SEEING THE LIGHT
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The next time you compile your list of the most boring jobs, I reckon that surveying street lighting to see if it's bright enough for motorists and pedestrians must surely merit a place in the top 10.
At present this laborious task has to be carried out manually, but things are looking brighter as Cordon Dodds and his team at Queen's University, West, have figured out a way to automate the process. They have been driving around after dark, taking photographs while the Global Positioning System's satellites have been tracking them and recording the position of where each picture was taken. Later, when they analyse the data, they are able to decide whether the lighting needs improving or not.
Hmm, I durum, somehow that still doesn't sell the job to me.