"SonorousSpeedJoe" (SonorousSpeedJoe)
08/05/2013 at 21:06 • Filed to: Self-driving cars, Google
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"SonorousSpeedJoe" (SonorousSpeedJoe)
08/05/2013 at 21:06 • Filed to: Self-driving cars, Google | 0
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My instructor in the business class I'm taking was discussing the news with us, as usual, and he brought up Google's recent !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . He suggested that it might help Google plan shorter routes for its autonomous cars by throwing in the traffic data from people going on/off the networks.
I'll admit that I'm no expert on self-driving technology and where it is right now, but I was struck by the idea that the partnership could be used for that. Although, given that I was only thinking about the faster internet speeds, I guess it's no surprise that there could be other uses. How outlandish or plausible do you guys think it is?
CB
> SonorousSpeedJoe
08/05/2013 at 21:15 |
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Wouldn't the people going on and off network really only give numbers about pedestrians, though? I mean, in a large city, I'd expect a greater number of people in any shop to be walking rather than driving, and not give an accurate representation of traffic.
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SonorousSpeedJoe
> CB
08/05/2013 at 21:27 |
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That was in the back of my mind as he was talking about it - I think he was trying to say that the used data might somehow help if Google was trying to figure where people were coming and going regardless of their method of transportation, and that could be of use to road-going transport.
Realistically speaking, I guess people congregating on foot in one place on foot enough to affect traffic would probably already have been picked up by whatever other methods Google Maps uses.