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> And as of 2014, Google had already driven 99% of U.S. public roads Nope. Try dragging Pegman over anywhere in the rural Midwest and see what you get. 99% of
by Doctor_Fegg 9y ago
> And as of 2014, Google had already driven 99% of U.S. public roads
Nope. Try dragging Pegman over anywhere in the rural Midwest and see what you get. 99% of US _paved_ roads, perhaps.
- theDoug 9y agoMapping a road and photographing it for StreetView are also not the same thing.
- CamperBob2 9y agoWhy not? If they're "driving" the roads (their term), they're presumably photographing them. You don't need to drive the road just to map it.
- Piskvorrr 9y agoBecause the Street View rig is expensive to manufacture; ordinary "driving the roads" can be done with normal vehicles. (Heck, you could even source data from usual drivers, if you owned e.g. Waze)