Apple vehicles on UK and Irish streets to 'improve Apple Maps' service
by Stuart Dredge from Technology | The Guardian on (#ATMY)
Technology giant promises to blur faces and car licence plates if they are captured, as it continues work on Street View-style service
Apple is taking a leaf out of Google's book by putting a fleet of vehicles on the streets of the UK and Ireland to photograph streets for its Maps application.
The news follows speculation in February that Apple was working on a rival to Google's Street View service, after a car leased to Apple and covered in cameras and scanning equipment was spotted on the streets of San Francisco.
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