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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.
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by Whoever on Saturday June 13 2015, @04:29AM
We would not want Google to get complacent with Maps. The only problem might be if Google decides that their support for hipsters is not good enough and un-improves Maps (although, this process may have already started).
(Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday June 13 2015, @04:40AM
The rumor mill thought it might be Apple testing out autonomous cars.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 13 2015, @09:15AM
this process has definitely started
it started when they removed wikipedia links from google maps, and the new version of maps user interface is total garbage
(Score: 2) by Appalbarry on Saturday June 13 2015, @05:09PM
What? You're saying that removing the "Print" function is not an improvement?