Finally, it must think users of iOS, which already have an application worthy of maps to their smartphones. And it is that, after the fiasco of Apple with its application, it is clear that Google is going to win many converts with the Maps which just launched and which is now available in the App Store. Apple did very badly, is clear, and now those in Mountain View have countered. They only had to make an application say, good, and that it was to which already has Android, and this is exactly Google Maps for iOS.


Without great flourishes, the company led by Larry Page has launched its application for smartphones designed and developed in Cupertino. The differences with the previous Google Maps for iOS are those that already existed between this and the Android. And it is that the new application has the same functions as that available for the OS of the majority of users in the world with a smart mobile. It allows decrease the inclination of the vision, to adopt a point of view with perspective, in addition to the Rotary turning, that can run with two fingers, something that was not present in the classic maps for iOS.

However, large differences are found between Apple Maps and Google Maps. Navigation system is excellent, and it remains the same as always, and geographical data are reliable in most of the world, something very reliable and determinant when choosing an application of maps and navigation.

The application's interface is very intuitive, with a top bar to search for the destination, and a direct button to start the step-by-step navigation, that opens a window where you enter starting point, destination and means of transport. In just three beats, we can start the GPS with directions. With the options in the lower left corner button is allows us to access the activation or deactivation of the information of traffic, urban transport, satellite view, and Google Earth.



However, there is just everything. At the moment it doesn't have options like Latitude and Street View is a little hidden. We can only enter home and work addresses to be able to recognize them instantly. However, the operation of Google Maps for iOS is just like Android, despite having fewer possibilities, and that already makes it the best maps application available for Apple devices.

The Cupertino company vanity led them to make a huge mistake. They wanted to launch a maps application when he was not yet at the height, when he could not even meet as a useful application in much of the world. If they wanted to do was stop paying Google for using their service, they could you have done without more, and leave to take out an application like Google Maps, that would offer users the same service, but now without that was included in the device of factory, and without having to pay the Mountain View for her.

They were carried away by the successes, and made a mistake typical of a child, thinking that they were the best and that they could do a better application. Without realizing it has, in fact, that Google already takes many years and dollars invested in a service with this magnitude. Obviously, you can do something better than this if it takes not working, at least a few years, and on the basis of an even better idea. The latter could have it, but the first thing no, and as a result, have sunk with everything.