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> Author wrongly assume those Data Collection from 2015 - 2018 were used for Maps. Apple said it was being used for Maps: https://web.archive.org/web/20150610193011/http://maps.apple...
Why did he leave the Maps team?
Someone else pointed out that some of his earlier articles (written in the same style) got >1000 points on HN: - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18358902 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15965653 Do you also…
Disagree. I enjoyed the investigative style and liked being able to follow along as the author laid out the evidence. I’d rather see how the they came to their conclusions than read a bunch of bullet points.
This still doesn’t explain what was uncovered with the New York images. If Apple shipped them a month after collecting them (and if Apple has spend the past 5+ years driving), then why are so many areas missing Apple’s…
Another great article from this blog! 2017's article from the same author [1] about Goggle Maps' use of photogrammetry and other building scanning techiques was, in my opinion, one of the most interesting HN submissions…
Thank you for your response!
> Author wrongly assume those Data Collection from 2015 - 2018 were used for Maps. Apple said it was being used for Maps: https://web.archive.org/web/20150610193011/http://maps.apple...
Why did he leave the Maps team?
Someone else pointed out that some of his earlier articles (written in the same style) got >1000 points on HN: - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18358902 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15965653 Do you also…
Disagree. I enjoyed the investigative style and liked being able to follow along as the author laid out the evidence. I’d rather see how the they came to their conclusions than read a bunch of bullet points.
This still doesn’t explain what was uncovered with the New York images. If Apple shipped them a month after collecting them (and if Apple has spend the past 5+ years driving), then why are so many areas missing Apple’s…
Another great article from this blog! 2017's article from the same author [1] about Goggle Maps' use of photogrammetry and other building scanning techiques was, in my opinion, one of the most interesting HN submissions…