No Maps.
But it seriously sucks much of the time. I have been constantly put in the wrong places. GPS lag has meant I have missed turns. I want directionality with out the map spinning in circles or making infinity marks on the screen. I want to be able to read street names in a font big enough to read. I want to see streets and intersection names without traffic indicators getting in the way. I want to turn on and off items without going to another screen going back and having to reorientate all the time.
In other words, I want the application, in total to be reinvented by somebody that would actually using it at a speed faster than sitting down. That can get to information on the map not obscured by pin labels. I want to be able to zoom and see the entire route and see the details without the freaking pinch maneuver which never zooms in and out as much as I want. Nor as fast as I want. Can't we freaking cache SOME of the maps. Like all the ones on route?
The map application sucks, it sucks on many many levels. And I am not going to spend hundreds of dollars to discover whether or not other mapping solutions suck, and not be able to get my money back (The problem with the app store when the app costs more than .99).
It is better than no maps at all. But it is very frustrating to use as it is.
You know, because everyone in LA has an Iphone, that the directions given all use the same roads, and are all overly congested? That there isn't alternate routes given based on congestion and time to travel?