Windows Maps
Developer(s)Microsoft
Stable release
Windows10.2208.6.0 / 2022
Operating systemWindows 10 and later,[1][2] Xbox One system software, Xbox Series X/S, Windows 8, Windows Phone 7 and later
TypeWeb mapping
LicenseProprietary freeware
Websitesupport.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/find-your-way-with-maps-51ece9fb-a0f2-9853-4164-6940865085c8 Edit this on Wikidata

Windows Maps[2][1] is a web mapping client software from Microsoft. It is included with Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating systems and is also available for the Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One platforms.

Features

Its features include viewing classic style maps with roads and street names, getting directions, traffic conditions, GPS location, and viewing Streetside panoramas of roads. Users can synchronise favourites and directions with a Microsoft account.[3] Maps of countries can be downloaded to the user's computer so that they can be used offline.[4]

History

The original Maps app was based on existing Microsoft technologies such as Microsoft MapPoint and TerraServer that were already used in Bing Maps. It was first implemented on Windows Phone 7 as a Metro-style app using Bing Maps as its backend.[5] In 2012 Maps came included with Windows 8 as one of the many Bing Apps.[6][7] The app was updated with new features in Windows Phone 8.1 where the Maps app took on a Purple paper map-looking logo.[1][2] Bing Maps at the time was powered by Nokia's data, which later became HERE Maps.[8]

Windows Maps on Windows 10 Mobile then changed the layout of the Maps app, including the logo. Since coming out of preview, there has been three different layout changes, including the introduction of tabs, the ability for users to sketch using ink, a switch for choosing between a light and dark interface for the app shell, and a switch for choosing between a light and dark map.[9][10][11]

After HERE Maps announced it was discontinuing its Windows 10 Mobile app in 2016, Windows Maps announced support for migrating up to 300 favorites from HERE Maps to Windows Maps.[12]

In 2016, Windows Maps was released for Xbox One.[13]

Since 2020, the base map data in Windows Maps and Bing Maps has been provided by TomTom, having replaced Here Technologies.[14]

Coverage

Americas

Country Navteq coverage Bird's eye Map POIs
United States Full Yes Yes
Bahamas Full No Yes
Canada Full Yes Yes
Cayman Islands Full No Yes
Mexico Full No Yes
Puerto Rico Full No Yes
Virgin Islands Full No Yes
Argentina Full No Yes
Brazil Full No Yes
Chile Full No Yes
Colombia Full No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
French Guiana Full No No
Guadeloupe Full No No
Martinique Full No No
Saint Barthelemy Full No No
Venezuela Full No Yes
Anguilla Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Antigua and Barbuda Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Aruba Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Barbados Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Belize Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Bermuda Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Bolivia Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Costa Rica Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Cuba Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Dominica Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Dominican Republic Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Ecuador Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
El Salvador Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Greenland Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Grenada Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Guatemala Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Guyana Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Haiti Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Honduras Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Jamaica Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Montserrat Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Netherlands Antilles Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Nicaragua Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Panama Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Paraguay Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Peru Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Saint Kitts and Nevis Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Saint Lucia Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Saint Vincent and The Grenadines Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
St. Pierre and Miquelon Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Suriname Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Trinidad and Tobago Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Turks and Caicos Islands Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Uruguay Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs

Africa

Country Navteq coverage Bird's eye Map POIs
Algeria Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Angola Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Botswana Full No Yes
Benin Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Burkina Faso Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Burundi Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Cameroon Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Cape Verde Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Central African Republic Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Chad Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Comoros Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Congo Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Côte d'Ivoire Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Djibouti Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Equatorial Guinea Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Eritrea Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Ethiopia Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Gabon Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Gambia Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Ghana Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Morocco Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Guinea-Bissau Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Kenya Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Liberia Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Lesotho Full No Yes
Namibia Full No Yes
Madagascar Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Malawi Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Mali Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Mauritania Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Mauritius Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Mayotte Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Mozambique Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Niger Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Nigeria Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Rwanda Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
São Tomé and Príncipe Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Senegal Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Seychelles Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Sierra Leone Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Somalia Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
South Africa Full No Yes
St. Helena Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Sudan Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Swaziland Full No Yes
Tanzania, United Republic of Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Togo Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Tunisia Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Uganda Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Western Sahara Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Zambia Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Zimbabwe Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs

