Nokia, the world leader in mobility has collaborated with Lonely Planet to help travelers all over the world. Nokia aims to lighten your load with the distribution of Lonely Planet content via Nokia Maps. In an effort to assist you during those adventure trips, the guide gives you travel information at your finger tips trips simply by purchasing and downloading the city guides.
Maximilian Schierstadt, head of media partnerships, Nokia context based services, mentioned, “Lonely Planet is a well known brand amongst travelers and stands for adventure and editorial independence. We are very excited to offer their expert local recommendations and itineraries to our Nokia Maps consumers, which will allow Nokia to continue to innovate and enable compelling location aware experiences.”
Stephen Palmer, CEO, Lonely Planet Publications, further commented, “This is a genuinely transformational deal, which makes Lonely Planet content readily available regardless of time or place. It will help all those questions which travelers frequently have on the road such as ‘What should I explore today’ or ‘where should I go for dinner tonight?’ Together with Nokia we will help more travelers connect profoundly with their world, every day.”
The feature presents the world’s most popular tourist locales in more than 100 destinations with many more to follow. Along with a description of popular sights and nightlife for each destination, the Lonely Planet guide will also will help travelers discover great places to eat, shop and sleep.
Using vector maps, the Nokia Maps 2.0 have been provided by Navteq and TeleAtlas. The maps cover over 200 countries, with over 70 of them navigable.
For a price of EUR 7.99, the Lonely Planet guide can be downloaded from the Guides section in the Extras menu. The maps are also available for download on selected devices directly over the air or with the Nokia Map Loader on a PC.