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Apple Maps receives additional terrain data for Arizona, New Mexico, and Nevada

As part of its continual effort to rebuild Apple Maps, Apple has added detailed terrain features to the U.S. states of Arizona and New Mexico as well as the southern portion of Nevada, including the city of Las Vegas.  The additional data is derived from Apple’s street-level data gathering via LiDAR-equipped vehicles, which Apple has […]

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Apple confirms deployment of pedestrian-level data gathering in California

Apple’s pedestrian-level data gathering operations have begun. The company has confirmed plans to conduct more on-foot data collection for Apple Maps, going beyond the first efforts in San Francisco. Between November 26th and December 23rd, Apple will be deploying a Lidar-equipped team to operate in the California counties of Alameda, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San […]

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Apple expands Maps van data gathering efforts to New York, Connecticut and Arizona

Apple’s data map collection efforts haver expanded from the Bay Area and gone to the east coast and to the southwest. As noted on the company’s Apple Maps vehicles webpage, Apple is continuing its Apple Maps data collection in New England with camera and sensor-equipped vans for the first time. The expansion to Connecticut marks […]