Europe

Country Navteq coverage Bird's eye Map POIs
Andorra Full No Yes
Austria Full Yes Yes
Belgium Full Yes Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Croatia Full No Yes
Czech Republic Full No Yes
Denmark Full Yes Yes
Estonia Full Yes Yes
Finland Full Yes Yes
France Full Yes Yes
Germany Full Yes Yes
Gibraltar Full No Yes
Greece Full Yes Yes
Guernsey Full No Yes
Hungary Full No Yes
Ireland Full Yes Yes
Isle of Man Full No Yes
Italy Full Yes Yes
Jersey Full No Yes
Latvia Full Yes Yes
Liechtenstein Full No Yes
Lithuania Full Yes Yes
Kosovo Full No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Luxembourg Full Yes Yes
Monaco Full Yes Yes
Netherlands Full Yes Yes
Norway Full Yes Yes
Poland Full Yes Yes
Portugal Full Yes Yes
Russian Federation Full No Yes
San Marino Full Yes Yes
Slovakia Full No Yes
Slovenia Full No Yes
Spain Full Yes Yes
Sweden Full Yes Yes
Switzerland Full Yes Yes
Turkey Full No Yes
United Kingdom Full Yes Yes
Vatican City State Full Yes Yes
Albania Full No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Belarus Full No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Bosnia and Herzegowina Full No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Bulgaria Full No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Iceland Full No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Macedonia Full No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Moldova, Republic of Full No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Montenegro Full No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Romania Full Yes Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Serbia Full Yes Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Azerbaijan Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Faroe Islands Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Georgia Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Armenia Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Cyprus Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Malta Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Ukraine Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs

Asia and Oceania

Country Navteq coverage Bird's eye Map POIs
Brunei Full No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Japan Full Yes Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Afghanistan Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
American Samoa Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Bangladesh Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Bhutan Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Cambodia Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
China Limited No No
Cook Islands Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Fiji Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
French Polynesia Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Guam Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Kiribati Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Kyrgyzstan Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Lao People's Democratic Republic Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Maldives Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Marshall Islands Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Micronesia, Federated States of Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Mongolia Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Myanmar Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Nauru Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Nepal Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
New Caledonia Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Niue Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Norfolk Island Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
North Korea Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Northern Mariana Islands Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Pakistan Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Palau Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Papua New Guinea Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Philippines Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Solomon Islands Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
South Korea Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Sri Lanka Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Tajikistan Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Timor-Leste Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Tonga Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Turkmenistan Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Tuvalu Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Uzbekistan Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Vanuatu Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Vietnam Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Wallis and Futuna Islands Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Australia Full Yes Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Hong Kong Limited No Yes
India Full Yes Yes
Indonesia Limited No Yes
Macau Limited No Yes
Malaysia Limited No Yes
New Zealand Limited No Yes
Singapore Limited No Yes
Taiwan Limited No Yes
Thailand Limited No Yes

Middle East

Country Navteq coverage Bird's eye Map POIs
Bahrain Full No Yes
Kuwait Full No Yes
Oman Full No Yes
Qatar Full No Yes
Saudi Arabia Full No Yes
United Arab Emirates Full No Yes
Iran Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Iraq Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Israel Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Lebanon Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Syria Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Yemen Limited No Named Places & Transportation Hubs
Jordan Full No No
Reunion Full No No
Egypt Limited No No

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Get Maps - Microsoft Store". Microsoft Store. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "Get Windows Maps - Microsoft Store". Microsoft Store. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Windows Maps for Insiders updated with improved Feedback options - MSPoweruser". 15 November 2016.
  4. ^ Jacob@TWC (20 July 2021). "How to download offline Maps on Windows 11/10". The Windows Club. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Windows Phone 7 review". Engadget. 20 October 2010. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  6. ^ Duthie, G. Andrew (8 October 2012). "W8WIL #6: Leverage the Maps app for location-based features". Low Code Life. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Bing Apps on Windows 8 Now Available Worldwide". blogs.bing.com. 26 October 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  8. ^ Sterling, Greg (19 January 2012). "Nokia Now "Powering" Bing Maps". Search Engine Land. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Windows Maps updated for Fast ring Insiders - here's what's new". 31 March 2024.
  10. ^ "How to use Windows Ink in the Windows 10 Maps app". 24 November 2016.
  11. ^ "New Features in Windows 10 Maps App". 17 March 2016.
  12. ^ "Here's how Windows 10 HERE Map fans can move to Maps app". 21 June 2016.
  13. ^ Jez Corden (4 August 2016). "Windows Maps is now live on Xbox One Preview, here's how it works!". Windows Central. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  14. ^ Pradeep (1 June 2020). "Microsoft Bing Maps is switching to TomTom for base map data - MSPoweruser". mspoweruser.com. Retrieved 20 October 2022.

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