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« on: June 04, 2017, 04:05:21 pm »

Apple reportedly rolling out ‘Mechanical Turk’-esque program to improve Apple Maps data

<div class="feat-image"></div><p>Apple is advancing its data accuracy efforts with Apple Maps, according to a new report from iGeneration. The report details a new website app program where freelancers can sign up and get paid a small fee each time they correct/verify a Point-of-Interest or placemark in Apple Maps.</p>
<p>Similar to a Mechanical Turk system, people in the program can get paid about 54 cents per task, with a maximum of 600 tasks per week …</p>
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