Apple Maps vehicles project expands to 13 new US states in July
Apple on Wednesday announced upcoming survey areas for its Apple Maps vehicle initiative, revealing its sensor-laden vans will be tooling around a total of 27 new U.S. locales come mid-July, including an expansion into 13 states.
Announced through its Apple Maps vehicles webpage, the new mapping areas to be scanned between July 15 and July 30 are limited to the U.S. The company will be continuing data acquisition in other states, as well as England and Ireland.
Upcoming Apple Maps vehicle locations:
After months of speculation, Apple in June confirmed ownership of mysterious vans with advanced sensor arrays seen driving on U.S. roadways, saying the vehicles are gathering data for an internal mapping initiative. While the company painted the project in broad strokes, claiming it will "improve" Apple Maps, equipment mounted on each van's roof suggests work on a Google Street View competitor.
Apple has since marked mapping vehicles in the U.S. and UK with an "Apple Maps" label and a link to maps.apple.com.
Announced through its Apple Maps vehicles webpage, the new mapping areas to be scanned between July 15 and July 30 are limited to the U.S. The company will be continuing data acquisition in other states, as well as England and Ireland.
Upcoming Apple Maps vehicle locations:
- Colorado - Denver
- Florida - Escambia County (Pensacola)
- Idaho - Ada County (Boise)
- Indiana - Marion County (Indianapolis)
- Kentucky - Jefferson County (Louisville)
- Maryland - Baltimore
- Minnesota - Hennepin County (Minneapolis), Ramsey County (St. Paul)
- Missisippi - Harrison County (Gulfport)
- New Mexico - Santa Fe
- Ohio - Hamilton County (Cincinnati)
- Oregon - Lane County (Eugene), Marion County (Salem)
- Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
- South Dakota - Pennington County (Rapid City)
- Wyoming - Laramie County (Cheyenne)
After months of speculation, Apple in June confirmed ownership of mysterious vans with advanced sensor arrays seen driving on U.S. roadways, saying the vehicles are gathering data for an internal mapping initiative. While the company painted the project in broad strokes, claiming it will "improve" Apple Maps, equipment mounted on each van's roof suggests work on a Google Street View competitor.
Apple has since marked mapping vehicles in the U.S. and UK with an "Apple Maps" label and a link to maps.apple.com.
Comments
Oh you meant to write, ``...thirteen more US States.''
There's thirteen new US States?
Oh you meant to write, ``...thirteen more US States.''
Nope. There are actually 63 states now.
/s
Slowly, but surely. With a focus on "slowly".
Their choice. With all of the money that mega-corp has, it could map the world like this in months. Bam.
There's thirteen new US States?
Oh you meant to write, ``...thirteen more US States.''
Nope. There are actually 63 states now.
/s
Overachievers.
The corporation is vastly weighed toward maximizing on the majority (max bang for buck) than for the minority (who speak out). Witness many software tools like Aperture.
They focus on the lowest common denominator.
And unlike you, they seem to know what the **** they're doing. Proof is in the pudding. Revenue, profits, sales, margins, brand equity, and customer sat are all off the charts. So who are you to say they're doing it wrong? Whiners like you will always exist, and you're consistently wrong about everything. You're insanely childish if you think everything can be solved with lightning speed by throwing money at it, especially something as complex as mapping.
I'm not seeing the Street View competitor panorama cam. Which part us it?
If Apple Maps had street view, I could forget there is a Google Maps with it.