
The App I decided to analyze is the
Maps App from Apple on iPhones, not the Google one. The app is very
standard, as it uses the phone's GPS to locate and direct the user
wherever they desire. At the top of the main page, there is a search
bar that allows to put an address or to search for one. The top left
button starts the routing process while the top right button pulls up
a history tab of addresses pulled from prior routes, bookmarked
destinations, and locations pulled from the phone's contact list. The
bottom four buttons are current GPS location, 3D on/off, send, and an
information tab that gives more accessibility options for the map.
I'm not familiar with how the other Map Apps work for iOS, but
because this app comes with the phone, it does a pretty great job
integrating all of the phone's resources which doesn't restrain the
app's capabilities within the app itself. If having a hard time
telling someone a specific address, you can send an exact GPS
coordinate from the map through iMessage, which will in turn map out
the location on the receiver's map app. By using all of the resources
available to the phone (internet, contact list, facebook, etc), the
app becomes useful in more than one way.


