I have gone down through the other “innovations” in iPhone and would like to introduce you to OffMaps iPhone program. This application enables you to travel around the world in probably eighty seconds. The specialty of this application is not what’s important about the iPhone. Yes, it’s the first visual display of the earth so you can randomly move among nations, cities, streets and by-lanes etc.
The visuals in OffMaps have been displayed with pin point accuracy and made accessible the world to all iPhone users, especially, tourists. I am talking about hand-held devices with more computer power than the Apollo spacecraft that took us to the moon. That’s the genius of Steve Jobs; that’s the genius of Apple for assembling this very useful process in one device.
What’s more interesting here is one of the fundamental principles of interface at work. The interface is clean, simple and OffMaps is easy to use as it tracks the areas (offline maps) completely with sufficient zoom level. Again, the orientation-sensor makes it easy to watch pics as intended. Another value addition is that you can save and store the map in your iPhone. You are able to download as many maps as you like for any area at no extra cost. In order to access maps offline you have to select and download once because OffMaps does not come with preloaded maps. OffMaps has two modes including, an online and an offline mode.
The OffMaps helps travelers to figure out that they are 1 block or 1000 miles from there next destination. The mapping information tag with the scheduler and the application apparently display a lot of integration and then gives you turn-by-turn guidance to actually get there. One can Find a Starbucks location and get to that location instantly. The OffMaps application aids the user to “know” where I am.
