I’m still loving the 1.1.3 update for my iPhone. In the Maps application, I can now search for and find the destination that I want to go to, and then ask for directions from my current location. The app will approximate where I’m at and give me directions to where I want to go. I’ve found that the approximated location varies from pretty good to dead on. It’s no GPS replacement, but it’s pretty useful.
Perhaps I should expand on that a bit. When you?re in the Maps application, you can search for the location that you want to go to. Once you?ve found it, you click on the pushpin on the map to bring up details. Then, you click on ?Directions to here?, which puts the Maps app into directions mode instead of search mode. By default, the To field is filled with the place that you?re tying to get to, and the from field is filled with the special text ?Current location.? You click on the Route button and Google Maps computes a route to get you where you want to go. Once you?ve done it a couple of times, it?s a very fluid and natural experience.