Path: utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!scs!spl1!laidbak!att!pacbell!ames!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!cwi.nl!dfk From: dfk@cwi.nl (Daniel Karrenberg) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: taking photographs of meters Message-ID: <527@sering.cwi.nl> Date: 2 Jun 88 15:52:06 GMT Article-I.D.: sering.527 References: <8805271347.AA16475@swlabs.UUCP> Sender: daemon@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU Organization: CWI, Amsterdam Lines: 22 Approved: telecom@xx.lcs.mit.edu In article <8805271347.AA16475@swlabs.UUCP> jack@swlabs.UUCP (Jack Bonn) writes: >.... >I the U.K., the meters are kept in the CO and were read periodically for the >purpose of billing. To save effort they had devised a scheme to have a >camera traverse the bank of meters in an automatic manner. A picture was >taken of each group of 4 counters which were then more easily read by >someone working at a desk. > >Now there's progress. In Germany the (mechanical) meters in the CO are grouped in square blocks of about 20x20. They have "handheld" cameras with a tubus (english?) that exactly fits over one such block. The reason for taking the pictures is not only to read them at a desk but also to have some tangible proof in case of transcription errors. And yes, that technology is still in widespread use. -- Daniel Karrenberg Future Net: CWI, Amsterdam Oldie Net: mcvax!dfk The Netherlands Because It's There Net: DFK@MCVAX