title: How can I launch the Google Maps iPhone application from within my own native application?
body: <p>The <a href="http://developer.apple.com/documentation/AppleApplications/Reference/SafariWebContent/UsingiPhoneApplications/chapter_6_section_4.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Apple Developer Documentation</a> (link is dead now) explains that if you place a link in a web page and then click it whilst using Mobile Safari on the iPhone, the Google Maps application that is provided as standard with the iPhone will launch.</p>
  
  <p>How can I launch the same Google Maps application with a specific address from within my own native iPhone application (i.e. not a web page through Mobile Safari) in the same way that tapping an address in Contacts launches the map?</p>
  
  <p><strong>NOTE:  THIS ONLY WORKS ON THE DEVICE ITSELF.  NOT IN THE SIMULATOR.</strong></p>