What would be handy during these times would be livecams that were
popular at one time (are they still?).

Placed where there might be a queue, outside the DIY sheds for example
(keeping it almost on topic).

Would be nice to have a look before setting off.

On 22/06/2020 17:12, R D S wrote:
What would be handy during these times would be livecams that were
popular at one time (are they still?).

Placed where there might be a queue, outside the DIY sheds for example
(keeping it almost on topic).

Would be nice to have a look before setting off.

My local tip has introduced cameras so that you can see the size of the
queues before you set off.

https://www.veolia.co.uk/southend/re...centre-webcams


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R D S wrote:

Would be nice to have a look before setting off.


not cameras, and more for supermarkets than diy sheds when I tried it,
but see Crowdless App

alan_m Wrote in message:
On 22/06/2020 17:12, R D S wrote:
What would be handy during these times would be livecams that were
popular at one time (are they still?).

Placed where there might be a queue, outside the DIY sheds for example
(keeping it almost on topic).

Would be nice to have a look before setting off.

My local tip has introduced cameras so that you can see the size of the
queues before you set off.

https://www.veolia.co.uk/southend/re...centre-webcams



Neat!
Bet that not one council run equivalent has cameras up to "help"
the customers...?

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On Monday, 22 June 2020 17:12:09 UTC+1, R D S wrote:
What would be handy during these times would be livecams that were
popular at one time (are they still?).

Placed where there might be a queue, outside the DIY sheds for example
(keeping it almost on topic).

Would be nice to have a look before setting off.

There are quite a few around - I can see how busy some places are quite easily. But finding the webcams is a nightmare. There are so many sites which are there just to act as clickbait, webcams that haven't worked in years, ones so poor you can't effectively see anything, etc.

R D S pretended :
Would be nice to have a look before setting off.

+1

After serious thinking Andy Burns wrote :
not cameras, and more for supermarkets than diy sheds when I tried it, but
see Crowdless App

That seems to work for several local places around here, it gives a
percentage of crowdedness and whether they are open. I wonder how they
assess the number of customers?

Harry Bloomfield wrote:

Andy Burns wrote:

Crowdless App

That seems to work for several local places around here, it gives a
percentage of crowdedness and whether they are open. I wonder how they
assess the number of customers?

I think the supermarkets already have footfall trackers*, seems
crowdless are tapping into that data, plus users of the app can
crowdsource some datapoints for them

[*] why do you think the stores offer free wifi, and had (have?)
bluetooth beacons ...