Ovi maps problem

if i try to search using the browse function,,,,,,all i keep getting for any section is "no results found"
is there server down or something cause it was working fine the other day.
how can i fix it ? ? ? ? ?

2bad wrote:
I'd just offer this for the future. Be careful with commas. In my experience they're not necessary. However, in database / spreadsheet design, commas are used to "tab" from field to field. Once you start assuming that the software thinks, using the same logic as your mind does, then you will need to be very consistent in supplying the correct number of commas.
If you supply the wrong number of commas, the poor old database might end up looking for a city name in a field reserved for streets, or house numbers, and end up with no match.
Also, I've had mixed success in the past by assuming that a particular Application will undestand abbreviations. I stopped long ago using Rd for Road, Ave for Avenue, and ,say, NSW for New South Wales. It might well work, but don't be surprised if it doesn't.
Same uneven results without commas. Same uneven results using no abbreviations. Conclusion - Ovi Maps 3.03 search is just plain inconsistent.
And on the subject of abbreviations and commas, this is a GPS sat nav application. The core of it's functionality is searching for places and then navigating to them. If it doesn't understand common ways of writing addresses (eg. Rd = Road), or common geographic abbreviations within a country (NSW = New South Wales, CA = California) then it is not fit for the purpose for which it was supposedly designed. Other GPS applications (Garmin XT for one, Google Maps another) don't have any trouble finding the locations I want, but Nokia Maps does.
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