Tele Atlas, Camera, Camera on the street, who....
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May. 31st, 2007 | 03:37 pm
Some part of me believes I should be spooked out that a van from New
Hampshire (Live free or die?) is video taping our streets...
I am not though, since its more fun to look and see the top 15 best
found photos on Google.
The photos come from my cell phone. I saw the van while out riding my
bike to meet up with a friend for lunch. Of course, after looking at
some of the photos found on Google, I am wondering if
Google would consider requests.
I am betting the path around Greenlake is pretty nice this time of
year...
UPDATE Here is a link to the Engadget mention of the Google vans:
http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/the-google-street-view-vehicle-revealed/
UPDATE
Hampshire (Live free or die?) is video taping our streets...
I am not though, since its more fun to look and see the top 15 best
found photos on Google.
The photos come from my cell phone. I saw the van while out riding my
bike to meet up with a friend for lunch. Of course, after looking at
some of the photos found on Google, I am wondering if
Google would consider requests.
I am betting the path around Greenlake is pretty nice this time of
year...
UPDATE Here is a link to the Engadget mention of the Google vans:
http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/the-google-street-view-vehicle-revealed/
UPDATE
Hi Brian, I found your LJ post through boingboing. I don't have a LJ account and didn't see the need to sign up to make a comment. Anyway, I found the SICK device online. It's a "Volume Measurement System". I have no idea what that means, but here it is.
http://www.sick.com/gus/products/product_catalogs/automatic_identification/lasermeasurementsystemsvolumemeasurement/vms200/en.html
Doug Pichler
Austin, TX
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woggie
date: May. 31st, 2007 11:33 pm (UTC)
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Can it be made well..?
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krow
date: Jun. 1st, 2007 02:57 am (UTC)
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date: Jun. 1st, 2007 09:44 pm (UTC)
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SICK (UK) Ltd,
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richardkirk
date: Jun. 1st, 2007 06:55 pm (UTC)
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http://www.sick.co.uk/guk/en.html
Cheers.
Richard
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woggie
date: Jun. 1st, 2007 10:44 pm (UTC)
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fancycwabs
date: Jun. 1st, 2007 06:39 pm (UTC)
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SICK LADAR/LIDAR distance measuring device
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kleinbottler
date: Jun. 1st, 2007 10:14 pm (UTC)
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Those cameras only bring images into the collecting computer. The Sick LADAR gizmo can produce an array of distances to each point around the car.
Ideally, with stereo cameras, you could also accomplish this using thos imaging cameras, but doing this in real time is an image processing challenge. On the other hand, the Sick Ladar system goes much slower than stereo cameras, and can be fooled by objects which are invisible to its near-infrared scanner.
The Sick Ladar/Lidar system was used by entrants in the Darpa robotic vehicle challenge.
See http://dtsn.darpa.mil/ibb/Grandc_Archive/topicarchive.asp?topic_id=1593
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Teleatlas
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mlh77
date: Jun. 1st, 2007 09:23 pm (UTC)
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In Europe, Teleatlas use big camper vans though :-)
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woggie
date: Jun. 2nd, 2007 02:53 pm (UTC)
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When Seattle Street Views becomes available, maybe we should be looking for images of Brian. :)
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krow
date: Jun. 2nd, 2007 03:51 pm (UTC)
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Or the airport...
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