Nokia Plazes - Is it Going Anywhere?
It’s been a just over a month since I brought you the news that Nokia had acquired Plazes. Eager to see what it was all about and how it worked I quickly began to test it out by signing up and using the service. Having tried for a week or two it seemed nothing special but did what it was built to do all though it was slightly slow and got lost when entering a post code in London, something I find silly as that is what it was designed to do! Get people together to socialise!
Having lost interest in the service I gave up after a week, it wasn’t ready for my needs yet. Moving forward a month I’m back because someone had added me on Plazes as a contact / friend, fine I logged in and accepted. As it happens I’ve got 2 social events happening (there are more but for the sake of argument, I’m highlighting these two) a colleague’s leaving do and Mobile Geeks of London IV. So here I am entering the details and such just in case someone wanted to know what I was doing or might want to join me, Mobile Geeks of London entered - fine, Leaving do location entered using Post Code - fine, or so I thought! Looking at my Radar I see that the leaving do has been marked on the Map somewhere near Embankment (see picture below, which is half way across the City. Now this isn’t something new, this was already a problem before, Plazes failed to recognise my Post Code for my office and put me again - across town somewhere. So here’s my problem - Plazes isn’t doing what it’s essentially designed to do - get people together, how can people get together if Plazes tells me my friends are somewhere they are clearly not? How can Plazes function if it cannot recognise something simple like Post Codes and place them on a map? Google Maps has no problem (see picture below) and from what I can see Plazes is using Google Maps to place where you are - so how is this possible!?
Plazes - FAIL!
Google Maps - Pass
Looking at the site, the website has had a facelift and the menu’s etc have been moved around, but yet there are issues with the site not working (see picture below) which I can understand, but essentially not being able to do something simple as putting a post code on a map? Plazes Right Place, Right Time - FAIL!
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Nokia should concentrate on getting their browser up to date not venture off and create stuff that is already there IMHO.
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On the other hand please notice that even if we use Google to design our maps, we get the geo-coordinates from another provider. We are trying anyway to give a closer look to your problem and deliver a better service. In particular, if you don't provide both street address and post code, our algorithm locate the Plaze you define in the default location close to Embankment you are writing of...
We feel and share your disappointment and frustration but we are trying to do our best and your critics are exactly what let us improve.
I'm sure you are going to experience a Plazes with better performance very soon.
@kozjegyzo: Plazes is not a chat app. It's an application that let you share your location, let friends know where you're at and make upcoming plans, see who's crossing your path and what's happening nearby. Although I agree that there are several services like this, more or less similar, Plazes has been the first one and it's definitively not "just a map".
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Thanks anyway for trying out Plazes.
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I know this is disappointing... We really feel the same and we are definitively going to report this to Maporama and find a solution.
If you prefer to show only the postcode of a Plaze and not the full street address you can just edit the Plaze and manually move the pin to correct the wrong position delivered.
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So relax; things will happen in time. In the meantime, submit a trouble ticket to Plazes and Nokia, and continue to use what you can.
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