I agree that this is one of the reasons Apple is investing, but Apple is already collecting street-level data: https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/apple

I agree that this is one of the reasons Apple is investing, but Apple is already collecting street-level data: https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/apple-maps-van-01.png https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/apple-maps-van-0... Maybe we'll see a 3d street view with iOS 10.