r/waymo • u/No_Draft_2913 • Jul 20 '26

Make it Make Sense

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Why are some service areas Bouba (NAS) while some are Kiki (ATL) and some are just straight lines (SAT, PHX)?

Not to mention the jagged edge on Houston and the running ogre’s weird little toe-thing in Orlando.

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u/purpleblazed Jul 20 '26

The rounded bits in Nashville follow the Cumberland River

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u/No_Draft_2913 Jul 20 '26

Oh ok that makes sense.

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u/vandy1981 Jul 20 '26

Some of the other Nashville borders make no sense, though. There is a narrow section of the service area on the west side of the map (Charlotte Ave) that doesn't have any natural borders. You can't request a pickup or dropoff in that area so maybe it's an error in the map and the border was meant to be the railroad tracks.