Google Maps Mobile

Google Maps Mobile is a version of Google Maps designed for use on mobile phones. Google Maps is an interactive web-based web mapping application provided by Google. The application offers maps from the world level down to the street level for many cities in the world. In addition, Google Maps provides satellite views for most parts of the planet and street view levels on select cities. Since its early days, the mapping utility has enabled users to find businesses and get driving directions in some cities.http://www.google.com/corporate/history.html Today, Google Maps includes a lot more value-added features, such as walking, bicycling and public transportation trip planners for many cities. A lot of these features are available through Google Maps mobile on cellphones and smartphones, particularly those that run on Google's Android mobile operating system.http://www.google.com/mobile/maps/

Since its inception, Google Maps has not stopped adding new user-focused features. Through Google Maps for Mobile, quite a few of these features have become available almost ubiquitously in select cities through web-capable cellphones and smartphones. Among the smartphones, Android-run ones support Google Maps mobile programs the most. Here is a list of some features of Google Maps for Mobile:

• Latitude allows users to share their current location with their friends.
• Buzz enables users to check out what's going on in their environs.
• Street View provides users with street-level images of select cities.
• Layers provide users with several levels of geographic information.
• Biking directions provide users with bicycle lane routes.
• Transit directions provide users with routes and schedules for travel by bus or rail.
• Business listings enables users to find nearby products and services.
• My Location enables users to see their location on the map, even if they don't have a GPS device.
• Driving directions help users get to their destination without having to input their starting point.
• Navigation provides users with real-time GPS audio navigation.
• Traffic provides commuters with real-time traffic news.http://www.google.com/mobile/maps/