A method for presenting geographic content via a display device, the method comprising: generating, by one or more processors in a first instance, a first presentation of geographic content for display via a display device, when the display device has a first physical orientation; generating, by the one or more processors in a second instance, a second presentation of geographic content for display via the display device, when the display device has the first physical orientation; generating, by the one or more processors, a shared third presentation of geographic content for display via the display device both when the display device transitions to a second physical orientation in the first instance and when the display device transitions to the second physical orientation in the second instance, including storing, in a computer-readable memory, an indication of a type of presentation of the geographic content prior to transitioning to the second physical orientation; and when the display device displaying the third presentation of geographic content transitions to the first physical orientation: retrieving the stored indication from the computer-readable memory; generating, by the one or more processors, the first presentation of geographic content in response at least to determining, based on the stored indication, that the physical device transitioned to the second physical orientation in the first instance, and generating, by the one or more processors, the second presentation of geographic content in response at least to determining, based on the stored indication, that the physical device transitioned to the second physical orientation in the second instance. generating, by one or more processors in a first instance, a first presentation of geographic content for display via a display device, when the display device has a first physical orientation; generating, by the one or more processors in a second instance, a second presentation of geographic content for display via the display device, when the display device has the first physical orientation; generating, by the one or more processors, a shared third presentation of geographic content for display via the display device both when the display device transitions to a second physical orientation in the first instance and when the display device transitions to the second physical orientation in the second instance, including storing, in a computer-readable memory, an indication of a type of presentation of the geographic content prior to transitioning to the second physical orientation; and when the display device displaying the third presentation of geographic content transitions to the first physical orientation: retrieving the stored indication from the computer-readable memory; generating, by the one or more processors, the first presentation of geographic content in response at least to determining, based on the stored indication, that the physical device transitioned to the second physical orientation in the first instance, and generating, by the one or more processors, the second presentation of geographic content in response at least to determining, based on the stored indication, that the physical device transitioned to the second physical orientation in the second instance. retrieving the stored indication from the computer-readable memory; generating, by the one or more processors, the first presentation of geographic content in response at least to determining, based on the stored indication, that the physical device transitioned to the second physical orientation in the first instance, and generating, by the one or more processors, the second presentation of geographic content in response at least to determining, based on the stored indication, that the physical device transitioned to the second physical orientation in the second instance.