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Garmin provides another option to users disappointed with Apple's new maps

By: Aseem Gaurav on September 26, 2012


A lot of users have complained of Apple’s new maps app in terms of deficiencies and inaccuracies and many of them have started seeing somewhere else to get a full-featured and correct map app. Garmin U.S.A. app is one such app that through its newly updated version features urban guidance, panorama view 3D and Google Street View.


In a well-timed update, Garmin has added compatibility with iOS 6 and the iPhone 5, in hopes of attracting the disappointed users turned off by Apple Maps. In addition, Garmin comes with Google Street View support that shows exactly what is on the route at a street-level view.

In addition, the app offers users the option to purchase Urban Guidance in-app, which "considers public transportation options, such as subways, trams, busses and water taxis, when calculating pedestrian routes." It will cost users $2.99.

Moreover, Panaorama View gives users a true 3-D elevation views obtained from NASA height and terrain data to show users what lies ahead. It is available as a $9.99 in-app purchase.

Garmin U.S.A. is made for the iPhone/iPod touch but is compatible with the iPad. The app covers the United States, with the exception of Alaska.
 

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