It has other special displays and zooming when a "directional change" is upcoming. I haven't used it as a "tell me where to go" thing for a while, so I don't remember exactly how that works, other than that it seems to Do The Right Thing(tm). Highway exits are very clearly shown in a split screen photo-realistic view, as well as intense zooming-in.

And the current zoom level is still adjustable with the + / - onscreen buttons, which seem to also adjust the auto-zooming.

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