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by davelnewton 2680 days ago
* http://www.govtech.com/data/People-Counting-Cameras-Are-Watc... * https://www.fastcompany.com/3025926/one-company-is-trying-to... * https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/new-ways-of-counting-pedest... * https://www.eco-compteur.com/en/solutions/pedestrian-monitor...

Etc. It's either happening, or would like to happen, all over.

Why? You can't understand what you can't measure. From city planning to business locations to traffic signals to targeted law enforcement to... If you don't know where people are you can't do anything except guess what should be done.