I don't think Google Maps uses the JSR 179 API. With regard to db Rail Navigator, it took me a while to figure out what was wrong, but apparently the code checks for a system property 'microedition.location.version' which should have value 1.0. I updated my last build so that this parameter is automatically added if you run the application through "run midlet". If you have a script or shortcut directly calling the cvm application, just add -Dmicroedition.location.version=1.0 as an additional command line parameter to cvm. I did some minimal testing and the GPS did seem to start, but my German is pretty bad, so I did not really know how to use the application. Davy