The product is aimed at law enforcement, I think, but it turned me on to an
interesting technology I wasn't familiar with, ALPR -- automatic license
plate recognition. This must be the technology used to grab drivers
running red lights, but this presentation suggests that ALPR may be used
much more broadly in major metro areas. This would suggest that (a) there
might be stories to be done on how gov't. owned vehicles are being used and
(b) when we do any FOIA requests, we might also consider including requests
for ALPR data.
Oculus also does some nifty stuff in terms of presenting the location data
that could be worth thinking about. All in all, the 20+ minute
presentation might fire up some neurons of creativity.
Have a good weekend,
tom johnson
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> The product is aimed at law enforcement, I think, but it turned me on to
> an interesting technology I wasn't familiar with, ALPR -- automatic license
> plate recognition. This must be the technology used to grab drivers
> running red lights, but this presentation suggests that ALPR may be used
> much more broadly in major metro areas. This would suggest that (a) there
> might be stories to be done on how gov't. owned vehicles are being used and
> (b) when we do any FOIA requests, we might also consider including requests
> for ALPR data.
> Oculus also does some nifty stuff in terms of presenting the location data
> that could be worth thinking about. All in all, the 20+ minute
> presentation might fire up some neurons of creativity.
> Have a good weekend,
> tom johnson
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> J. T. Johnson
> Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA<http://www.analyticjournalism.com/>
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> http://www.jtjohnson.com t...@jtjohnson.com
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ALPR is also used for toll road fees. There's a toll road near Denver
without toll booths. If you don't have an electronic responder they
capture your license plate number and mail you a bill.
On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Tom Johnson <t...@jtjohnson.com> wrote:
> All:
> I just watched a webinar now on YouTube called "GeoTime Webinar: Using
> Location Data - Fusion and Exploitation" by a company called Oculus .
> The product is aimed at law enforcement, I think, but it turned me on to an
> interesting technology I wasn't familiar with, ALPR -- automatic license
> plate recognition. This must be the technology used to grab drivers running
> red lights, but this presentation suggests that ALPR may be used much more
> broadly in major metro areas. This would suggest that (a) there might be
> stories to be done on how gov't. owned vehicles are being used and (b) when
> we do any FOIA requests, we might also consider including requests for ALPR
> data.
> Oculus also does some nifty stuff in terms of presenting the location data
> that could be worth thinking about. All in all, the 20+ minute presentation
> might fire up some neurons of creativity.
> Have a good weekend,
> tom johnson
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> ==========================================
> J. T. Johnson
> Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA
> 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h)
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