[joosters]

https://maps.apple.com/imagecollection/privacy/uk/en/privacy... has this comment on the historical image collection:

To ensure that Apple was applying the best image blurring technology possible, Apple conducted an entire year of test drives through the US and Europe in 2015, where it did not publish any of the imagery collected during these drives but used it instead to improve Apple’s technology such as image blurring techniques on such objects as faces and license plates.

This might explain some part of the delay between the earliest data collection and publication.

[GurnBlandston]

This is still strange though - it's not like images are destroyed when they are used for testing. Is there a reason for not using these in Look Around that I've missed?

[maparticle]

This still doesn’t explain what was uncovered with the New York images. If Apple shipped them a month after collecting them (and if Apple has spend the past 5+ years driving), then why are so many areas missing Apple’s Street View?

[ksec]

I thought it was obvious. Author wrongly assume those Data Collection from 2015 - 2018 were used for Maps. When they were actually done for training purpose or R&D. And it is obvious their detecting Algorithm is no where close to what Google is doing.

Look Around is so much better than Google. But Apple Maps is still far behind Google Map in terms of accuracy.

[maparticle]

> Author wrongly assume those Data Collection from 2015 - 2018 were used for Maps.

Apple said it was being used for Maps: https://web.archive.org/web/20150610193011/http://maps.apple...