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Nokia Ovi SDK plus Navigation and Maps APIs launched

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

Nokia have announced a new set of APIs for mapping and navigation, which developers can use to add location-based information – such as showing nearby search results – and display location-based data. Â The Ovi Navigation Player API and OVI Maps Player API areÂ also joined by the new Ovi SDK, a platform which the company claims can be used by anyone with HTML, CSS and JavaScript coding skills. Nokia rolled out some developers to illustrate how easy it can be to tie webapps into cellphones, with UK local search company Qype apparently needing just two people working for two weeks in order to integrate their service. Â In another example, Nokia ...

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