• @AreaKode@lemmy.world
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    914 days ago

    The problem is the $200+ sensor. I’d love to be able to track this sort of data, but not until doppler radar prices drop.

    • @exothermic@lemmy.world
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      14 days ago

      It’s possible to still track speed using a video feed instead. You just have to know the distance between two static points within the videos frame. Time naught = passes first static point, time final = passes second static point.

      Velocity = distance / time

      Although I’m not sure how or if this would impact the battery life of the device.

      • MaggiWuerze
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        414 days ago

        Yeah, but I’m not allowed to just video tape the street all day long. A Doppler radar that gives me data to argue for a permanently installed speed control on the other hand would be fine

        • @mac@lemm.ee
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          414 days ago

          Really? At least where I’m located, you’re allowed security cameras anywhere there isn’t reasonable assumption of privacy.

          • MaggiWuerze
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            313 days ago

            In Germany you are not allowed to permanently film public space, that includes streets and sidewalks