There are so many new applications today that are very helpful when you are on the move and many of them are ones that extremely user friendly that even a person who is not very used to utilizing them will have no problem. One such very instinctive application is the iPhone Maps that provides a variety of features that people who use them ban take advantage of and have fun with. There are options of knowing what your location as well as sending an email or an MMS to others. Some of the other advantages of the iPhone Maps are that it offers:

- Turn-by-turn instructions whether you are driving or walking

- A map route that is highlighted and one that can monitor and track your movements using the GPS as you move along

- You are also provided with details about public transportation along with bus and train timings

- You will be able to view the map which will , by default match with the direction in which you are going, and this can be attributed to the in-built compass

- Real-time traffic details that can be can be understood easily by the red, yellow and green colours on the map

- You have to option to look for a certain site by just entering a keyword and you will be given details like the website you may want to visit, a phone number that you may need to call for enquiries etc and these can be saved into your contacts list.

The iPhone Maps also offers you four means by which you can view the map like the 'map view', the 'satellite view', the 'hybrid view' and the 'street view'. Well if you want to shift from pone view to another and do not know how to go about it then here are the details:

There is an icon on your iPhone screen that looks like peeling paper. It will be found on the lower part of the right side of the screen. Tap on it and you can see the various views. When you tap on the icon, the view currently on the screen will peel off and you will see the list of the various views. Tap on the one that you want to see. The 'satellite view' offers high resolution images , the 'hybrid view' also offers the same type of images, but will also offer you labels for every state and you have the street view that you can see a 360 degree sight of the streets in the most important cities of the US. If you wish to have a more lucid view you can utilize the 'zoom' feature by tapping twice on the screen.

This iPhone Maps is a very helpful application that can be used by people who have a lot of travelling to do because it offers other than directions, updates about traffic, public transport timings and many more. This is a feature that makes things so much simpler especially for a person who is not extremely familiar with the place he is visiting.