Apple Maps vehicles are coming to the UK and Ireland to build its Street View rival

Apple has been deploying vehicles in the US to gather images and data for its Maps service and now it’s bringing the programme to the UK and Ireland. The Guardian reports – clearly based on information from a well-placed source – that Apple is about to launch a page on its website detailing the locations the cars will visit in Britain and Ireland. The first mapping expedition begins today (June 9) and will run until June 30. The page which The Guardian refers to http://ift.tt/1cLbZf2 was live but not displaying content at the time of writing. The vehicles will be…

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