amoshag's comments

On: Mass Transit Optimization for Buses: The Depot Problem

[amoshag]

Definitely! In cities such as Las Vegas, Washington DC, Austin, and many others. See optibus.com for more info

On: Mass Transit Optimization for Buses: The Depot Problem

[amoshag]

Thanks. Looking into it

On: Car allergic to vanilla ice cream (2000)

[amoshag]

They eat ice cream every day??

[gfosco → amoshag]

Even crazier, they don't buy more than one nights worth.. so they make a trip to the supermarket just for ice cream every night. (It's just a myth)

[tonyedgecombe → gfosco]

If you go back to the fifties or sixties it's quite possible a family might have a car but not a freezer.

On: The Huge, Unseen Operation Behind the Accuracy of Google Maps

[amoshag]

This article shows that Waze's method of crowd sourcing maps is the right way to go. Waze is able to have realtime detailed information about every street, building, directions, etc. including all the details that were discussed in the article + much more (e.g. future road changes), and most importantly it does that in a fraction of the cost. Now it seems that the 1.3B that Google paid for it is probably a bargain