Apple's mysterious vans reportedly collecting Maps data for Street View rival<article>
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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: 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, 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>
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Apple's mysterious vans reportedly collecting Maps data for Street View rival
