Just saw an Apple Maps camera car in SF a week ago. First one I've seen. So they are at least doing a tiny bit of their own data gathering. They also opened a

Just saw an Apple Maps camera car in SF a week ago. First one I've seen. So they are at least doing a tiny bit of their own data gathering. They also opened a 4,500 job facility in Hyderabad in 2016. [1] Presumably to do human editing like google maps does [2]. [1] https://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-to-open-first-offshore-technology-development-centre-in-india/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-to-open-first-offshore-t... [2] https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/09/how-google-builds-its-maps-and-what-it-means-for-the-future-of-everything/261913/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/09/how-g...