Vehicle Taking Photographs Of Highway?
Thu, 08/12/2010 - 11:23am
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I live in the Twin Cities Minneapolis-Saint Paul (MN) Metropolitan area. A few days ago when I was on Interstate 94 there was a vehicle, I think it was a sports utility vehicle of some type, traveling westbound on I-94 with what appeared to be two electronic flashes operating on it. One was about a foot higher than the other one. Normally when I see something of that nature I suspect that it is an Opticom traffic emitter, but in this case the flash pattern was different. Is it possible that this is some company taking photographs for mapping purposes? I was going the opposite direction, so I never saw any license plate or if there was any logo on the side of the vehicle.
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Sounds like the setup Google uses for their street view shots.
http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/txt/media/r_stopped%20c...
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Could it have been like a
Could it have been like a Tele Atlas Mobile Mapping Van that I see on the web? I didn't think those use flashes for gathering data, but perhaps they do?
What mapping vans look like!
Mapping Vans:
Tele Atlas:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IdItK80eMo
NAVTEQ:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOKcNNQMVwE
Hope this helps!
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Sounds like
Google
Agreed
Sounds like a mobile mapping vehicle. We had a black suburban in our neighborhood a few months ago with a 360 degree housing for cameras. They made several passes down every street. No Google sign, but could have been one of the other numerous mapping companies.
Yes, a mapping company.
Yeah, I saw one recently, too. It wasn't Google, but one of their competitors. I saw the name of the company on their van, but I don't remember which firm it was now.
Either that, or the CIA is tracking you down the interstate, using a photo van rather than a satellite or drone plane.
/just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you!
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You should have taken a
You should have taken a photo of the photo taking vehicle! LOL
http://www.poi-factory.com/node/21626 - red light cameras do not work
Vehicle Taking Photographs Of Highway?
I saw either that same vehicle or a similar one yesterday. The lettering on the side said "FACE" or something similar on the side of it.
Crossing the Rubicon
I saw either that same vehicle or a similar one yesterday. The lettering on the side said "FACE" or something similar on the side of it.
...as in face.com?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1305191/Facia...
But hey, you don't even need a photograph just use an iris scanner: http://www.fastcompany.com/1683302/iris-scanners-create-the-...
Regarding Google, here's an interesting article illustrating the union of private/public interests: http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/07/exclusive-google-cia...