Tesla is mapping the world, 'cause your GPS will not cut it for self-driving cars
Self-driving cars need a fantastic quantity of data to control safely. Tesla and Elon Musk know this well.
Tesla Motors formally launched its long-awaited Autopilot feature on Wednesday, that isn't quite self-driving automobile, however rather a better degree of autonomy. one of the new options of Autopilot: Tesla is making high-precision digital maps of the world using GPS.
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GPS mapping in cars has existed for years, however that presently only scratches the surface of the information required for an autonomous self-driving car.
Musk is not alone on this. It's why Apple and Google are deploying their mapping vehicles around the world, and why Uber tried to buy Nokia's Here maps, before being outbid by a association of Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz.
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