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Title: Apple's mysterious vans reportedly collecting Maps data for Street View rival Post by: HCK on May 31, 2015, 09:00:12 pm Apple's mysterious vans reportedly collecting Maps data for Street View rival
<article> <section class="page"> <p> Apple thought it was being subtle by sending unmarked, camera-equipped vans around a handful of American cities earlier this year, but news of the effort immediately sparked our curiosity (http://www.macworld.com/article/2879972/mysterious-apple-van-fuels-speculation-about-self-driving-car-or-maps-overhaul.html): What’s the Cupertino company up to? Will we see a self-driving Apple car in the future?</p><p> As cool as that sounds, our bet was on a more likely answer: That Apple plans to revamp Maps with its own 3D maps and street views in an effort to compete with Google. According to a new report from 9to5Mac (http://9to5mac.com/2015/05/29/mystery-solved-apple-vans-gathering-next-gen-maps-data-grabbing-street-view-storefronts-3d-images/), that’s exactly what the company is up to. Apple has been acquiring companies and doing doing under-the-radar mapping work to build out its own map database by 2017.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2928661/apples-mysterious-vans-reportedly-collecting-maps-data-for-street-view-rival.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Apple's mysterious vans reportedly collecting Maps data for Street View rival (http://www.macworld.com/article/2928661/apples-mysterious-vans-reportedly-collecting-maps-data-for-street-view-rival.html#tk.rss_all) |