For GPS apps like Apple & Google maps, how does it know every street name, exact building names, where there are speed cameras and stop signs etc.

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Does someone travel every single area and manually input information or…? I feel so stupid
asking this lol.

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On top of everyone else’s comment that there are databases of this information for sale… Do you wanna know another way they get it?

Have you ever been asked to “Select all squares containing a stop sign”?

The computer matched that up with the location that picture was taken at. Crowdsourced data labeling.

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