Google Offers A Free Turn By Turn Mobile Map Application

Now in beta and downloadable from the Google Apps mobile website, Google Maps Navigation is a free mobile application with search-driven voice controls. Unfortunately, it is only presently available for phones with Android 2.0. Versions for other operating systems are in development.

Addresses are input by both text and voice. However, exact addresses are unnecessary. Business names and restaurant types as well as soft queries like "that museum that has the king tut exhibit" will return a list of suggested locations. The application draws traffic information from several different sources and advises of traffic conditions by color coding routes and displays estimated arrival times. The program will display maps in landscape or portrait mode.

Here is a video of how it works.

[Source: via Gizmodo]