Chameleon schreef op 29 april 2016 09:05:
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Right now, Google only has this kind of detailed maps for a small fraction of the country's roads — primarily in the area around Silicon Valley and Austin, Texas. Taking these maps national will be expensive. Only Google knows exactly how expensive, but we can make some educated guesses by looking at how much online mapping companies are spending to maintain their maps today.
A rough 2012 estimate found that maintaining the data for a global mapping service costs $1 billion to $2 billion per year, a figure that's in line with industry rumors.
We should expect the maps used for self-driving cars to be even more expensive because they're going to have to be a lot more detailed. The maps that power Google's self-driving cars are going to have to mark a lot of features — fire hydrants, driveways, street signs, and bushes — that aren't relevant for merely providing turn-by-turn directions.
Ironically, then, the effort to automate driving may actually create a lot of jobs, especially in the early years as self-driving technology is being rolled out. As Google and its competitors expand their self-driving vehicle programs nationwide, they're going to have to hire thousands of human analysts to produce the detailed maps that enable cars to drive safely.
And this won't just be a one-off development, either. Landscapes are changing constantly, with changing speed limits, new construction, and trees growing and being cut down. So while maintaining maps may require less manpower than creating them initially, self-driving car technology is likely to employ a lot of people for the foreseeable future."
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