Fellow blogger Benny posted
today about Google
Streetview snapping pictures of our Belgian cities. This reminded
me of the news I saw on TV yesterday, where it was announced that a car
would be driving around all streets in Belgium to take pictures, in
order to get a view of everything and to map dangerous crossroads and
the like. While Google is facing a problem with privacy complaints, I
hear no one complaining about yesterday's news item...
I'm trying to think if the organisation making the pictures was the government, or the institute for safety on the roads, but can't remember exactly.
Update: Benny informed me that the Flemish government is responsible for this project. I read the information a bit more carefully, and apparently the intention is to map all traffic signs. However, the article does mention that not only traffic signs will be photographed but also streets. So the impact on privacy is a lot smaller than the Google Streetview project, but still...
I'm trying to think if the organisation making the pictures was the government, or the institute for safety on the roads, but can't remember exactly.
Update: Benny informed me that the Flemish government is responsible for this project. I read the information a bit more carefully, and apparently the intention is to map all traffic signs. However, the article does mention that not only traffic signs will be photographed but also streets. So the impact on privacy is a lot smaller than the Google Streetview project, but still...
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