131: Why Apple is rebooting Maps

Apple is hitting restart in Maps, starting this week in the California Bay Area. The new Maps will be better detailed, more accurate, more relevant, and eventually more feature rich. At least that's the promise...

The data for the new Apple Maps is being collected in three primary ways:

From high-resolution satellite imaging, from specially outfitted Apple Maps vans that have been driving international roadways for years already, and from the billion odd iPhones that all of us carry every day as we drive, ride, and walk our way through the world.

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• Apple is rebuilding Maps from the ground up

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