Google Maps Navigation (Sort Of) Released For European Androids Hack Enables Google Maps Nav For Canadian, European Use

When the Google Maps Navigation software wasย announcedย for Android
phones just a few weeks ago, those of you who carry Android phones
outside the United States probably quickly realized one thing –
that Google Maps Navigation doesn't work for you. Until now, that is.
The European forum XDA Developers featured a post where a cunning user
posted a series of codes that need to be input into your Android device
that will enable Google Maps Navigation, the turn-by-turn TomTom killer
software on phones outside the United States.
Google never released any reasons why the Google Maps Navigation
software was only limited to the United States, keeping Canada and
Europe in the cold, but non-Americans across the blogosphere have
confirmed that the workaround works.
XDA's forum went down in all the buzz surrounding this release, but
Gadget Venue posted a clip of the code needed to enable
thisย functionality. It appears to work by some ROM modifications,
followed by a hackedย versionย of the app being installed.
Edit: XDA Developer's forums were down today to scheduledย maintenance,
not webload. Props to Flar.