iOS 6 Feature: All New Maps App With Turn-by-Turn Navigation, 3D Flyover, Real-Time Traffic Information

Apple finally made the switch to its in-house mapping service in iOS 6, replacing Google’s database that powered earlier versions of the Maps app. The app, and by consequence Apple’s back end, is one of the biggest new features of iOS 6.
The transition from Google’s backend to Apple’s own has been long in the making, at least three years if you count since Apple’s first mapping related acquisition, Placebase.
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