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The mysterious vehicles that Apple is driving all over with gadgets on top are not autonomous self-driving prototypes, but according to experts are MAPPING vehicles, photographing street views, perhaps in 3D for a future upgrade to Apple Maps! — PING!
Mysterious Apple Vehicles Ping!
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2 posted on
02/22/2015 12:02:51 AM PST by
Swordmaker
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To: Swordmaker
Apple does something ... and then the press is guessing what is going on for the next year ... :-) ...
3 posted on
02/22/2015 12:29:24 AM PST by
Star Traveler
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To: Swordmaker
I saw one of these yesterday on Friday in San Diego. I’ve seen Google’s vehicles before so I was sure it wasn’t one of those.
4 posted on
02/22/2015 12:34:13 AM PST by
South40
(Hillary Clinton was a "great secretary of state". - Texas Governor Rick Perry)
To: Swordmaker
I saw one a few days ago. I figured it was google or something else. But there was no 8ft high pole camera on the van...don’t the google maps vans have that?
Got a better photo of this Apple van? From what’s shown here I saw one coming out of a condominium complex
5 posted on
02/22/2015 1:21:12 AM PST by
dennisw
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To: Swordmaker
I think they're not only for something like Google's
Street View mapping, but also to test technologies for autonomous operation of a vehicle. The reason why they're using a minivan is that the current state of hardware design requires such a big vehicle; improved technology will reduce the hardware needed to something far smaller, fitted to a vehicle like a BMW 2-Series Active Tourer (imagine this vehicle with with extra sensors on board):
17 posted on
02/22/2015 2:33:12 AM PST by
RayChuang88
(FairTax: America's economic cure)
To: Swordmaker
Rob Enderle? At CBS? No wonder everybody is confused. The whole thing is just another Enderle hit/setup piece on Apple.
18 posted on
02/22/2015 5:17:29 AM PST by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: Swordmaker
I saw a Bing one the other day near LAX.
I wonder how they each compare to the other.
21 posted on
02/22/2015 11:13:20 AM PST by
Yaelle
To: Swordmaker
It’s going to be map improvement or self-driving cars or something cutting edge.
Looking for store sites? Too mundane. Just hire it done.
23 posted on
02/22/2015 5:01:27 PM PST by
generally
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