I noticed this strange looking camera contraption being towed by a minivan and followed by a police escort recently around campus, and today found out what it was.

I wonder what they are going to use this data for . . .

http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/volumes/v51/n14/traf_advis.html

The Virtual University City Project has been launched. University City will become the focus of a hi-tech virtual environment~Wan interactive 3-D modeled world that
will digitally reconstruct University City~Rs three college campuses and segments of the area connecting them. During phase one, the data collection process will take
place. This is accomplished by a foot crew and a van with a camera mechanism installed on a trailer. This van proceeds at 10 mph, stopping in the roadway every 30
meters for approximately four minutes. During the data-collection process which will take approximately three weeks, it will be escorted by a marked University of
Pennsylvania Police vehicle. Please use caution if you observe this ongoing operation.


John





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