Apple Will Use Drones To Improve Maps
No less a tech behemoth than Apple is looking to use drones in its own operations, in a move that Bloomberg
said seeks to boost the firm’s Maps service. This would be a shot
across the location-mapping bow of Google, the newswire said earlier
this week.
The use of drones was presaged by a filing last September that the
firm had made looking for an exemption from the Federal Aviation
Administration to bring drones in for commercial use. The FAA granted
drone use to Apple earlier in 2016. Thus far, the drones are not allowed
to fly above people and buildings, which the newswire stated might
limit Apple’s mapping forays “for the time being,” but drones could
still be deployed here in the U.S. and with less onerous restrictions in
other countries. The firm is also developing indoor mapping
capabilities, which would be used to navigate airports, said Bloomberg,
and other public spaces, using iPhones.
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The use of drones was presaged by a filing last September that the
firm had made looking for an exemption from the Federal Aviation
Administration to bring drones in for commercial use. The FAA granted
drone use to Apple earlier in 2016. Thus far, the drones are not allowed
to fly above people and buildings, which the newswire stated might
limit Apple’s mapping forays “for the time being,” but drones could
still be deployed here in the U.S. and with less onerous restrictions in
other countries. The firm is also developing indoor mapping
capabilities, which would be used to navigate airports, said Bloomberg,
and other public spaces, using iPhones.SOURCE
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