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

someone manually entered all the information.

you can actually buy paper maps with street names, so thats what google started with.

then pretty much anyone can become a “local guide” and add locations to google maps.

as for people traveling every area, thats how they got steetview