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

Arizona March 01, 2024 - April 01, 2024
California February 01, 2024 - September 30, 2024
Colorado May 01, 2024 - June 20, 2024
District of Columbia June 20, 2024 - July 30, 2024
Florida January 20, 2024 - March 20, 2024
Illinois May 20, 2024 - July 01, 2024
Massachusetts August 01, 2024 - August 30, 2024
Michigan May 20, 2024 - June 25, 2024
Minnesota May 01, 2024 - June 15, 2024
Nevada March 01, 2024 - April 15, 2024
New York July 14, 2024 - August 30, 2024
North Carolina June 01, 2024 - July 14, 2024
Ohio June 01, 2024 - July 16, 2024
Pennsylvania July 01, 2024 - August 14, 2024
Texas January 20, 2024 - April 01, 2024
Washington May 01, 2024 - June 01, 2024

Type: Vehicle

Region

Periods

Alabama January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Alaska January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Arizona January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Arkansas January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
California January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Colorado January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Connecticut January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Delaware January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
District of Columbia January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Florida January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Georgia January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Hawaii January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Idaho January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Illinois January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Indiana January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Iowa January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Kansas January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Kentucky January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Louisiana January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Maine January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Maryland January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Massachusetts January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Michigan January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Minnesota January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Mississippi January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Missouri January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Montana January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Nebraska January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Nevada January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
New Hampshire January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
New Jersey January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
New Mexico January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
New York January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
North Carolina January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
North Dakota January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Ohio January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Oklahoma January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Oregon January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Pennsylvania January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Puerto Rico January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Rhode Island January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
South Carolina January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
South Dakota January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Tennessee January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Texas January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Utah January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Vermont January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Virginia January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Washington January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
West Virginia January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Wisconsin January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Wyoming January 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024