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New Speed Cameras Catch You From Space 351 Screenshot-sm

Posted by samzenpus
from the no-place-to-run-or-speed dept.
A new kind of speed camera that uses satellites to measure average speed over long distances is being tested in Britain. The "Speedspike" system combines plate reading technology with a global positioning satellite receiver to calculate average speed between any two points in the area being monitored. From the article: "Details of the trials are contained in a House of Commons report. The company said in its evidence that the cameras enabled 'number plate capture in all weather conditions, 24 hours a day.' It also referred to the system's 'low cost' and ease of installation." I can't wait to see the episode of MythBusters where they try to avoid getting a speeding ticket from a satellite.

Comment: Already done (Score 1) 174

by DragonC (#29603173) Attached to: Google Wants to Map Indoors, Too

This has already been around for a few years.

http://www.placeengine.com/en - developed in Japan. I tried it out when they first launched it. It works quite well. Most of the major Japanese cities are covered and they have a pretty good handle on major cities outside Japan. London, NYC, LA, Toronto etc.

And yes, it can estimnate your location inside buildings as well. Of course it needs somebody to go visit those places to feed it the relevant WiFi signal strengths in the first place.

Comment: Re:ARRGGHHH (Score 5, Insightful) 205

by DragonC (#15349825) Attached to: IBM to Adopt ODF for Lotus Notes
Why was this moderated Interesting?

The Good Thing about Notes/Domino is that it allows anybody to develop applications. The Bad Thing about Notes/Domino is that it allows anybody to develop applications.

I've been a Notes/Domino Developer for 13 years now, and beleive me, I've seen some real dodgy applications. The 6.5 client is defintely the best, but even that sucks when you point it at poorly designed applications. You may as well say that Firefox is rubbish because you're looking at poorly designed websites all the time.

I think you're getting confused with what the client is capable of doing and what the application that you're using does.

Adding ODF just gives the client another tool to use. A very powerful tool.

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