a GPS connection, the attempt is interrupted.

A GPS indicatoris shown on the display. One bar is one satellite. When the device tries to find a satellite, the bar is yellow. When the device receives enough data from the satellite to establish a GPS

connection, the bar turns green. The more green bars, the stronger the GPS connection.

When the GPS connection is active, your current location is indicated on the map with .

Move and zoom

To move on the map, scroll up, down, left, or right. The map is oriented towards north by default. The compass rose displays the orientation of the map and rotates during navigation when the orientation changes.

When you browse the map on the display, a new map is automatically downloaded if

you scroll to an area which is not covered by maps already downloaded. These maps are free of charge, but downloading may involve the transmission of large amounts of data through your service provider's network. For more information on data transmission charges, contact your service provider.

The maps are automatically saved in the mass memory or on a compatible memory card (if inserted and set as the default maps storage).

To zoom in or out, press * or #. Use the scale bar to estimate the distance between two points on the map.

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Nokia N96 manual Browse maps, Your current location, Move and zoom