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| From | "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.system, misc.phone.mobile.iphone |
| Subject | Re: Apple increases its navigation nous |
| Date | 2015-05-20 17:19 +1000 |
| Message-ID | <cs2qsrFsnamU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
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JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> 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.
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Re: Apple increases its navigation nous "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-05-20 17:19 +1000
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