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.

Question

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

In: Technology

Answer 1

For Google Street view, yes they do drive a car around with cameras on. For the street names, stop signs etc, that information is available on mapping somewhere that Google probably paid to access.