Kusukela ngo-2015, abafana baseCupertino bafaka uchungechunge lwezimoto, bengenalo uhlobo lwenkomba yokuhlonza, ngale kwegama elithi Apple (lapho iMephu yengezwa khona kamuva), uchungechunge lwezimoto ifakwe uhlelo lwenzwa ye-LiDAR ebilokhu iqoqa imininingwane kuwo wonke amadolobha nezifunda lapho idlule khona.
Lezi zimoto zaqala uhambo lwazo e-United States, ukuze zifike emazweni amaningi aseYurophu phakathi kwawo kukhona iSpain. Kuze kube manje, i-Apple inemininingwane yomgwaqo yamazwe aseMelika angama-45, kanti i-Alaska, i-Arkansas, i-Oklahoma, iSouth Carolina neTennessee yizona kuphela izifundazwe ezingaskenwanga yizimoto zakwa-Apple.
Amazwe angaphandle kwe-United States nawo athola ukuvakashelwa kwalezi zimoto nge ISpain, iFrance, iCroatia, i-Ireland, i-Italy, iJapane, iPortugal, iSlovenia, iSweden ne-United Kingdom. Ngenyanga edlule, u-Apple ukuqinisekisile ukuthi yonke idatha eqoqwayo kanye nezithombe, izosetshenziswa ngokuzayo ukwethula i-Apple Maps entsha kusukela ekuqaleni ngosizo lwezithombe zesathelayithi ezinokulungiswa okuphezulu kanye nedatha yocwaningo ebilokhu iqoqwa ngokungaziwa ngokuphelele.
Ngale ndlela, i-Apple ifuna ukuguqula isisekelo senkonzo yayo namamephu, inciphise ngokuphelele, kepha hhayi ngokuphelele, ukuncika kwakho kwamanje kubahlinzeki bangaphandle, njengoba kunjalo ngeTomTom, okuzosivumela ukuthi sazi ngaso sonke isikhathi isimo sethrafikhi ngesikhathi sangempela, izimo zomgwaqo, izindawo zokwakha, izinguquko zezinkomba ...
Okwamanje, konke ukuthuthuka okuzofika maduzane, itholakala kuphela esifundazweni saseNyakatho Carolina, inqobo nje uma sisebenzisa elinye lama-betas atholakalayo we-iOS 12 ku-iPhone noma kwi-iPad yethu. Ngokusho kuka-Apple emasontweni ambalwa edlule, inguqulo entsha ye-Apple Maps izoqala ukutholakala kulo lonke elase-United States kusukela ngonyaka ozayo, ngakho-ke amanye amazwe kuzodingeka alinde isikhashana, into esivele siyisebenzisa kuso.