Rotation operations in a mapping application

A device comprising:

• a multi-touch input interface;
• a set of processing units;
• and
• a non-transitory machine readable medium storing a mapping program executable by at least one of the processing units, the program comprising:
• a user interface (UI) comprising:
• a display area for displaying a map;
• and
• a gestural input module for translating a multi-touch input from the multi-touch input interface to an instruction to rotate the displayed map;
• and
• a rendering module for rendering a presentation of a map from a particular view of the map, wherein, in response to the rotate instruction, the rendering module changes the particular view in order to render a rotating presentation of the map, wherein the rendering module affects three different types of items in the map in three different ways, wherein the three types of items comprise:
• (i) a set of street labels that rotate with the map and snap to new orientations after rotating by a certain rotation amount, (ii) a banner that does not rotate, and (iii) a set of labels that rotate slightly before returning to their prior orientations, wherein the modules are for execution by the set of processing units.

A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a mapping program for execution by at least one processing unit of a device comprising a touch-sensitive display screen, the program comprising sets of instructions for:

• displaying a presentation of a map and three types of items over the presentation of the map in a display area, wherein the three types of items comprises a set of street labels, a set of labels, and a banner;
• receiving an input on the display area on the touch-sensitive display screen for rotating the displayed map presentation;
• and
• while rotating, in response to the input, the presentation of the map:
• rotating the set of street labels that rotate with the map and snap to new orientations after rotating by a certain rotation amount;
• rotating the set of labels that rotate slightly before returning to their prior orientation;
• and
• maintaining an orientation of the banner in order to not rotate the banner as the presentation of the map rotates.