Apple Maps Launches New Pedestrian Surveys Across the UK to Gather Data and Expand Look Around

[danbalsh]

Ha, one of the big parks they are at is literally across the road... hopefully means 'look around' is finally going to come to more of the UK.

 

[polyphenol]

Apple seems really invested in the UK. It seems like they also produce a lot of ATV content in the UK.

In this case, they might like England, but not Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales. So only one fourth of the nations of the UK.

 

[vegetassj4]

Who ya gonna call?

 

[ackmondual]

Ooooh, I now want an iJetPack!

Who you're gonna call!? Ghost Busters! iJetPack!

 

[seanmills1020]

That person with the backpack is a legend!

(sorry)

 

[Lerenard3000]

AR is coming… ready player one in real world

 

[AngerDanger]

We should really get around to updating that graphic to the correct UK link, apple.com/uk/maps

 

[triton100]

Good luck squeezing into place in London. It’s so crowded we’re practically standing shoulder to shoulder at this point.

It won’t matter as he or she will be robbed of all that equipment before they have a chance to set off unless it’s zone1?

 

[triton100]

Well not really. Trains and Tubes are empty. Walking around London is a breeze compared to 3 years ago due to COVID. Most of the people I know working from home now and might go in for meetings now and again.

Clearly you haven’t been on the tube or into london recently?

 

[twinlight]

I would gladly walk around in my parts of Norway. Apple hook me up?

 

[Vjosullivan]

I’ll be vague because this is the internet but it’s not far from...

They're after you...

 

[dontwalkhand]

That thing looks like it'll break my back. It has got to be at least 30 lbs.

 

[0924487]

This will not happen in China by Apple employees, because Apple doesn’t have a commercial map survey license for public security reasons. Pretty sure this will face backlash in many non-English speaking countries.

 

[Thebrochure]

Looking at that photo just makes me want to move out to the woods, miles away from society, build a log cabin and drop out of the world. We've gotten ridiculous.

 

[segfaultdotorg]

Why’d they go to Alabama tho?!?

 

[troublador]

If they are relatively fit and healthy, why should it?

I mean post men/women have been doing it for years… I don't think they die particularly young.

They're talking about the radiation all that electronic equipment could be emitting.

 

[arkitect]

They're talking about the radiation all that electronic equipment could be emitting.

Oh. Then they should have been clearer. ?

 

[BGPL]

I think it's funny they advertise maps.apple.com - if you go there on a non-Apple device, you can't browse maps like you can maps.google.com. On a Mac it will open the Maps application. It would be nice to have the actual Apple maps in the browser.

 

[BGPL]

They're talking about the radiation all that electronic equipment could be emitting.

The added weight can definitely contribute to arthritis. But walking isn't nearly as harmful as jogging/running.

 

[r0cki]

They're talking about the radiation all that electronic equipment could be emitting.

We should stop using everything in our daily lives then.

Some of the answers on this topic are pure braindead.

 

[topdrawer]

i wonder which neighborhoods in my city won't have this feature.

 

[troublador]

We should stop using everything in our daily lives then.

Some of the answers on this topic are pure braindead.

You wear your computer, do you? And all that stuff they're wearing isn't standard, everyday stuff. Talk about braindead.

 

[MacLawyer]

France next please. S’il vous plaît.

 

[The Barron]

Anyone else think those people are taking years off their lives walking around with all that equipment strapped to them?

Edit: /s for those that didn't recognize.

Indeed! They may need one of these devices for checking the backpack. https://tinyurl.com/h25ehpza

 

[jcaron]

France next please. S’il vous plaît.

Saw a guy with a very similar equipment in Paris on Friday.