Re:Apple’s New Map, Expansion #5: Northeast U.S.
by jandrese on Thursday October 03, 2019 @05:11PM
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So Google Street View is chopped liver? Flat gray 3D representations don't seem to answer those questions as well as just tooling around the building in Google Street View.
Re:Apple’s New Map, Expansion #5: Northeast U.S.
by zapzupnz on Thursday October 03, 2019 @05:40PM
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Google's also moving towards adding 3D topography to their maps so I don't quite see what your point is. This isn't an Apple vs Google thing; they're both doing the same things, they just seem to have different priorities about the order in which they do it.
Re:Apple’s New Map, Expansion #5: Northeast U.S.
by outworlder on Thursday October 03, 2019 @07:38PM
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> So Google Street View is chopped liver
Yes.
Because this is missing an important point. In order to render the data, the data has to be in a format understood by computers, which street view is not.
https://www.justinobeirne.com/google-maps-moat
The necessary link between aerial imagery and on-ground navigation by mobile phone is a 3d map.
I'd like to know where the front entrance is vs. the side entrance, is there a ramp vs. stairs, are these two buildings connected or not, is there a skyway, is there a penthouse on the roof, is there a garage behind the main house, etc.