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   Some Guy to All   
   Some sort of camera-van seen on the stre   
   20 Oct 09 00:19:56   
   
   XPost: can.internet.highspeed   
   From: Some@Guy.com   
      
   A friend of mine gave me a first-hand account of a vehicle he saw   
   driving around his court yesterday.   
      
   It was a full-sized minivan with a few camera's mounted to it, but not   
   like the high, tripod-mounted camera that you typically see associated   
   with google streetview.   
      
   He talked to the guy driving it, and the driver said it wasn't google.   
   He said it had something to do with the city - some sort of "curb   
   survey".  My friend came back with "another example of tax dollars at   
   work eh?" and the driver said - "not exactly" - so who knows what that   
   means.   
      
   Strange thing - the van had "twitter" posted on the side, as well as   
   some sort of "i-something" spashed across it.  One of the cameras was   
   mounted low, like on the lower front or rear quarter-panel, as if it did   
   indeed have a good view of the curb.   
      
   So my question is - is there some sort of electronic / video / picture   
   street or curbside recording done by (or for) cities in SW-Ontario (or   
   maybe just London in particular) ?   
      
   Can't imagine why they'd be doing it now - with all the leaves and   
   debris falling on the road this time of year.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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