Will the Apple car go on your street?

The apple firm is currently updating the card of its navigation application in France. To do this, she uses her car fleet specially provided for this purpose. These areSubaru Imprezawhite equipped with the famous Lidar on the roof, the remote sensing deviceResponsible to scan the environment at 360 degrees, thanks to thousands of laser beams.

Back in France

Apple Plans France

After crossing French roads in May 2023, THESubaruApple are back. Apple indicates in this regard on its site:

Apple performs field studies all over the world, using vehicles, in order to recover data that will be used to improve the plans application as well as the 360º seen functionality. We will also have to revisit certain places periodically in order to collect new data to keep high quality plans up to date.

When will Apple go to your city?

The new updating of the Plans card startsFrom February 20 in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and ends on May 14, 2024 in Brittany. Here is the dates of passage for each region:

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: March 02, 2024-April 10, 2024
Burgundy-Franche-Comté: March 08, 2024-April 16, 2024
Brittany: April 13, 2024 - May 14, 2024
Center-Val de Loire: March 10, 2024-April 03, 2024
Corsica: February 23, 2024 - March 19, 2024
Grand Est: March 15, 2024 - April 20, 2024
Hauts-de-France: March 30, 2024-May 03, 2024
Île-de-France: March 17, 2024-April 30, 2024
Normandy: March 31, 2024 - April 30, 2024
New Aquitaine: February 24, 2024-March 28, 2024
Occitanie: February 24, 2024 - March 20, 2024
Pays de la Loire: March 17, 2024 - April 19, 2024
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur: February 20, 2024-March 22, 2024

In addition to cars, you can also cross operatorsApple Planspedestrians, looking for hikers. The latter allow Apple to collect even more precise data on the premises where these agents pass.

Agent apple plans pieton

How does the Lidar work?

As mentioned above, the LIDAR scans the environment at 360 degrees thanks to thousands of laser beams. More specifically, it measures the distance between the terrestrial surface and the sensors, and then create 3D representations of the swept area. Small hic, however, Lidar systems can providea very detailed 3D representation of an environment,But offer arendered in black and white. The firm therefore completes the system withcameras that will add the colorsAnd the textures to his cards.