Apple using drones to catch Google Maps
Apple Maps has gotten much better since its 2012 launch, but it still isn't quite as built out as Google's rival Google Maps.
Apple, like Google and Microsoft's Bing, currently uses cars equipped with cameras and sensors to travel and record mapping data. By switching to drones the company could conceivably record this data faster and thus more quickly update and improve Maps.
Indoor mapping is another area said to be in the company's sights. This would allow Apple to stay competitive with Google, which has been pursuing a similar idea to allow people to benefit from mapping apps inside venues such as sports arenas, airports and shopping malls. Last year Apple purchased indoor mapping startup Indoor.io, according to Bloomberg, and in 2013 bought a similar company called WiFiSlam.
Apple released an indoor mapping app called Indoor Survey last November that allows registered businesses to use their iPhones to help improve indoor positioning by using WiFi, radio frequencies and sensors such as GPS.
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