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Last year's article from the same author [1] about Goggle Maps' use of photogrammetry and other building scanning techiques was, in my opinion, one of the most interesting HN submissions ever (its comment section[2] is also worth a read).
On a side note I can't even imagine how big that webpage was. If you like animated gifs, boy have I got the page for you! All in all, what I've learnt is how many petabytes must be involved in mapping the US and the world and the 3D aspects.
I'm left wondering how much data would be saved if they were videos rather than GIFs. They'd probably end up being better quality, too!
On a side note I can't even imagine how big that webpage was. If you like animated gifs, boy have I got the page for you! All in all, what I've learnt is how many petabytes must be involved in mapping the US and the world and the 3D aspects.
I'm left wondering how much data would be saved if they were videos rather than GIFs. They'd probably end up being better quality, too!
Another great article from this blog! Last year's article from the same author [1] about Goggle Maps' use of photogrammetry and other building scanning techiques was, in my opinion, one of the most interesting HN submissions ever (its comment section[2] is also worth a read). [1] https://www.justinobeirne.com/google-maps-moat [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15965653
I wonder if Apple is artificially shortening buildings so you can see what is behind them.
I could't figure out if the author was being sarcastic by stressing the vegetation detail so much. Certainly seemed like an interesting focus.
It's the thought that they just got in their cars and drove up to buildings and harbours and cloverleafs and checked.
That bit just says a lot about ... accuracy.
Another possible explanation is the TomTom was using these unlikely to be visited streets as trap streets.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trap_street
>In cartography, a trap street is a fictitious entry in the form of a misrepresented street on a map, often outside the area the map nominally covers, for the purpose of "trapping" potential copyright violators of the map who, if caught, would be unable to explain the inclusion of the "trap street" on their map as innocent. On maps that are not of streets, other "copyright trap" features may be inserted or altered for the same purpose.