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I just downloaded it and surprise surprise there are no spots listed at all in San Francisco. Ok, perhaps that's because the app is new, or maybe there are jus
by dotBen 16y ago
I just downloaded it and surprise surprise there are no spots listed at all in San Francisco.
Ok, perhaps that's because the app is new, or maybe there are just no free spots.
However, in a busy and competitive city like SF I really wonder how useful this is going to be. From my own anecdotal evidence living in SF, if I drive by an empty spot downtown during the day, it's usually gone anyway by the time I've circled around the block to come past it again.
Don't even get me started about the California laws of not using a cell phone while driving...
- moe 16y agoAgreed, the current implementation is unlikely to work where it matters - in dense areas. Now if they'd find a way to couple this to realtime satellite data...
- InclinedPlane 16y agoIf any company had realtime satellite data over even a handful of major metropolitan areas there would be a lot better uses for that data than finding open parking spaces.
- moe 16y agoProbably, I could also imagine various applications that would turn into instant cash cows - the parking spot problem being one of the most obvious. I wonder what the barrier is here, as the data very likely exists. The usual terrorist fears? Privacy? Or is satellite coverage still an "wait a day to get updated image"-affair?
- InclinedPlane 16y agoThe data likely doesn't exist. The Earth is big, there are only a few Earth imagery satellites, they have a narrow field of view for the highest resolution imagery, so they must pick and choose their targets. And, of course, satellite imagery is constrained by local cloud cover.