Apple launches ‘Maps Surveyor’ app to collect data for Apple Maps
Apple’s Maps Surveyor app icon
Apple on Friday launched its new “Maps Surveyor” app for iPhone which helps the company improve Maps by collecting data, such as images of street signs and other roadside details, while on an assigned route.
The app is not public facing and appears to be for use with companies that Apple partners with to assign mapping tasks. Downloading the app and opening it up directs users to “Open Partner App” to choose a task. Tapping on the option launches another app called Premise.
Premise is a company that lets people earn rewards by “completing simple tasks.” The Premise app is described as a task marketplace that provides money for taking surveys, sharing local information like construction zones or grocery pricing, or taking pictures of city locations.
Strings in Apple’s Surveyor app found by MacRumors suggest that once assigned a mapping task by the Premise app, Premise users will be instructed to attach an iPhone to a mount, rotate the iPhone to landscape orientation, and capture images along a route while driving using the Surveyor app.
MacDailyNews Take: More info about Apple’s Maps Surveyor app via the App Store here.
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