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Google Maps has removed the collapsed I-5 bridge in WA

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Re: Google Maps has removed the collapsed I-5 bridge in WA

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Post by xur17 »

maxerickson wrote: post #46
devrelm wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Interesting problem. How do Google's self-driving cars react to road problems such as bridge-collapses and sinkholes? Scanning for objects and avoiding objects which extend above the road level is obvious, but what about when the road cuts off? These things rarely happen, but it would be terrifying to be in a self-driving car in that moment when the bridge ahead of you collapses and the car continues to drive as if t…

I would think that road integrity would be on the long list of things covered in any licensing process (you and I can think of it in a few moments, ergo). I would also guess it is important for the system to be able to estimate an appropriate speed even when external data is not available. For the deer, I would expect the programmed response to be to brake as much as possible given traffic. Hitting a deer is unlikely…

I'm curious if it monitors cars behind it to prevent rear end collisions (brake slower if the car is about to hit it).

Re: Google Maps has removed the collapsed I-5 bridge in WA

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Post by ChuckMcM »

tobinfricke wrote: post #16

This is a more popular story than the fact that the bridge collapsed in the first place?

And here I thought its popularity would be due to someone alleging that the only way Google could respond that quickly is if they knew the bridge was collapsing. :-) But web apps are an amazing thing, and this is an advantage over the old Streets & Trips type databases.

Re: Google Maps has removed the collapsed I-5 bridge in WA

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Post by maxerickson »

xur17 wrote: post #51
maxerickson wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would think that road integrity would be on the long list of things covered in any licensing process (you and I can think of it in a few moments, ergo). I would also guess it is important for the system to be able to estimate an appropriate speed even when external data is not available. For the deer, I would expect the programmed response to be to brake as much as possible given traffic. Hitting a deer is unlikely…

I'm curious if it monitors cars behind it to prevent rear end collisions (brake slower if the car is about to hit it).

I have no idea but would expect it to be a feature by the time it becomes a product.

Re: Google Maps has removed the collapsed I-5 bridge in WA

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Post by VikingCoder »

michaelochurch wrote: post #50
VikingCoder wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I know you're the type of person who publicly tells their former employer, "Choke on a fucking taint, Google. Choke. On. A. Taint." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5508058 I also know you think there are easy and free solutions to the problems that every company on the planet struggles with every day (measuring and rewarding performance). I think you're arrogant, disrespectful, and that you over-simplify problem…

I know you're the type of person who publicly tells their former employer, "Choke on a fucking taint, Google. Choke. On. A. Taint." You shaved off the enclosing context: $100M payouts to nontechnical executives when regular engineers can't even transfer without permission of the perf-industrial complex. I'm sorry, but I just can't defend a company that behaves that way. Seriously, you think it's okay that engineers h…

You're lying: I did not shave off the enclosing context, I explicitly provided the link for everyone to see.

It's good that they got you to leave. If they got everyone like you to leave, it would be a much better company. See, my post has exactly as much relevancy as yours does.

Re: Google Maps has removed the collapsed I-5 bridge in WA

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Post by [deleted] »

Trufa wrote: post #35
tobinfricke wrote: post #16

This is a more popular story than the fact that the bridge collapsed in the first place?

To be fair, the fact that the bridge collapsed, while it is news, it's no news for HN. The technological aspect of google maps being able to so quickly update it is in fact, new for HN. Another thing that I agree would be interesting is a detailed technical explanation of why the bridge collapse, that I'd assume would be HN material as well.

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Re: Google Maps has removed the collapsed I-5 bridge in WA

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Post by devrelm »

xur17 wrote: post #51
maxerickson wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would think that road integrity would be on the long list of things covered in any licensing process (you and I can think of it in a few moments, ergo). I would also guess it is important for the system to be able to estimate an appropriate speed even when external data is not available. For the deer, I would expect the programmed response to be to brake as much as possible given traffic. Hitting a deer is unlikely…

I'm curious if it monitors cars behind it to prevent rear end collisions (brake slower if the car is about to hit it).

If I were designing it it would. That is a common technique that I use in heavy traffic (that scares the crap out of my wife.)
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