12 Oct
2016
12 Oct
'16
10:05 p.m.
Some years ago I was talking to Virginia DOT about
access to camera feeds
in the Hampton Roads (Southeastern Virginia) region. I eventually got
access to the ftp site where the pics were dumped out every 5 minutes.
The listing of cameras was screen shots taken from an OpenVMS control
application that had the camera names and locations on maps, as well as
digital signage and some other functions. I was kind of surprised since
this was late in the VMS game, perhaps mid 2000's. And the system was
still being built.
Not sure if that board is a part of that setup but it was VMS. Probably
still have the screenshots somewhere.
I'm sure there are fellow roadgeeks on this list, so I find VMS(*) in this
context to be thoroughly ambiguous. :)
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