Nearly 22 months after its first announcement, Google Latitude has finally landed in the iOS App Store. Unlike last week when the Latitude App appeared briefly in the Japanese store for a moment, this time it is official.
Latitude is Google's location-based service that lets you see the location of your friends on a map and share your own location. This sharing is done in real-time using your phones GPS receiver and mobile broadband connection. The app originally appeared back in 2009 for a moment, but Apple pulled it from the App Store. According to Google's mobile blog, Apple suggested that Latitude would be bett