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I accidentally linked the wrong repo (it was original/unredacted with API keys, etc). The correct repo is: https://github.com/asfarley/vtc_opensource
Changed now. Thanks!
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#22[stub for offtopicness]
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#23It's funny that this is released the same day as a 56 minute overhead drone video of the Swindon magic roundabout, one of the UK's most iconic road junctions: https://youtu.be/CzQunCuQCJY?si=X1nbcxiWOCcnm8eO
An interesting effect of counting at roundabouts is that MHT/basic inertial movement models tend to work quite well, because the vehicles aren't stopping and starting, and they tend to not bunch up as much as at a red light
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#24I made an Android app in this space a few years back. It's helped a few people but I never got a grip on the market or understanding of the space. www.roadcount.com
Looks like it might be using background subtraction, is that right?
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#25Just tossed it over to my GIS and metro-planning friends and they all reacted with "O-hoooo, what a good news" . Kudos!
Excellent, I'm going to post links to installers to make it somewhat more convenient, just haven't gotten to that yet
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#27Seems to be made for USA as only cars are counted. In Europe u usually want to distinguish between cars bigger cars, bicycles and pedestrians. You also need to blurr everything not related to cars and you can't just collect all video data in a central space. Or need lower res cameras.
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#28I made an Android app in this space a few years back. It's helped a few people but I never got a grip on the market or understanding of the space. www.roadcount.com
Looks like it might be using background subtraction, is that right?
Its running EfficientDet on the phone using Tensorflow light.