Raise your hand if you’ve ever worked with LIDAR.
Oh wow, my hand is raised. So I’ve got a notion of how large the data files from a LIDAR scan can be. I also now that the one venture my company is working on that involves on board processing (not in an automobile and I really can’t say what) includes an air conditioner that would normally be found on a reefer trailer, in order to cool the stack of computers.
Again, without the advantage of pre-mapping a route, a Google car could not make it across a parking lot on its own. This is where we are at now - zero point. This is why I find the fantastical claims (and snarky comments about non-believers) to be so interesting.
I don’t think my comment was the least bit snarky.
“Again, without the advantage of pre-mapping a route, a Google car could not make it across a parking lot on its own.”
So, once the route has been pre-mapped; why does this matter? Off-road use may be a problem — for a while.