SF Yellow Cab to file for bankruptcy

Re:SF Yellow Cab to file for bankruptcy by nommm-nommm on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @10:24PM (#10855770)

I've had Google maps tell me to go the wrong way down a one way street. Two different times! You gotta be paying attention to where the GPS is telling you to go. Knowing the roads in invaluable for a driver. That being said I've had many cabbies who had no idea where they were going.

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Re:SF Yellow Cab to file for bankruptcy by sirkneeland on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @11:10PM (#10855924)

To this day Google/Waze will suggest I get onto the 101's Octavia entrance by just driving down market and turning right onto the 101, neglecting the very longstanding rule that you have to run the Octavia St gauntlet to get on the 101's Octavia route.

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Re:SF Yellow Cab to file for bankruptcy by mattieuga on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @11:28PM (#10855981)

If you report data errors, Google is pretty good about fixing them quickly.

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Re:SF Yellow Cab to file for bankruptcy by RyJones on Thursday January 07, 2016 @12:25AM (#10856166)

I reported a huge problem in Google Maps for years and it wasn't fixed. A bunch of POIs for downtown Seattle were transposed to downtown Kirkland. Search for directions from Microsoft campus to the Seattle Federal Building and it would send you to a residential area off 85th west of 405 in Kirkland.

(I reported it multiple times over the years)

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Re:SF Yellow Cab to file for bankruptcy by sjwright on Thursday January 07, 2016 @12:29AM (#10856175)

This sort of problem won't apply for driverless cars though, as they must honor road signage. The first time your one-way street is encountered by a driverless car, the discrepancy between map and reality will be identified and corrected.

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