Niceeee, I've seen a few maps that you've made... excellent work, of course. And yeah, this would be a pretty fun thesis, are your other choices this cool? Well, then I think that we are in complete agreement. :) I know I've been led astray by Google Maps, and the thought of giving control of death on wheels to a similar database... Google claims impressive statistics right now, but we'll see what happens when this is slowly implemented. Most people won't want to be guinea piggin'. As you probably know, there is a large incentive for other companies (and maybe universities, I'm not sure) to develop the AI, sensory imaging, processing, code that Google then buy$. I dunno about the timescale there, but it can't come soon enough. I'm calling it now though, there will be some not-too-distant movie where someone "HAX A CAR" and commits murder via modifying database files and overriding sensory input or processing. Edit: You taught me the "no true scottman" fallacy today! Cool.I'm actually sorta considering writing my thesis about this topic.
What I'm mainly arguing is that I think a system based on sensory input, with additional database input, is what Google should be making...