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Unusual Prius II

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by DarrenG, Jan 8, 2010.

  1. DarrenG

    DarrenG Member

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    Saw this unusual Prius Pic posted on Twitter:

    Yfrog - e5tw - Uploaded by antonio

    Looks like a LiDar scanner atop the roof with a measuring unit for road speed attached to rear wheel?
     

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    #1 DarrenG, Jan 8, 2010
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    risingsun seeker of the way

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    Is that a camera for taking and developing the "street view" scenes for mapping services like Google Maps?
     
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  3. DarrenG

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    Certainly not the Streetview setup, that's a lot more complex. Sadly the original image isn't great to hard to discern detail.
     

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