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Agreed, 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...
by moe 16y ago
Agreed, 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.