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How are they going to scale if they have to map every city? It seems as though it still isn't even close to the levels of autonomy that Google and Tesla have ac

by spyspy 10y ago

How are they going to scale if they have to map every city? It seems as though it still isn't even close to the levels of autonomy that Google and Tesla have achieved to date.

asimuvPR 10y ago
Uber has a good maps division that has been working for a while in their data. You should also consider that guey have data from their users and drivers about traffic, routes, etc. You don't need to have SDCs in every city at once. They can perfect it in bigger ones and move along. Plus they can also frt and go into the delivery market.
rhino369 10y ago
Has Telsa achieved much autonomy? They are just doing lane assist and active cruise control on highway driving right? Ford was doing that in 2013. It won't stop for red lights will it?
Iv 10y ago
If they have to map every city they extend to, they will do it. There is so much profit to be done everywhere that it is probably worthwhile even in that case.
- newjersey 10y ago
  I have no inside knowledge but I imagine that once you have mapped out a city and can safely drive without a driver (we're clearly not there yet), maybe subsequent map updates can be done by self-driving cars? Do cities offer a convenient API to access certain events like construction and so on? Do cities even have a centralized location to keep track of these things that someone out in the field can update in near real-time? With all these competing self-driving technology, it seems like we can avoid some duplication of effort? Even as I type this I'm wary because there first thing everybody will probably think is "who will pay for this"... I think the city government should pay but they might balk at the commitment. Thoughts?
  - Iv 10y ago
    > Do cities offer a convenient API to access certain events like construction and so on? As someone who worked a bit on the smartcity effort, let me answer : Bwahahaha! No. Not even close. Actually I wonder if you dressed up as city workers and started drilling holes in the pavement, how long it would take for anyone to figure you are not supposed to do that. Yes, I wish cities had a budget to do GIS right and have an open API for finding things like map of pipes, of streets, of construction work schedule, etc... The effort to make that happen is called Open Data. Recently commendable improvements have been made, but we are not there yet.

by spyspy 10y ago

How are they going to scale if they have to map every city? It seems as though it still isn't even close to the levels of autonomy that Google and Tesla have achieved to date.

asimuvPR 10y ago

Uber has a good maps division that has been working for a while in their data. You should also consider that guey have data from their users and drivers about traffic, routes, etc. You don't need to have SDCs in every city at once. They can perfect it in bigger ones and move along. Plus they can also frt and go into the delivery market.

rhino369 10y ago

Has Telsa achieved much autonomy? They are just doing lane assist and active cruise control on highway driving right? Ford was doing that in 2013. It won't stop for red lights will it?

Iv 10y ago

If they have to map every city they extend to, they will do it. There is so much profit to be done everywhere that it is probably worthwhile even in that case.

newjersey 10y ago
I have no inside knowledge but I imagine that once you have mapped out a city and can safely drive without a driver (we're clearly not there yet), maybe subsequent map updates can be done by self-driving cars? Do cities offer a convenient API to access certain events like construction and so on? Do cities even have a centralized location to keep track of these things that someone out in the field can update in near real-time? With all these competing self-driving technology, it seems like we can avoid some duplication of effort? Even as I type this I'm wary because there first thing everybody will probably think is "who will pay for this"... I think the city government should pay but they might balk at the commitment. Thoughts?
- Iv 10y ago
  > Do cities offer a convenient API to access certain events like construction and so on? As someone who worked a bit on the smartcity effort, let me answer : Bwahahaha! No. Not even close. Actually I wonder if you dressed up as city workers and started drilling holes in the pavement, how long it would take for anyone to figure you are not supposed to do that. Yes, I wish cities had a budget to do GIS right and have an open API for finding things like map of pipes, of streets, of construction work schedule, etc... The effort to make that happen is called Open Data. Recently commendable improvements have been made, but we are not there yet.