Schmap, a publisher of various travel guides, is all set to launch a competitor to Google Maps. Schmap combines the best of multiple applications and renders a more versatile and convenient user experience. This will be available on the iPhone and brings together the convenient features of local search, Google Maps and City Guides.
Go ahead and direct your iPhone Safari Browser to Schmap and it will take you to its Home page. The home page enables you to run through the city guides. These city guides are broken down into categories like restaurants, shopping etc. You can also search for local businesses.
Well, Schmap offers better applications when compared to other Map services. It allows its iPhone users a unique way to browse the “City Guides”. In the portrait orientation it offers a list of local businesses. On switching into landscape orientation it rotates the screen and lists the businesses next to map showing the location of each business. Doesn’t it sound amazing?
Schmap City Guides and Schmap Local Search are available on the Apple iPhone. Its unique rotate n’ Map feature enables you to see places on a map, scroll a list and map dynamically just by turning it sideways.