Apple Awarded Patent For Touchscreen Maps Interface

. Apple may have only ditched Google Maps in the most recent version of iOS, but the interface has been Apple-driven for a long time. Apple just recieved a patent for a “touch screen device, method, and graphical user interface for providing maps, directions, and location-based information.” Sounds broad. Apple applied for the patent back in June 2008, but it was awarded today. .
The claims cover a wide variety of touchscreen mechanisms for interacting with maps. As a user of iOS maps, they're pretty click efficient, and this is a patent covering all the different ways that Apple achieved that.

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