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Re:MIT team’s school-bus algorithm could save $5M and 1M bus... by bluGill on Friday August 11, 2017 @01:31PM (#14992264)
In rural areas there are a lot of minimum maintenance roads. Legally they are roads and you can drive on them all you want. However if you don't have 4 wheel drive you shouldn't drive on them, even with 4 wheel drive there are times when you won't make it. A bus should never drive on these roads, and google does not know which these roads are - as I've discovered when I had to rescue someone who blindly followed google maps.
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Re:MIT team’s school-bus algorithm could save $5M and 1M bus... by goodcanadian on Friday August 11, 2017 @01:55PM (#14992524)
Sure, I guess I was trying to comment specifically on gravel. You will need accurate maps for this to work, but I think that is basically a given. A human route planner will also need to have accurate maps.
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Re:MIT team’s school-bus algorithm could save $5M and 1M bus... by vturner on Friday August 11, 2017 @07:22PM (#14995213)
A local human bus driver doesn't need the map, they know the route and the bad road areas.
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