Apple Maps Image Collection

Apple is conducting ground surveys with vehicles around the world to collect data to improve Apple Maps and to support the Look Around feature. Vehicle surveys may use equipment mounted on the outside of vehicles as well as iPhones, iPads, or other devices inside of vehicles. We may periodically revisit and re-collect data in some of those locations in an effort to maintain a high-quality, up-to-date map. Apple is also conducting surveys with portable systems in select pedestrian areas (for example, certain streets in San Francisco that cannot be driven). Some pedestrian surveys use a backpack system to collect data that may be used directly in Apple Maps, such as in the Look Around feature. Other pedestrian surveys use iPads, iPhones or other devices to collect data for map improvement purposes. These pedestrian surveys allow us to improve and update Apple Maps in areas where vehicles simply can’t go while using the same privacy protections as the Apple Maps vehicles.

We are committed to protecting your privacy while conducting these surveys. For example, we will censor faces and license plates on images that are published in Look Around. If you have comments or questions about this process, your privacy rights, or would like to request that a face, license plate, or your own house be censored, please contact us.

For more details on how Apple Maps protects your privacy click here.

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Type: Pedestrian - Backpack

Region

Periods

Alabama August 01, 2023 - September 16, 2023
California January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Colorado April 01, 2023 - July 30, 2023
Connecticut August 01, 2023 - September 08, 2023
District of Columbia July 01, 2023 - September 28, 2023
Georgia August 14, 2023 - September 30, 2023
Illinois June 01, 2023 - August 23, 2023
Louisiana August 01, 2023 - September 30, 2023
Massachusetts August 01, 2023 - September 08, 2023
Michigan June 01, 2023 - September 10, 2023
Minnesota May 01, 2023 - August 07, 2023
Missouri August 14, 2023 - September 30, 2023
New York May 01, 2023 - July 09, 2023
Ohio June 01, 2023 - August 10, 2023
Pennsylvania May 01, 2023 - September 21, 2023
Rhode Island August 01, 2023 - September 18, 2023
South Carolina July 01, 2023 - September 28, 2023
Tennessee June 01, 2023 - August 10, 2023
Texas January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Utah April 01, 2023 - July 30, 2023
Virginia July 01, 2023 - August 28, 2023
Wisconsin June 01, 2023 - August 27, 2023

Type: Vehicle

Region

Periods

Alabama January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Alaska January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Arizona January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Arkansas January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
California January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Colorado January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Connecticut January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Delaware January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
District of Columbia January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Florida January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Georgia January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Hawaii January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Idaho January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Illinois January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Indiana January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Iowa January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Kansas January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Kentucky January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Louisiana January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Maine January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Maryland January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Massachusetts January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Michigan January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Minnesota January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Mississippi January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Missouri January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Montana January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Nebraska January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Nevada January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
New Hampshire January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
New Jersey January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
New Mexico January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
New York January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
North Carolina January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
North Dakota January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Ohio January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Oklahoma January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Oregon January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Pennsylvania January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Puerto Rico January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Rhode Island January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
South Carolina January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
South Dakota January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Tennessee January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Texas January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Utah January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Vermont January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Virginia January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Washington January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
West Virginia January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Wisconsin January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Wyoming January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023