Apple Maps vehicles collecting information all around Western Pa.

Vehicles covered in cameras and sensors are cruising around the Pittsburgh region as part of an effort by Apple's Maps feature to gather information on Western Pennsylvania.

White vans branded with “Apple Maps" have been spotted around Pittsburgh, with a webpage for the Cupertino-based tech giant saying that the vans are gathering data around the U.S. and other countries “which will be used to improve Apple Maps,"

by WPXI news partner TribLive.

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Some of the images and data they gather may be used in future updates to the Apple Maps app, the company said. The vans will be in parts of Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Indiana, Lawrence, Washington and Westmoreland counties at least through Aug. 13, according to the website.

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