28.03.2022 16:54 Uhr, Quelle: AppleInsider

Apple Maps teams hiking around UK cities with camera-laden backpacks

Apple is making Apple Maps more accessible to pedestrians in the UK, by sending out workers wearing data-collecting backpacks to go where its fleet of mapping cars cannot reach.Mapping services like Apple Maps typically rely on data collected from a modified vehicle traveling along roads, but the approach means pedestrianized areas sometimes get left out. In the UK, Apple is working to improve Apple Maps for pedestrians, by collecting more data away from the cars.Starting from Monday and continuing through until May, Apple is sending out employees in areas of London, Birmingham, and Manchester to collect more data for Apple Maps, reports Bloomberg. The effort will focus on areas where cars cannot easily access an area, but pedestrians have free rein to walk through.Read more

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