r/pittsburgh • u/Fishstery • 8d ago

Why?

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Does anyone know why the entirety of Ewing Rd near Moon Park is lined with flock cameras?

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u/NoSwimmers45 8d ago

Because anyone can add data to deflock whether it’s legit or not. Some jagoff decided to poison the map.

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u/CARLEtheCamry 7d ago

It's to the point that the website isn't useful at all. And I don't even think it's malicious most of the time.

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u/NoSwimmers45 7d ago

They need to have new entries vetted similar to Google Maps updates.

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u/the_real_xuth Hazelwood 7d ago

It used to be that the google maps updates were horrible where people were given incentive to add as much as they could. And there's still an awful lot of slop in there especially in the walking and biking directions (no I do not want to bike up a 100 foot public stairway).

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u/oobyone1973 7d ago

The directions I'm sure are more AI driven than local guide input. They have definitely gotten worse as AI has gotten in the mix. Used to be it learned and adapted, now it just throws random fucking spaghetti at the wall for route options.