Maps Pro

I'm so mad at the app for lack of documentation and online support. using this map offline will cost you $5 for the app and $10 for the download, but the downloaded maps don't even have road labels (or any text). They get $5-$15+ for each user, and THERE IS NOT EVEN A REAL WEBSITE. I'm mad at the developer for claiming that this makes a satisfactory navigation experience, I'm mad at myself for giving it $15 when I knew during the trial it was terrible, and I'm mad at Microsoft for taking ownership of the fantastic Nokia Here Maps but not using it to provide a good nav app on this anemic platform, I'm mad at you (the reader of this review) for reading this far but probably trying it anyway, and I'm mad at the dev community because this is the best nav app I've come across in this god forsaken store, and I'm mad at google for not making more desktop apps, i.e. google maps. And I'm mad at Microsoft FURTHER because I can't give this app negative stars. GAAAAAAHHH TAKE ALL THIER STARS!

This app is a rip off, it says it can work offline, but it doesn't. It also takes forever to download maps for offline use, 2 gigabytes of map data took like two and a half days to download, AND it doesn't work offline AT ALL. I left my tablet on for TWO AND A HALF DAYS STRAIGHT. So I sacrificed 2gb of personal space and three days of my trial for a feature that DOES NOT WORK. Do NOT buy this piece of garbage app, you can't even contact the makers, they linked a fake site or something on their app page.

I wanted to write this review to balance some of the negative comments that were made early in this app's history. I can report that Maps Pro works very well on my Surface Pro 3, and that includes off line operation using vector maps downloaded from the Store. Compared to the cost of Streets and Trips, Maps Pro is very low price, yet it performs all the core functions necessary for personal navigation. When online, Maps Pro offers a choice of map styles including Google, vector and some other map types with multiple styles in each map type. The user interface is reasonably, although not entirely, intuitive and new users can be up and operating within about a half hour or less. The app can use both internal and externally supplied GPS for real time location. I use a Qstar Bluetooth GPS module and it works fine. Routes / directions are relatively easy to set up and the user can establish waypoints to "pin" the route to specific roads or intermediate destinations.

The developer truly listens to their Customers. I almost gave up.. But the dedication shown by the developer has won me as a lifetime Customer!!!! Just hang tight this product will continue to develop into an awesome program, I have experienced this for myself. Not many Companies have the same desire and dedication!!!!

I have been using Maps Pro for several months and I really like using it. I use it for driving directions as well as planning hiking. The many different map styles is powerful. I have never seen that before. I can switch from satellite views to USGS Topo maps to vector maps. One feature I would like to see is distance between two points. There is a scale on lower left side but that is difficult to use between two points on a map.

Any navigation app that sucks you in with promises of off line maps leads you to believe you will still be able to use navigation or at least pin point your location in real time Let me be clear. This app has no offline usefulness. I cant even get the maps to appear off line and its clear there will be no turn by turn directions with out a connection. I would think that would be a given today being that i have one on my Android photon that is off service. Choose a map area pack, input your location and you get voice turn turn by turn with NO connection. I just think that would be standard being that it saves data cost and battery. But all we have here in windows land is this crap.

I commend the author for supporting USB/Bluetooth as this is very important for a tablet/laptop navigation system. I can confirm that works. Any serious navigation system has to be able to search without the internet. Even with Verizon there are many dead spots. I also noted that the default view of the map was not the normal driving view I am used to seeing on a GPS. Did not have time to play with and went back to Copilot Live because needed a GPS that will work without the internet.