Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!newsfeed.straub-nv.de!news-1.dfn.de!news.dfn.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Rod Speed" Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,misc.phone.mobile.iphone Subject: Re: Apple increases its navigation nous Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 17:19:50 +1000 Lines: 72 Message-ID: References: <555c2b6d$0$29556$c3e8da3$e074e489@news.astraweb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="utf-8"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net QJWmlTsaAqF0SVitVEWgWQIc7003Tu/PignJIPXrlgF6s3w18= Cancel-Lock: sha1:elz5zKfxdYeqYijlHXlGVGX9k5E= In-Reply-To: <555c2b6d$0$29556$c3e8da3$e074e489@news.astraweb.com> X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 14.0.8117.416 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V14.0.8117.416 Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:75904 JF Mezei wrote > Additional tidbit: > Nokia is merging with Alcatel. No, Nokia bought Alcatel-Lucent > And it has apparently put its "Here" maps unit up for sale Yes. > (Uber taxi is apparently interested, but > also some german car manufacturers). > Nokia's map system is apparently second after Google. Second in what sense ? > So Apple may have to ramp up its map product. Nope, Here is irrelevant to Apple. > This is especially true if rumour of the iCar are true and any self > driving iCar will need to have reliable precise mapping tech Or just use one of the available ones. > which Apple's nascent mapping product is far from having. Bullshit. > I don't think Apple will want to restrict sales of its > iCar to only areas where its map product is accurate. You don’t know that there will ever be any iCar. > Note that Google Street Vew data is used for self > driving cars as that product also scans for road signs > (although often blurred in the consumer product, No they are not. > not for the software that builds the > true mapping used by the Google car. You don’t know that either. > Without street view, I am not sure Apple > can get self driving cars working reliably. More fool you. The system can obviously read the signs itself. Number plate recognition has been around and very reliable for a long time now. Road signs are much easier to do. > So we'll see what else Apple does to improve its mapping. You don’t know that it is doing anything yet. > Google is years ahead of Apple Yes. In spades with using amendments people provide. > (sinply because they started years before), No, because they are much better at it. > so it is a challenge for Apple to catch up. You don’t know that Apple needs to do that.