roger_millin wrote: > Adrian said: > >> Not guilty, m'lud. >> >> Look at the subject line for this thread. > > No, 'fraid not, I've so few years left in my life. >> >> However, I agree that driverless vehicles will require some form of >> computerised routing. But that wouldn't have to be satnav. It could >> be an electronic map stored on board. > > Unless the mapping was of the accuracy of an American cruise missile > I can't see how that would work. And I'm not sure that their cruise > missiles don't use the American military standard of satellite GPS > for precision location on the super map. I can just imagine a > driverless taxi smashing into the shop window of an Oxford Street > store because its mapping was a tad adrift and it thought it had to > turn. If you don't use GPS location how do you assess distance > driven; internal odometer readings which are susceptible to differing > calculated distance affected by tyre wear and other factors? No, > it'll be a while yet methinks. > Roger
How about driverless barges then? :-) (desapately trying to get back on topic) -- Neil Arlidge Barge Maurice A - well it has a kitchen sink... TNC http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/tour.html
