The new version of Nokia’s Ovi Maps for mobile devices adds features such as high-resolution aerial images, 3D landmarks for over 200 cities, terrain maps and a new route overview in Drive - the turn-by-turn car navigation guide.

Other new options for Ovi Maps include a new point-of-view information service providing live travel, event updates, and a weather service giving 24-hour and 5-day forecasts.

Pedestrian navigation has also been improved. A straight-line guidance takes the person on foot the quickest route between two points. Beeps and vibrations in the walking navigation mode alert the pedestrian when they need to take a turn along their route.

Ovi Maps now extends to the PC or Mac, too. Users can explore relevant locations around the world, and collect, create and pre-plan routes. Ovi Maps on web, www.maps.ovi.com, also enables the sharing of locations, personal content and experiences with friends.

When PC World took a look at the web-based mapping this morning, it was very slow to load and refresh, wasn't at all fond of Firefox and was pegged as still being in Beta mode.