Apple today has updated its Apple Maps vehicles webpage with a list of new cities it will begin surveying later this month. Earlier this year we reported that Apple was using its camera-equipped vans to collect next-gen Maps data, including Street View storefronts and 3D images. Apple now has revealed 13 new U.S. that it will begin surveying later this month, as well as a handful of locations in the U.K. and Ireland.
Apple’s new cities are located in Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and Wyoming. Apple will also continue surveying areas in Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Texas, Utah and Washington.
Earlier this year, we revealed that Apple is in the process of collecting data for Maps in its effort to use in-house data by 2018. The company is also collecting 3D Street View data.
The 15 new counties that Apple will begin surveying between July 15th and July 31st are below:
- Colorado
Denver - Idaho
Ada County (Boise) - Indiana
Marion County (Indianapolis) - Kentucky
Jefferson County (Louisville) - Maryland
Baltimore - Minnesota
Hennepin County (Minneapolis), Ramsey County (St. Paul) - Mississippi
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)
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Wait, they’re already in MA? Wonder when/where. I’ll look to photobomb them. Ha!
They have actually started to label the vans with window decals stating that they are for Apple Maps and to visit the maps.apple.com website for information. According to a driver I spoke with, a lot of people were not happy with the unmarked vehicles in their neighborhoods and had contacted local authorities.
I’ve seen three vans in Salt Lake City.
There was a glitch in the matrix last week with an Apple van. Two days in a row, but at half an hour difference in time, I was at the same intersection, the first at the line, when coming towards me, the same color Caravan with stuff on top and stickers on the side that said “Apple Maps” made a U turn right after their light turned red. It was a weird moment. I never saw the van again. Whoa.