Ever wondered how to get yourself featured on the ‘Street View’ feature of Apple, or Google Maps? Well, now’s your chance! Apple Maps is touring Ireland, and we’ve got the dates that it will be in Cork (and around the country) below!

Apple is conducting ground surveys with vehicles around the world to collect data to improve Apple Maps and to support the Look Around feature. Apple may periodically revisit and re-collect data in some of those locations in an effort to maintain a high-quality, up-to-date map. Apple is also conducting surveys with portable systems in select pedestrian areas (for example, certain streets in London that cannot be driven). Some pedestrian surveys use a backpack system to collect data that may be used directly in Apple Maps, such as in the Look Around feature. Other pedestrian surveys use iPads, iPhones or other devices to collect data for map improvement purposes. These pedestrian surveys allow Apple to improve and update Apple Maps in areas where vehicles simply can’t go while using the same privacy protections as the Apple Maps vehicles.

Apple are committed to protecting your privacy while conducting these surveys. For example, Apple will censor faces and license plates on images that are published in Look Around. If you have comments or questions about this process, your privacy rights, or would like to request that a face, license plate, or your own house be censored, please contact Apple.

For more details on how Apple Maps protects your privacy click here.

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