An Anonymous Coward writes:
For years Google Maps has offered Street View, giving viewers a street level glimpse into far away destinations.
Word on the street (no pun intended!) is that Apple is sending out vehicles to photograph various locales in Ireland, UK, and the United States, with the imagery being used in their Apple Maps application.
In the US, Apple will be driving around parts of Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Texas, Utah, and Washington state.
In Ireland, Apple will map the greater Dublin area. For the UK, street mapping will be done in Essex, Greater London, Kent, and Birmingham.
Apple's page states:
[...] Apple is driving vehicles around the world to collect data which will be used to improve Apple Maps. Some of this data will be published in future Apple Maps updates.
[...] We are committed to protecting your privacy while collecting this data. For example, we will blur faces and license plates on collected images prior to publication.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 13 2015, @05:57AM
You blur the fucking faces DURING collection, NOT prior to publication.
But no, you have another agenda don't you?
(Score: 2) by BasilBrush on Saturday June 13 2015, @09:17PM
That's a stupid idea. If the algorithm makes a mistake, seeing an inanimate object or a billboard as a face, then there will be an improperly blurred area on a picture, and it's not practical to go back and retake the picture. Keeping the originals and blurring before publication means that when errors are spotted, they can be fixed.
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