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https://developer.gecurrent.com/cityiq https://developer.gecurrent.com/cityiq Looks like GE advertises that the product can collect traffic, pedestrian and par

by lainga 7y ago

https://developer.gecurrent.com/cityiq https://developer.gecurrent.com/cityiq Looks like GE advertises that the product can collect traffic, pedestrian and parking location data via Bluetooth and WiFi sniffing.

Spooky23 7y ago
All things that have been done for many years. Where do you think the road speed indicators came from on online maps? (Cell phone carrier data sold to state transportation departments) How do you think water and sewer meters are read? (Pole or car mounted RF readers)
- asdff 7y ago
  I thought google's estimates at least came from tracking android phones and ios users of their ecosystem apps, not from the carrier? I doubt LA at least is advanced enough to have these RF meters in every parcel. Plenty of houses are literally sitting unanchored on a pile of stones/dirt/random 80 year old rotting wood scraps as a foundation and would blow over in the wind or any earthquake. LA metro's timelines for rail projects are regularly dragged out, not by the usual blame of graft and bureaucratic inefficiency, but by the fact that there are so many undisclosed utilities buried under the city in a half-assed, cheap as possible, attempt to fool the building inspector manner for 100 years straight. You hit a 100 year old wooden water main that wasn't on any map while boring and you need to replace the entire pipe as it is due to rot away yesterday. San Diego seems much more like a first world country, though.
  - Spooky23 7y ago
    That’s how it works now, but that tech appeared 20 years ago. No idea about LA, but if you have a water meter, they get replaced every 12-15 years. New meters all have remote read because they save a ton of money, and are often cheaper to install.
asdff 7y ago
The iOS 13 upgrade was very telling. Suddenly every app is requesting blutooth access. Why does the reddit app need access to the blutooth radio? Because not doing so is leaving money on the table, and shareholders know it. I'll stick with the mobile website for now.

by lainga 7y ago

Spooky23 7y ago

All things that have been done for many years. Where do you think the road speed indicators came from on online maps? (Cell phone carrier data sold to state transportation departments) How do you think water and sewer meters are read? (Pole or car mounted RF readers)

asdff 7y ago
I thought google's estimates at least came from tracking android phones and ios users of their ecosystem apps, not from the carrier? I doubt LA at least is advanced enough to have these RF meters in every parcel. Plenty of houses are literally sitting unanchored on a pile of stones/dirt/random 80 year old rotting wood scraps as a foundation and would blow over in the wind or any earthquake. LA metro's timelines for rail projects are regularly dragged out, not by the usual blame of graft and bureaucratic inefficiency, but by the fact that there are so many undisclosed utilities buried under the city in a half-assed, cheap as possible, attempt to fool the building inspector manner for 100 years straight. You hit a 100 year old wooden water main that wasn't on any map while boring and you need to replace the entire pipe as it is due to rot away yesterday. San Diego seems much more like a first world country, though.
- Spooky23 7y ago
  That’s how it works now, but that tech appeared 20 years ago. No idea about LA, but if you have a water meter, they get replaced every 12-15 years. New meters all have remote read because they save a ton of money, and are often cheaper to install.

asdff 7y ago

The iOS 13 upgrade was very telling. Suddenly every app is requesting blutooth access. Why does the reddit app need access to the blutooth radio? Because not doing so is leaving money on the table, and shareholders know it. I'll stick with the mobile website for now.