Friday, July 10. 2009

Lancaster CA Looking at Citywide Overhead Surveillance Solution

Remember those stories about how well meaning law enforcement officers would call one of the satellite companies and ask for shot around 2 pm of a guy running down Main Street on Thursday? We'd laugh since they clearly didn't get satellite imagery. Now, Lancaster, California is looking at aerial video surveillance that would circle the city continuously. It could zoom in on anyway, and thus, you'd never know if you'd be on camera. And, thus, no way you'd commit a crime, right? I'm not sure of the logic or the privacy issues, but it's still in the works. The tech is the same as the military, NASA and some federal agencies use, but this'd be the first use in public safety.

via Slashdot

Posted by Adena Schutzberg in Remote Sensing at 13:21 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) |