Apple using drones to catch Google Maps, report saysApple Maps is now used more widely than Google Maps on iPhones. Apple Maps has got much better since its 2012 launch, but it still isn't quite as built out as Google's rival Google Maps. Apple, like Google and Microsoft's Bing, currently uses cars equipped with cameras and sensors to travel and record mapping data. By switching to drones the company could conceivably record this data faster and thus more quickly update and improve Maps. READ MORE:* Apple Maps, once a laughingstock, now dominates iPhones* Wellington added to Apple 3D maps* Apple Maps moves Dunedin, Timaru airportsMore specifically, Apple is said to want to use the drones to examine street signs, monitor road changes as well as see if areas are under construction, according to the report.

Source: Stuff December 04, 2016 19:59 UTC