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Here WeGo

Here We Go (stylised HERE WeGo) is a web mapping and satellite navigation software available on the Web and mobile platforms, operated by Here Technologies which is owned by Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz. It is based on Here's location data platform, providing its in-house data, which includes satellite views, traffic data, and other location services.

The service was originally released by Nokia as Nokia Maps in 2007 for Symbian and Windows Mobile. Nokia later acquired Navteq which provided location data and the service was also rebranded Ovi Maps under the Ovi name. In 2010, Nokia started offering the full Ovi Maps suite with free navigation and traffic information, where previously it had an annual charge. In 2011, the Nokia Maps suite (including Nokia Drive and Nokia Transit) were released on the Lumia range and was expanded to other Windows Phone products in 2012. It was then rebranded to HERE Maps and expanded to the World Wide Web and then, after Nokia sold it, to the Android platform on in 2014 and iOS in 2015. It was rebranded to HERE WeGo in July 2016.

HERE WeGo provides several location and mapping features including turn-by-turn navigation (including for walking and cycling) and traffic and public transport data. It can work online and offline: maps of countries and regions can be downloaded to internal storage of devices so that a data connection is not needed for navigation. Online usage is required for live traffic data and additional venue information. As of March 2017, HERE WeGo had real-time information on traffic conditions and incidents available for 63 countries.

The maps include floor-by-floor details of large indoor venues such as shopping malls and airports.

Users can save the location and details of destinations as 'Collections' if they are online and signed in. It is not possible to store destinations offline, on the device. Collections can also be shared.

If a car is equipped with a CarPlay connectivity component, the HERE WeGo application on the iPhone can be projected to the car's in-dash navigation screen and controlled as any other built-in application. Since July 2022, the beta version of the Android app is compatible with Android Auto, working with an Android phone and a car equipped with an Android Auto connectivity component in the same way that the iPhone version.

In 2006, Nokia purchased a German start-up, Gate5, that made a mapping software called smart2go. In February 2007, Nokia announced that smart2go would be available for free on the S60 Symbian platform and Windows Mobile 5.0. It was preinstalled on handsets, including Nokia N95, which featured Global Positioning System (GPS) technology. In August 2007 the smart2go application became part of the umbrella Ovi brand, and version 1.0 of Nokia Maps was released for S60 3rd Edition devices. Months later, Nokia bought Navteq, a provider of digital map systems.

Ovi Maps version 2.0 went into public beta in February 2008 and was released in May. Version 3.0 was released in July 2009.

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