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Google Street View is full of artifacts, it's not even close to being accurate. The same goes for satellite imagery of rugged mountains. I'm not even mentioning
by pauljurczak 7y ago
Google Street View is full of artifacts, it's not even close to being accurate. The same goes for satellite imagery of rugged mountains. I'm not even mentioning the vegetation, snow cover, river levels, etc.
- crubier 7y agoAccuracy is relative to the need. By accurate I mean accurate enough that we can extract actionable information from it. For power plant critical structures we want 0.5mm, updated every 6months. For forest management we want 5m, updated every 2 years. But this increase in spatial and temporal accuracy will keep on going. At some point in the future a small swarm of insect-sized drones will be able to capture a whole forest in a day for a super low cost. And a few people walking with basic smartphones for will be enough to map a whole city. In 1980 you would have said that google maps 3D and google street view would never exist...
- pauljurczak 7y agoWell, you just redefined accurate to "accurate enough that we can extract actionable information from it". Your statement is true now. BTW, I never say never.