Google adds offline viewing, orientation to Maps for Android

16.12.2010
The story "Google adds offline viewing, orientation to Maps for Android" that ran Thursday incorrectly characterized the way the iPhone map works. The second and fourth graphs have been changed and now read as follows:

One key new feature in Google Maps 5.0 for Android is that the map moves with the user. Some mobile-phone maps stay oriented to the North, even if a user is moving in another direction.

That feature wasn't previously available in Google Maps for Android and isn't available from Microsoft on the Bing app for iPhone. The iPhone map app allows users to hit a button in the corner of the map so that it orients along with the user.

The IDG News Service