A single tap on the map is used to zoom in. Unfortunately you can’t adjust the zoom level beyond no-zoom and full-zoom. Without the GPS centering you at the right location, you’ll find yourself doing a lot of swiping and dragging on the map. Tourists using this will have a very difficult time, since they won’t even have a reference to anchor with. The maps themselves are high-quality high-contrast detailed maps of all the transit routes and line information. Major landmarks on the maps are visible which do mitigate the lack of zoom and reference problem a little bit. Integration with the GPS, plus a News feed regarding traffic and transit delays would go far in making this app more than just a static image of a map. As Google moves aggressively to include transit information in their Google Maps service, they will not be concerned about any potential competition from this app.

The full Google Maps functionality is included, including to-from directions. Like other applications on the Palm Pre, you can slide out of this application through the card view and leave it running in the background – especially useful when you want to field a call while driving to a location with this application on.