Thursday, May 15, 2014

How to add Point of Interests (POI) to Nokia Lumia device


All Nokia Lumia comes with Here maps that work offline. You can download the maps available for any region worldwide. "Here" maps allow to search for locations and is fairly accurate. But many times, the places may not turn up in the results, especially remote getaway places. You found the place in Google map but how do you store the location in your Nokia Lumia?

Here is a way to do it.


  • Login to here.com from desktop and choose Collections. Here you can add locations that get sync'd up with your Nokia Lumia. (In the Here application in phone, login using the same id)
  • Any arbitrary location on the map can be right clicked and "Collected" (Right click and choose "Collect this location"
  • If you need to add a point from Google maps, copy the location (lat, lon) from google and paste in the search box of here maps and the location will be pin pointed.
    (for copying the lat/lon, enable the "Drop Lat/Lon" tool from the Beta labs in Google Maps).
  • Organize the newly added location to collection/folders. The new locations will be sync'd up with the phone in no time.