Navigation suggestions by a cabbie

Question

I have been a taxi driver and computer user interface design instructor. So I have to give few suggestions to the guys designing software:
Sometimes I need to force the start position be point A even, if the satellite signal is not available. E.g., I am pretty sure where my home is. Maybe it is not the GPS position, but anyway, a start position. And I need to start navigation there without waiting. Often I can drive the first kilometer without the GPS functioning.
When I go to a strange location, it would be nice that the navigator would save and show visually my route so that it would be nice to drive back the same way.
When I plan a route, I often need to see forward and the cursor should not all the time be in the middle of the screen.
When I see that the navigation is doing stupid route alternatives in planning or in the spot, I should be able in advance to fix them.
I need to zoom smoothly the map in all situations - and shift the screen so that I could see more where I want.
Often I want to keep North to the top so that in simulation or in navigation the map would not circulate wildly. It helps me to orientate better and understand where I am. Sometimes circulation is OK.
I need to simulate my way sometimes faster and sometimes slowlier.
I need to find and see the cursor and its direction better. The present light blue brackets/ square is not the best. It could be an orange arrow or something.
Buying the navigation license was too complex when first time in the traffic. I got only the choices Scandinavia or Western Europe, but no indication, whether Scndinavia is included in the WE in this package. This forces me to buy the same license many times.
I have a Finnish system. For some reason it gives the points of interest in Helsinki in Swedish language only. It is not only strange, but it is offensive, same as you would give the instructions of Estonia or Hungary in Russian, or of Poland in German. Also foreigners need Finnish or then English names in Finland.
Not only software; why the navigation button is more difficult than it was in 9500 or in 9000? The same: why so black dark colour, old users need light backgrounds.
I would suggest Nokia to make better user requirements analysis before programming.

Answer 1

Thanks scoobyman, I did it.
You see how difficult it is to give feedback to the all-knowing R&D teams. It is a shame how they have forgot many good principles that the 30 years old graphical user interface pioneers, Alan Kay et al., told us (Xerox, Apple). The designers now copy user behaviour models from data base design and from object oriented programming, when they should analyse human behaviour as it is, and use those nice technologies as enablers only.
An example of wong type of data base design paradigm is the fact that no more you can find contacts by company name, by part of telephone number or e-mail address or city. Yes, there is the other find statement, showing that features are available, but too complex.
I can almost see the classes of Java, when the programmers have directed the design and not vice versa.
It is a generation shift that lies behind, but one should not overlook other very good experience and research.