Reply to post: Re: Maps are useful, but things change

It knows where the gravel pits and power lines are. So, Ordnance Survey, where should UK's driverless cars go?

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Re: Maps are useful, but things change

Maybe someone with a premium account could help.

The online maps are out of date. A roundabout near me is not shown online, nor is the massive housing esate being constructed (20% houses are now lived in).

However, I know the premium accounts show far more than online, as that is just simply the paper versions.

It does raise a point. How will an self drive car deal with things such as new roundabouts. If the car was to "scan" the area, it would think little has changed, as the old road, pretty much goes straight on as it did before (just with a little kink), but it now has to give way to traffic from junction that used to never have priority.

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