Can I still get google maps on my ipad?

Macworld reported thatGoogle is preparing a Googla Maps app that will be available soon. Hopefully its availability will solve your problem.

I seem to have no problem going to maps.google.com in Safari on my iPad. Be sure to turn on Layers if you want to see options like Traffic, Satellite, or Terrain. In some ways it has more features than the app. But I'm not seeing a way to get StreetView...

Get a life.

Punch in the face?

Obviously you never have been or you wouldn't make such a silly comment.

Google did not bother to have a map app or ipad specific youtube app available despite knowing this was coming for months, so they obviously don't care if you use their services.

If they get around to making an app, you can download it.

The OP the iOS maps are the punch in the face - okay, so apple thought they could make something better ... But without public transport or walking-time estimates, it's a big, big fail.

Does have walking times and routes in the upper left-hand corner where the crooked arrow is located. Click the arrow and driving directions, walking directions will appear . Now public transit isn't installed yet, I think the intent is that you would want to go to the local public transportation website wherever you're located. At some point they may tie in your current location with the little bus button so it takes you directly to the app of the public transportation system you're currently in.

Oh - you're right. Thanks.

Lee/MerlinUK, I feel your pain concerning Street view. I use it a lot to my iPhone. I haven't upgraded my iPhone to iOS6 yet but I did upgrade my iPad to check out the maps first as that was my main concern. While the flyover is cool, you do get a bit of a sense of Street view when you adjust the 3-D view to about a 30° elevation. You won't see storefronts like you see in Street view but will see enough detail of buildings to recognize your current location when you zoom in at the proper magnification.

There is a YouTube App in the app store.

"I have also heard the actual data on the maps, ie coffee shops, restaurants etc is lacking as well."

They are there and if you click on them it pops up a window with abreviated reviews, photos, and one click to full Yelp reviews and web site.

I found two street view apps in the App Store: iFindView and Streetviewer.

MerlinUK wrote:

I have also heard the actual data on the maps, ie coffee shops, restaurants etc is lacking as well. Makes me really wish Apple had thought this through rather than trying to do everything in house.

I don't think that's quite fair. Apple decidedly did not do it all in-house. They did buy some map companies to help code it together, but they're also doing a fair bit of partnering. The actual data on coffee shops and restaurants turns out to be probably as good as it gets, precisely because of who they partnered with to display the data: Yelp. Heck, when I search for my local coffee shop in Google, I get...links to Yelp.

It is important to remember, when apps disappear, that not everything needs an app. Maps and YouTube function in a browser without a specialized app, much as they do on a standard computer. Although missing the map features already discussed.

There are a lot of sites where I'd rather visit in the browser than download an app, because with Safari, Apple provides a way of erasing stored data about yourself. With apps, there's no telling what apps collect and store about you, and you have no way to get at it.

iFindView has not been updated for almost a year!!! Old App, don't trust it.

MerlinUK you got good points. But having used my iPhone and maps for the past 12 months, my observations are that Apple focused on "cool stuff" rather than productivity for the user. I live in San Francisco and I use the BART system to commute. With Google maps, one can search "BART" and find stations nearby; with Apple's Maps, I typed BART McArthur (about 5 stations away from Downtown San Francisco) and it gave me a location right in the middle of FRANCE.

I don't think this is acceptable. Forget about 3D images of buildings around. I need maps to help me get around, not look at cute pictures or building structures.