Google Maps is a great tool for drivers 99 per cent of the time, but snow conditions fall into the one per cent when it can falter.
“Even though I was pretty much following a green path, according to the map, I did come across some intersections that were blocked,” Orr said.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc.
Those shortcomings have led to well-publicized failures, such as in December of last year when Google Maps directed dozens of drivers onto a treacherous rural road in Plumas County, Calif. in the Sierra Nevada mountains, which was reported in the New York Times. “So many geospatial or GIS stories come down to the quality of data,” said Cadell, CEO of the Prince-George headquartered geospatial software firm Sparkgeo.Article content
“As good as Google Maps is, that’s the Achilles heel to Google Maps, and Apple Maps or whatever, is that they are proprietary products,” with decision-making around data sources hidden from the public, said Michelson, a professor in electrical and computer engineering at the University of B.C.
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