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My understanding is they have to make extremely detailed maps of where they operate and at great expense, and everything sort of breaks when anything changes. S

My understanding is they have to make extremely detailed maps of where they operate and at great expense, and everything sort of breaks when anything changes. So lots of work indeed!

threeseed 2y ago
Waymo doesn't rely on the maps to operate. It just helps with redundancy in case it's unable to see. And it's just a matter of the cars driving through each of the streets and working with local authorities.
dyauspitr 2y ago
>everything sort of breaks when anything changes What is “your understanding” based on?
ra7 2y ago
Your understanding is wrong. They work perfectly well when road features change and the cars are able to update maps in real time. See https://waymo.com/blog/2020/09/the-waymo-driver-handbook-mapping/ https://waymo.com/blog/2020/09/the-waymo-driver-handbook-map...
- whamlastxmas 2y ago
  Why does it only operate in such tiny areas?
  - ra7 2y ago
    They don’t have enough cars.
  - fragmede 2y ago
    Because the last time a self driving car company "moved fast and broke things", they killed a woman. That's unacceptable. So it's slow and steady to make sure that never happens.