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Apple Maps Vehicles to Survey France, Italy and Sweden in August

Apple Maps vehicles will also begin surveying Tennessee later in August, raising the total number of U.S. states that Apple has driven through to 30. Apple began collecting street-level mapping data in 13 more U.S. states this month, including Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota and Wyoming.
Apple confirmed in June that it is driving vehicles around the world to collect data to improve Apple Maps, and the mapping imagery is almost certainly being used to create a Google Maps "Street View" competitor. Apple Maps vehicles are also taking photos of businesses and storefronts in major metropolitan areas to replace current imagery provided by third-party sources such as Yelp.
Apple has posted a complete list of new areas in the United States, France, Ireland, Sweden and the United Kingdom it will be surveying throughout August on its Apple Maps vehicles website, including extended coverage of unmapped areas in California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Texas, Utah and Washington.
Update Jul 29: Apple Maps vehicles will also begin surveying Italy between August 1 and August 31, collecting street-level mapping data in Rome and the surrounding Lazio region.
Top Rated Comments
(View all)Every time I see this, I think to myself why?
If Google has already driven and is driving cars all around the world mapping streets, then why reinvent the wheel and do the same, unless somehow, you are going to do it better.
If Apple is going to do it better, what does better mean?
Higher rez images?
Cars will drive down the little alleyways that the google cars did not go down?
What is the point?
US, OK
But England, Ireland, France, and Sweden before Canada?
No iTunes Radio, ApplePay, Now Apple Maps.
Does Apple even know that Canada exists any more?
What's this Canada you speak of?
But England, Ireland, France, and Sweden before Canada?
No iTunes Radio, ApplePay, Now Apple Maps.
Does Apple even know that Canada exists any more?
Every time I see this, I think to myself why?
If Google has already driven and is driving cars all around the world mapping streets, then why reinvent the wheel and do the same, unless somehow, you are going to do it better.
If Apple is going to do it better, what does better mean?
Higher rez images?
Cars will drive down the little alleyways that the google cars did not go down?
What is the point?
The point is Google does not share this and if Apple wants to offer this feature, they have to do it themselves. It's really that simple.
BTW... saw my first Apple Map vehicle in NYC about a month ago. Can't wait to see one drive by my house out in the middle of nowhere! LOL!
If Google has already driven and is driving cars all around the world mapping streets, then why reinvent the wheel and do the same, unless somehow, you are going to do it better.
If Apple is going to do it better, what does better mean?
Higher rez images?
Cars will drive down the little alleyways that the google cars did not go down?
What is the point?
US, OK
But England, Ireland, France, and Sweden before Canada?
No iTunes Radio, ApplePay, Now Apple Maps.
Does Apple even know that Canada exists any more?
Yeah, and 200 other countries while we're at it. You're not special, Canada, get in line!
It'll crash the App Store, Apple Maps, display an error message for every user and loads in 5 seconds.
Based on Apple Music, at least :p
i'm beginning to think that all apple products are magical.. FOR ME. apple music hasn't failed me once. it is still stupid in the way that it's offering me "intro to [whatever]" even though I already have all their albums, but other than that it works flawlessly.
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