Tesla Owners Can Edit Maps to Improve Summon Routes

[McHoffa]

Anyone actually see a difference after making changes? I updated an incorrect parking lot that said the entrance aisle was a public road two days ago and tonight summon still stopped halfway coming to me and said it couldn’t be used on public roads.

 

[S3XY]

When you updated the map, did you add and use traffic island? I was thinking of going back to some of the parking lots I have been working on an add traffic islands.

No, I did not. Apparently, at least in my case, it was enough just to specify the lanes where it could drive.

 

[Atari2600]

Hmm I went to look at a parking lot and I'm shocked the building and parking lot is not in OpenStreetMap period. Can someone put it in there for me? lol

Google Maps

OpenStreetMap

 

[Darmie]

Hmm I went to look at a parking lot and I'm shocked the building and parking lot is not in OpenStreetMap period. Can someone put it in there for me? lol

Google Maps

OpenStreetMap

It is when you select ESRI however, I'm unsure how accurate that satellite is.

 

[Darmie]

It is when you select ESRI however, I'm unsure how accurate that satellite is.

Sorry, here is a screen shot

 

[zoeconner]

4 days and still dont see a change in summon. Anything to check?

OpenStreetMap

 

[lukex4]

Thanks for the tips.
I’m wondering if you can point us via a link or address to a parking lot that has been updated perfectly, and with the most possible detail.
This way, we can mirror this to what we are updating.

I’m wondering if instead of one “parking isle” per lane, we used two per lane, and illustrated them directionally, if that’s better than one. ?

Thanks

I'm also interested in that. I edited a few parking lots in my area but a perfect example to follow would be ideal.

 

[brkaus]

I’m still not convinced this is really making a difference. I’ve mapped several lots over the past 1-2 weeks. They do not act differently to the best I can tell.

they do act different if I park in different spots or forward vs backward. Etc.

Does anyone know where the directions are determined? Is it the app on the phone? Perhaps android and iPhone are different?

Perhaps Tesla pulls data from OSM at different intervals? Or different by region?

Ill keep trying.

 

[NYCR160]

It should not be that hard' you will only have to map the empty spots.

 

[Atari2600]

It is when you select ESRI however, I'm unsure how accurate that satellite is.

ESRI and Maxar does not line up but the scale looks the same.

Can you do all the mapping work then do a "select all" on the entire feature set of the area and move it around?

Edit: Image offset of 4.75, -4.14 seems to line the roads up with the ESRI map which is the highest quality. I assume you have to line up with the roads right next to it.

How can you double check this in real life?

 

[eli_]

4 days and still dont see a change in summon. Anything to check?

OpenStreetMap

The map of that lot seems pretty broken... There are only one-way paths exiting from the lot and no way to enter it. If you're going to mark roads as one-way you need to indicate the correct direction.

 

[Mojito]

Check make sure there isn't construction tags on the OSM data. That might affect SS.

As I scroll thru I see no tag for the parking Lot Area

 

[theflyer]

How interesting. Sure enough, one of the locations where routing fails on my FSD test route has a junction marker at the wrong place. Sadly though, when I went to edit the marker, there were other things attached that made no sense to me so I posted a help question and hoping someone can help me understand what to do.

I will try to check this weekend to see if another fix I made coming north on I-395 from the Springfield, VA supercharger resolves another issue.

 

[TreeStryder]

To the earlier mentioned OpenStreetMap tips, I would add:

• Only map reality.
• Do not copy off other maps.
• Arial imagery often needs to be offset to match reality on the ground. Particularly in areas that do not have mappers contributing to the offset database. Using Imagery - OpenStreetMap Wiki
• OpenStreetMap uses British English and terms. This often causes mistakes by American speakers. (I once had to fix hundreds of miles of roads which a well meaning new mapper thought they would "correct", by retagging them with our local terminology.} https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Highway:International_equivalence
• OSM tagging practices are arrived at by consensus and are maintained on the Wiki. Here is the guide to mapping a parking lot (car park). Tag:amenity=parking - OpenStreetMap Wiki
• When you run out of parking to map, you might be interested in mapping for humanitarian purposes. Humanitarian OSM Team - OpenStreetMap Wiki

 

[Spidy]

Keep in mind that as far as I know OpenStreetMap does not really offer an API for commercial use. Most likely Tesla just downloads the database and runs it on their server if they actually use it. They might also just extract the relevant features for their use. They might just do this once a month though.

Has anyone actually seen Tesla credit OpenStreetMap?

 

[ratsbew]

I’m still not convinced this is really making a difference. I’ve mapped several lots over the past 1-2 weeks. They do not act differently to the best I can tell.

It absolutely makes a massive difference. My car goes from trying to do a straight line across the lot to something that makes logical sense.

 

[Jedi2155]

Mines definitely made a difference after adding my work parking lot. Before it would always go straight through the intersection to the other side now it always signals and makes a right turn where necessary.

 

[theflyer]

As with almost everything Tesla, I'm sure the truth is far more interesting and non-obvious.

 

[Manitoba Keith]

I changed speed limits to the correct numbers but no show after a week and some speeds have reverted back to the original "Incorrect" speeds. Any ideas? The last time I checked the box to have someone check it in case that was my mistake. Most of my city is 50km but the map varies fro 100 down to 50..

 

[McHoffa]

I changed speed limits to the correct numbers but no show after a week and some speeds have reverted back to the original "Incorrect" speeds. Any ideas? The last time I checked the box to have someone check it in case that was my mistake. Most of my city is 50km but the map varies fro 100 down to 50..

They’re definitely not using it for speed limits. I have an area that’s always had incorrect speed limit in one direction that I looked at on OSM last year. OSM had it correct then and now. Google has it correct. I have no idea where it’s getting the incorrect number from but it’s frustrating because autopilot limits you to 5 over posted speed there, which is below the actual speed limit.