Apple drives vehicles to collect data to improve Maps

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The company has given driving locations on its website for June 15-30 which include Ireland, England and several cites in the United States. (apple.co/1MnGAvc)

Apple said it would blur faces and license plates on collected images prior to publication to protect privacy.

The camera-equipped vehicles deployed by Apple will give its Maps app functions similar to Google Inc's Street View.

Street View, launched in 2007, gives users a panoramic imagery of public roads. The service automatically detects and blurs identifiable faces and vehicle number plates.

(Reporting by Subrat Patnaik in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju Samuel)