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.