Navigate to your destination
Learn how to navigate by car, on foot, and using public transport, and how to get voice guidance, if available for your language.
Drive to your destination
When you need turn-by-turn directions while driving, Drive helps you get to your destination.
Select 
> Drive .
Select Set destination and an option.
Select Just drive. The map follows your location.
Select Drive home.
When you select Drive home for the first time, you are asked to give your home location.
Select 
> Settings > Home Location > Redefine .
Obey all local laws. Always keep your hands free to operate the vehicle while driving. Your first consideration while driving should be road safety.
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Change the voice guidance language for driving
Voice guidance helps you find your way to a destination, leaving you free to enjoy the journey.
Select > Drive .
Select > Settings > Voice guidance and a language.
Voice guidance may not be available for your language.
Select > Settings > Voice guidance > None .
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Change the look of the Drive view
Would you like to see a more realistic 3D map, or are you using Drive at night, when it's dark? With the different map modes, you can see the info you need clearly at all times.
Select > Drive .
Select > 
. To go back to 2D mode, select the icon again.
To see the map clearly also when it is dark, you can activate night mode.
Select > 
> Colours > Night mode .
By default, the map rotates to your driving direction.
Select 
. To rotate the map back to your driving direction, select again.
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Select your preferred route
Drive can choose the route that best suits your needs and preferences.
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Select
> Drive . -
Select
> > Route settings . -
Select Route selection > Faster route or Shorter route.
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To combine the advantages of both the shorter and the faster routes, select Route selection > Optimised .
You can also choose to allow or avoid using, for example, motorways, toll roads, or ferries.
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Get traffic and safety info
Enhance your driving experience with real-time info about traffic events, lane assistance, and speed limit warnings.
Select > Drive .
During drive navigation, select > Traffic . The events are shown as triangles and lines.
You can set your phone to notify you when you exceed the speed limit.
Get speed limit warnings
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Select
> > Alerts . -
In the Speed limit alert status field, select On.
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To set by how much you can go over the speed limit before being warned, select Speed limit < 80 km/h or Speed limit > 80 km/h.
You can set Drive to avoid traffic events, such as traffic jams or roadworks in route planning and guidance. Drive checks the route regularly during navigation, updating the guidance automatically.
Select > > Route settings > Avoid traffic .
The availability of traffic information may vary according to the region and country.
The location of speed cameras may be shown on your route during navigation, if this feature is enabled. Some jurisdictions prohibit or regulate the use of speed camera location data. Nokia is not responsible for the accuracy, or the consequences of using speed camera location data.
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Walk to your destination
When you need directions to follow a route on foot, Maps guides you over squares, and through parks, pedestrian zones, and even shopping centres.
Select > Maps .
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Select a place and its info area at the top of the screen.
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Select Navigate > Walk here .
By default, the map is oriented to north.
Select . To rotate the map back to north, select again.
You can also select what type of route you want walk navigation to follow.
Select the walking mode
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Select
> Settings > Maps & Walk > Route settings . -
Select Preferred route > Streets or Straight line.
Straight line is useful on off-road terrain as it shows the walking direction.
While walking, you can check the dashboard for info, such as how far you have walked and what your average speed has been.
In the walk navigation view, select > Dashboard .
Select > Reset . To reset all counters, select > Reset all .
The trip meter may not be accurate, depending on the availability and quality of your GPS connection.
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Change the voice guidance language for walking
You can easily change the language for voice guidance, or switch it off completely.
Select > Maps .
Select > Settings > Maps & Walk > Voice guidance and a language.
Voice guidance may not be available for your language.
Select > Settings > Maps & Walk > Voice guidance > None .
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See Walk to your destination .
Find your way using Public Transport
Scheduling your journey using trams, trains, and buses can be hard – why not let your phone do the planning?
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Select
> Public Transport . -
Select Journey planner.
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If you don't want to start your journey from where you are right now, write your start point in the From box, then select from the matches.
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Write your destination in the To box, then select from the matches.
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To see earlier or later journeys, drag the screen left or right. Hold your finger in place until the journeys are calculated.
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To see a journey in detail, select the journey.
In the journey details view, to see the next or previous journey, swipe left or right.
Need help when walking to the bus stop? To see the stop in Maps, in the journey details view, select the walking section of your journey.
If the needed map data is not stored on your phone, and you have an active data connection to the internet, a map for the area is automatically downloaded.
Planning to set off later in the day? You can set what time you want your journey to start or what time you want to arrive.
Select 
, then select Depart or Arrive.
Public transport routing is available for selected regions around the world.
In some areas, timetables are not available, and the journey plans are only estimates. In these areas, you can't see earlier or later journeys, or change the time of the journey.
The Public Transport service is free of charge.
Using services or downloading content may cause transfer of large amounts of data, which may result in data traffic costs.
Find nearby stops and stations
Don't know where the nearest bus stop is? Public Transport finds nearby stops and stations, and checks the next departures for you.
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Select
> Public Transport and Transport nearby. -
If you don't want to search for departures from where you are right now, write a start point in the Search for transport near box, then select from the matches.
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Select a stop or station.
To see the nearby stops and stations on a map, after selecting your start point, select 
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In some areas, timetables are not available, and the journey plans are only estimates. In these areas, you can't see the departures from the stops and stations.