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4 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Benedict Evans · across every show →

Everything said about digital maps, oldest first

Jan 2, 2019 positive
Insight
Evans: Digital maps are the PageRank equivalent for the physical world
“The way that I think about maps are sort of, is that maps are kind of page rank for the real world.”
Benedict Evans Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 19:43 a16z Podcast | A Copernican Update ... In Tech, the Smartphone is the Center
Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Supported
Wei Lowe: Consumer digital maps rely on survey fleets, not crowdsourcing
“Those maps were not created from The GPS unit that you have on your car or the camera system that you have in your car and whatnot. They were created by special, what we call mapping survey fleets.”
Wei Lowe Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 4:08 a16z Podcast | Exploding the Map
Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Wei Lowe: Modern digital maps are built exclusively for human consumption
“But if you actually dive deeper, maps today, including the digital maps, are actually built for human consumption only.”
Wei Lowe Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 7:51 a16z Podcast | Exploding the Map
Jan 2, 2019
Insight
David Rumsey: Digital maps differ from paper maps by having dynamic scale
“One thing that has changed drastically from paper maps is that maps are dynamic now. Maps are changing. You know, with paper maps, we have a sense of scale. The scale is printed onto the map and it's fixed. But with digital maps, the scale is totally fluid and…”
David Rumsey Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 6:02 a16z Podcast | Exploding the Map
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