Apple announced this week that its Maps team will be driving and walking through six Canadian cities next week.
The Apple Maps team will be in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Vancouver, Edmonton and Ottawa starting Monday, August 8, 2022. Apple says they will “drive vehicles and carry specialized backpacks with equipment to help us build the best digital map of Canada.” “. The company emphasized that “your privacy is our priority.”
According to Apple, its ground surveys will help improve the Maps Look Around feature. The company periodically reviews the locations for the most up-to-date data. Cars will drive on roads and backpacks will allow data collection where you can’t drive.
Pedestrian backpack collections will take place in BC from August 8 to September 30, 2022. During the same period, vehicle collections will take place in Alberta, BC, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador , PEI, Ontario, Saskatchewan. and Quebec too.
Last September, Apple also announced that its Maps teams would be walking through Canadian cities in the fall to help with the company’s Look Around feature, which launched in Canada in late 2020.
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