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tintoryesterday at 6:48 PM3 repliesview on HN

Such detailed database of fine grained road geometry gets stale very quickly, due to road maintenance and road construction. In US highway lanes are shifted sideways frequently.


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dietr1chyesterday at 7:02 PM

But are they not continuously updating the road database with their fleet?

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jjmarryesterday at 8:36 PM

I traveled to Austin 3 weeks ago and there were entire highways not on Google Maps.

Apparently they were built in just a few months.

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Ajedi32yesterday at 8:47 PM

Pretty sure they already rely on such a database for positioning, so they already have that problem.

But yes, this wouldn't work for other self-driving systems that don't rely on HD maps.