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I don't think this is even true though, it's not like self driving cars are driving on GPS alone. They use GPS to know generally where they are and then sensor
by jonknee 10y ago
I don't think this is even true though, it's not like self driving cars are driving on GPS alone. They use GPS to know generally where they are and then sensor data to actually navigate in the space. That said there aren't a ton of mapping providers so rolling out a change should not be very hard.
- adrianratnapala 10y agoBut why would you bet the farm on the assumption that there is no bug anywhere in important code that takes GPS too literaly. True, the GPS coordinates might have a errors much greater than this 1.5 metres. But: (1) bugs can be devious, and I don't trust them to respect this particular insurmountable barrier, and (2) this error accumulates roughly linearly over time and it is better to make frequent small changes than to wait until you have to make a big, panicked one.
- jonknee 10y agoSure, but this particular example is pure FUD in regards to self-driving cars. That's not to say there are no bugs, but this sort of GPS inaccuracy is not an issue for safe autonomous travel.