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Re:Apple delivers a new redesigned Maps for users in the Uni... by privateSFacct on Thursday January 30, 2020 @02:21PM (#22194447)
Agreed - I'm curious how they are able to globally deploy so quickly where others (apple / tom tom) take FOREVER to update.

Do they just have someone ground truth with satellite and street view? They do have that data for most of the corrections I make (which are frankly rare).

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Re:Apple delivers a new redesigned Maps for users in the Uni... by ceejayoz on Thursday January 30, 2020 @03:02PM (#22194908)
Waze has volunteer local editors - I've hit "report map issue" and gotten messages from them with questions about what I was reporting. I wonder if Google leverages them internally.
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Re:Apple delivers a new redesigned Maps for users in the Uni... by pfranz on Thursday January 30, 2020 @04:07PM (#22195591)
Are temporary closures automated? I feel like in Waze I gave them enough information when reporting about things like construction or flooding that they could be integrated almost immediately--similar to road hazards or stopped vehicles.
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