Nokia has announced that Maps 2.0 is available today, after several months in (a very wide) public beta. The press release, with official changelog over v1.2, is below, but see also my preview of the Nokia Maps v2.0 beta. And here's the all important download link. Nokia Maps (as referenced in my recent Location Based Search feature) is a core product for the next five years and has enormous potential, both standalone on devices and as part of (Maps on) Ovi.

With the core product free to all and yet with enormous worldwide street mapping and POI datasets, Nokia Maps is a big, big deal. It's innovative pay-as-you-go pricing system for voice-guided navigation has attracted some criticism but is, in my opinion, beautifully pitched. The 2.0 version is a big step forward from 1.0, in both routing ability and user interface. The pedestrian (walk) facility is also noteworthy as it represents a significant expansion area for GPS navigation.