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re: potholes You already have millions of internet connected (gps localized) accelerometers on the roads daily. If you could convince enough drivers to record/
by johngalt 13y ago
re: potholes
You already have millions of internet connected (gps localized) accelerometers on the roads daily. If you could convince enough drivers to record/report that information you'd have a decent map of any rough spots.
- svenkatesh 13y ago>If you could convince enough drivers Good luck with that. If you even tried to convince drivers to do that, they'd scream about a conspiracy to track everyone's movement (beyond the tracking that already exists).
- djb_hackernews 13y agoThat exists, it seems to be a popular civic hack-a-thon project[1]. I'm not too worried about identifying pot holes, I'm more interested in road construction that avoids them completely or makes them easier to fix in a better way, [1] https://www.google.com/search?q=pot+hole+detection+app https://www.google.com/search?q=pot+hole+detection+app