In May 2019, Apple announced plans to begin collecting data for Apple Maps in Canada. A year later, in 2018, Apple had started collecting imagery in Japan. In 2017, Apple had started mapping Spain, Portugal, Croatia, and Slovenia. In 2018 Apple confirmed in an article that it was rebuilding Apple Maps, with the first results rolled out in California. Also, Apple claimed to secure privacy by making faces and license plates unrecognizable. In June 2015, Apple stated on its website that the vehicles were collecting data to improve Apple Maps.
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These vehicles were owned by Apple and were also seen in places like the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, and Sweden. In early 2015, vehicles equipped with twelve cameras and lidar sensors were seen in a variety of locations in the United States. An Apple Maps car driving in Geelong, Australia in November 2019