# HERE Maps

5 Hacker News commenters recommended HERE Maps and 5 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for offline map downloads and working well alongside Waze. Critics say the mobile app's zoom and pan are awkward and some local streets are missing.

## Why people recommend it

- Offline map data downloads (1 comments): "Bundled HERE Drive let you pre download map data long before competitors had the option." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48864062))
- Works well alongside Waze (1 comments): "Waze and Here Maps work well." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49885715))

## What people warn about

- Awkward two-finger zoom on mobile (1 comments): "HERE maps are unusable on mobile because of whacky two-finger zoom and pan algorithms" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47500257))
- Missing streets in some towns (1 comments): "HERE doesn't know that some streets exist on my town" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47718061))
- Not good enough to win (1 comments): "HERE maps and third-party clients were not good enough to tip the scale" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46589435))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Waze](https://hackerapproved.com/p/waze.md): 27 recommend
- [MapQuest](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mapquest.md): 16 recommend
- [HERE WeGo](https://hackerapproved.com/p/here-wego.md): 6 recommend
- [ABRP (A Better Route Planner)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/abrp.md): 5 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.here.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "HERE Maps", https://hackerapproved.com/p/here/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).