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ah come on, don't give anyone ideas :) btw, testing is very important and i think most companies don't exhaust enough test cases. had google maps gone bonkers
by blackandblue 7y ago
ah come on, don't give anyone ideas :)
btw, testing is very important and i think most companies don't exhaust enough test cases. had google maps gone bonkers in the country especially during very bad weather. i don't think there is a map app out there that takes the weather into account...
- BlueTemplar 7y agoHow would weather affect a map ??
- hibbelig 7y agoGoogle maps needs internet connectivity. Bad weather could affect internet connectivity.
- BlueTemplar 7y agoIt hopefully doesn't - at least for the mobile app ! I'm pretty sur it can download maps and work offline ?
- VBprogrammer 7y agoAt a guess I suspect they mean more the route finding than the map part e.g. maybe don't send me on that nice shortcut across a mountain range if there is a blizzard up there. Part of me suspects google maps would figure this out by proxy in the same way it magically knows about traffic jams before you get to them but there are probably pathological cases where because no one is stupid enough to try it google don't have enough information to not recommend it.
- joezydeco 7y agoAre there any nav/driving apps that show current weather overlaid on the map? Seems like a useful thing but I don’t see it in Waze, gMaps, or aMaps. Why is that?
- freeone3000 7y agoWeather maps are expensive - IBM has acquired the cheap providers in the space in the last few years. Free data providers don't provide less than zip-code-level resolution, much less something good enough for a live overlay.
- joezydeco 7y agoFunny thing is that I don't need the 10-day forecast when driving across the state, I just need to know if there's rain/snow/winds ahead on my particular section of the highway. Seems like that's available from NOAA for cheap, isn't it?