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Title: Apple Drone Fleet to Gather Maps Data Post by: HCK on December 03, 2016, 04:05:19 pm Apple Drone Fleet to Gather Maps Data
Apple reportedly has assembled a group of robotics and data-collection experts who will use drones to obtain data for updates to its Maps app. Apple, Google and others in the cartography space currently collect a lot of their data using motor vehicles equipped with high-tech gear. "That's a very expensive and time-consuming process," said Sam Abuelsamid, an analyst at Navigant Research. Source: Apple Drone Fleet to Gather Maps Data (http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84133.html?rss=1) |