For those who
impatiently awaited the return of Google maps in form
applications on iPhone and iPad after their disappearance when iOS was released
6, today is almost Christmas!
Indeed, we remember the replacement of Google maps by those
of Apple and the outcry that followed, leading the company to make its
apologize publicly.
Today Google offers aapplication completely
rethoughton the iPhone. She is superb:
Beyond a very modernized design, the application offers all the
features that we have the right to expect including voice guidance and
street view, here are the main characteristics and
captures :
- the usual cards
- proximity search,
- nouveaudetailed navigation by voice guidance
- public transport routes (in the cities covered),
- Street View: to access it, bring up a
red marker by pressing with your finger or search for an address, then press
raise the pane at the bottom of the screen to display a panoramic photo
from Street view, click and you are there in full screen.
- The satellite view: to access it, bring up the menu
available at the bottom right of the screen (lateral movement of the finger towards the
left to unfold it) and select “Satellite”
- Announcement :the plan of the interior of the premises of more than 100,000
establishmentsin the world.Please note:it was to us
impossible to make this function appear (San Francisco airport test,
the god part, carre sénart, Washington airport, no visualization of the plans
interiors) if anyone succeeded, email to news (a) iphon.fr?
Merci !
- new: recording your favorite places using your
gmail account allowing direct access from the phone to all
searches and routes saved on the computer
- a side view instead of above: proceeding in the same way
than on Apple Maps, namely two fingers pressed on a map and which
go down
- Tip: to report a problem, simply shake the iPhone and
this proposition appears:
To see the appearance but also the content of the application and its richness, we are
says thatApple's change of maps at least had the merit of
cause a real (r)evolution of the Google Maps applicationWho
had remained almost unchanged on iOS since its launch.
All that's missing now is an iPad version!
How do you find this version?Happy to finally be
went home 😉?
founder of the site. Computer engineer and Internet specialist where he has held various positions of responsibility, Laurent has been passionate about mobility since the arrival of "PDAs" in the 90s. Journalist for 4 years for the magazine Team Palmtops (Posse Presse) and author of several books on the iPad published by Pearson.
