Apple working on Street View-like feature for Apple Maps

Apple Maps app was widely criticised when it first launched, but the Cupertino company has slowly made changes and updated the app to provide similar functionality as Google Maps. However, one area that Google still holds as a trump card is the Street View function. Looks like Apple is now gunning for that coveted feature as well.A patent application discovered by Apple Insider hints that Apple is looking to deploy a navigation system based on panoramic location data. Such a system would pretty much mimic Street View. Published by the US Patent and Trademark Office, Apple's patent application was filed in September 2011 and Patrick Piemonte and Billy Chen are listed as the inventors.

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