Fwd: The Wait Is Over

Krista Nordback

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Hope springs eternal that perhaps some new device can solve our pedestrian counting woes. Does anyone have experience with this for pedestrian or bicycle counting?

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First I have seen of this. I am forwarding on to Planning groups I work with as an FYI and to see if they have used this.

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Midtown Alliance in Atlanta has ordered one. We hope to test it out in the coming weeks.

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Krista, I haven’t seen this but it looks interesting. I just forwarded it to my FedsOnBikes list to see if anyone has any experience with it.

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Just got off the phone with them. Interesting pricing model: $100 a month per data point, or $75 a month if you sign up for a year. Volume discounts would apply.

A data point is defined a one “line” drawn in the camera and you get a bidirectional count of traffic across that line. You don’t have to buy the sensor as they can use live streams, if you have those available from your existing cameras. Didn’t get too much into the specifics.

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Thanks Matthew for the updated info. That’s pretty nice that it might work with existing cameras.

Shawn Turner

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Dec 3, 2015, 5:07:05 PM12/3/15

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Ah yes, hope is sometimes all we have… J

We have sent some challenging IP-based surveillance camera video to Placemeter from Aggie football game day, and they have given us pedestrian counts that looked reasonable, but we have yet to evaluate the accuracy of any of their counts.

I would expect that one will get much different results if you optimize camera location for counting as opposed to areawide surveillance. I think we will probably ask them for one of their demo cameras.

I’m also curious to hear if anyone has evaluated accuracy of their robot-generated counts.

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Josh Roll

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Dec 4, 2015, 4:58:57 PM12/4/15

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Hi Shawn,
We are experimenting with the Placemeter technology using a smartphone they let us borrow. Looks like our setup is under counting by an average of 24%. When asked why this is Placemeter said its likely due to the angle at which the camera is recording video, roughly 45 degrees, and that if the camera was top down it would be more accurate. Occlusion is a common problem with all types of sensors, including tubes and infrared.

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Dennis LeBlanc

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Hi Krista.

I am a vendor that works with data collection equipment for peds and bicycles. please go to www.roadsysllc.com and see what we can do for you. I also can be reached at 480-289-0081 Thank you! Dennis LeBlanc

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