Ben GuildPurported aboriginal Google Maps app for iOS 6 ( click to enlarge ) .
Screenshots that reportedly show a aboriginal Google Maps app for Io 6 indicate the app will be vector - based , just like Apple ’s replacement Maps app , and will also be format to suit the big screen of the iPhone 5 .
DeveloperBen Guildin San Francisco posted the blurry screenshots on his blog , claiming they show the alpha version of Google Maps for iOS 6 . Among the features he cite are two - fingerbreadth rotation of the maps at any slant and support for the 4 - inch concealment of the iPhone 5 .
The developer did not say how he find the screenshots , but claims the new app will be vector - establish , which intend that you wo n’t see hazy images loading while you soar upwards in and out of maps . Google Maps on Android already uses this system , as doesApple ’s new Maps app .
Map app criticized
With thearrival of iOS 6 , Apple revamp its Maps app and progress its own mapping railway locomotive with information from TomTom . In principle , the app was an melioration over the previous translation , which had Google Maps at its core . The revamp program have vector map for smoother scrolling and loading , as well as spokesperson - wait on turn - by - turn directions — capabilities antecedently drop from Io ’s built - in map offering .
Ben GuildPossible Google Maps for iOS 6 ( click to enlarge ) .
However , shortly after launch , users find that the data in Apple ’s Maps app was lacking . It produced incorrect search results , erroneous street and city labels , and was leave out locations . Thesub - par qualityof the mathematical function even prompted an apology from Apple CEO Tim Cook , whosaid in a populace letterthat he is “ extremely sorry for the frustration this has cause our customers , ” and promise that Apple is “ doing everything we can to make map well . ”
Google got a warning that its Maps product would n’t power the iOS 6 Maps app in the developer beta of the OS before this year . Apple remove the make - in YouTube iOS app in the new version , and Google was flying to fill the gap with anew YouTube appin the App Store .
The search party was not as quick to bestow over its mapping product back to iOS , and has tried to fill the gap while it ’s developing the new app with a Web - free-base version of Google Maps , which now alsofeatures Street View .
Ben GuildA screen jacket crown that is reportedly Google ’s native iOS app .
