Re:Waymo granted permit to begin testing in New York City
by nine_k on Friday August 22, 2025 @01:34PM
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NYC is also one of the most regularly built out cities, in stark contrast to Boston, for instance. OTOH roads here may be 3 or even 4 levels high at the same point (e.g. where Manhattan bridge meets Brooklyn), and GPS is sometimes way off in canyons between skyscrapers.
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Re:Waymo granted permit to begin testing in New York City
by xnx on Friday August 22, 2025 @01:40PM
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> OTOH roads here may be 3 or even 4 levels high at the same point
And here I thought Chicago was complex with lower lower Wacker (just 3 levels).
> GPS is sometimes way off in canyons between skyscrapers
This is probably very challenging for human drivers using navigation, but probably no nearly as much of a problem for a Waymo car with onboard 3D maps of the entire operating area.