Geekzone: technology news, blogs, forums
Guest
Welcome Guest.
You haven't logged in yet. If you don't have an account you can register now.


Forums › Travel (planes, train, cruise) › Uber mapping Christchurch
msukiwi

2443 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 2126

Lifetime subscriber

#214885 1-Jun-2017 14:49
Send private message

Saw an Uber marked car with spinning camera on top (Spinning at the time) in Ilam, Christchurch today.

Create new topic
mattrix
193 posts

Master Geek
+1 received by user: 39
Inactive user


  #1793176 1-Jun-2017 15:14
Send private message

Only reason I see for that is: driver-less Ubers....

News story from this morning (probably unrelated but strange coincidence)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11867229

 

Oh, after a google

 

https://www.uber.com/info/mapping/

 

"Improves ETAS"

 

I'm sure that's what they tell all the human drivers..



dfnt
1553 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 1036

Trusted
Lifetime subscriber

  #1793204 1-Jun-2017 16:08
Send private message

Seen a few of them driving around Wellington too




Quic referral link https://account.quic.nz/refer/276294 free setup code R276294EBWOBK

Create new topic








Geekzone Live »

Try automatic live updates from Geekzone directly in your browser, without refreshing the page, with Geekzone Live now.


Updates »

Are you subscribed to our RSS feed? You can download the latest headlines and summaries from our stories directly to your computer or smartphone by using a feed reader.








RSS feeds
Main feed
Forums feed
Copyright
©2002-2026 Geekzone®
Site features
Geekzone BI dashboard
Geekzone Badges
Geekzone Status Page

 

Site Information
Subscribe to Geekzone
Privacy Statement
Forum Usage Guidelines (FUG)
Advertising
Trademark and copyright