Google Maps now available for iPhone 5

Google Inc's mobile navigation application Google Maps will now be available in Apple Inc's app store, the Internet search giant said on its official blog.

The Google Maps app will be compatible with any iPhone or iPod Touch that runs iOS 5.1 or higher, the company said in a blog post. ()

Apple launched its own mapping service, and dropped Google's, in early September when it launched the iPhone 5 and rolled out the highly anticipated update to its mobile software platform iOS 6.

But users complained that Apple's new map service, based on Dutch navigation equipment and digital map maker TomTom NV's data, contained glaring geographical errors and lacked features that made Google Maps so popular.

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Google Street View Launches in few Cities

Google has launched the Google Street View in few Cities of Britain.
All you need to do is open google maps of UK. http://maps.google.co.uk. Click on the New Feature
Explore the World in pictures with Google Street View in UK
Now Search any location in UK. Here is the demonstration of the Google Street View.



Steps to use Google Street View:

1. Navigate to your desired location
2. To view street-level imagery for a specific location, click and drag to the location you want. Roads with street-level imagery available appear with a blue border.
3. A street-level view appears for this location with an overview map in the bottom right corner of the view. A movable Pegman icon appears in the overview map.
4. To close the view, click or or .

   Learn more about Street View

Here are few screenshots of the Google Street View

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