Apple continues to rebuild its mapping app and continues to collect data on foot in California

Last month, we showed you a picture of an Apple employee in a backpack who was collecting pedestrian data from Apple Maps as he walked the streets of San Francisco. It's not hard to pick these Apple employees in Apple backpacks. In addition, some cameras and sensors used to collect data can be seen sticking out backpacks.

As noted on Apple Maps (via Apple Insider posts), Apple's pedestrian data collection team will be in Alameda, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz from November 26 to December 23. This summer, Apple said it would rebuild its mapping app from scratch and collect its own map data, rather than buying it from other companies such as TomTom.

If you see someone walking down the streets of the above-mentioned counties and cities in California with some strange equipment in their backpacks, you don't have to panic. He or she may be collecting pedestrian data from Apple Maps.

When Apple Maps made its debut on iOS 6 and replaced Google Maps, the app wasn't ready. Because the app provides the wrong direction, showing the wrong road signs and even countries, Apple CEO Tim Cook has no choice but to advise users to rely on competitors such as Google Maps until Apple cleans up the map. Today, many iOS device owners still use Google Maps for navigation, and Apple hopes to win them by using the data it collects to rebuild Apple Maps from scratch.