[OSM-talk] Laser scanning (Video

[Jim Ley]

"Daniel Haran" <chebuctonian at gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:f55c28240603310446occ632b3i6264162e1f19b4ea at mail.gmail.com...
>Since we're talking about automatically acquiring and recognizing
>data, one thing I've wondered about is whether streets signs could be
>automatically "read"/parsed, along with house numbers and traffic
>signs. Does anyone here know if the technology is getting advanced
>enough?

I believe Riya already claims to read text in road signs, googling seems to 
suggest
http://visl.technion.ac.il/projects/2003w10/  complete with source code...

Jim.