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### Location
-The street location of the camera used for the Oxford Town Centre dataset was confirmed by matching the road, benches, and store signs [source](https://www.google.com/maps/@51.7528162,-1.2581152,3a,50.3y,310.59h,87.23t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s3FsGN-PqYC-VhQGjWgmBdQ!2e0!5s20120601T000000!7i13312!8i6656). At that location, two public CCTV cameras exist mounted on the side of the Northgate House building at 13-20 Cornmarket St. Because of the lower camera's mounting pole directionality, a view from a private camera in the building across the street can be ruled out because it would have to show more of silhouette of the lower camera's mounting pole. Two options remain: either the public CCTV camera mounted to the side of the building was used or the researchers mounted their own camera to the side of the building in the same location. Because the researchers used many other existing public CCTV cameras for their [research projects](http://www.robots.ox.ac.uk/ActiveVision/Research/Projects/2009bbenfold_headpose/project.html) it is increasingly likely that they would also be able to access to this camera.
+The street location of the camera used for the Oxford Town Centre dataset was confirmed by matching the road, benches, and store signs [source](https://www.google.com/maps/@51.7528162,-1.2581152,3a,50.3y,310.59h,87.23t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s3FsGN-PqYC-VhQGjWgmBdQ!2e0!5s20120601T000000!7i13312!8i6656). At that location, two public CCTV cameras exist mounted on the side of the Northgate House building at 13-20 Cornmarket St. The upper camera, a public CCTV camera installed for security, is most likely the camera used to create this dataset.
-Next, to discredit the theory that this public CCTV is only seen pointing the other way in Google Street View images, at least one public photo shows the upper CCTV camera [pointing in the same direction](https://www.oxcivicsoc.org.uk/northgate-house-cornmarket/) as the Oxford Town Centre dataset, proving the camera can and has been rotated before.
+The camera can be seen pointing in the same direction as the dataset's view in this [public image](https://www.oxcivicsoc.org.uk/northgate-house-cornmarket/), and the researchers used other existing public CCTV cameras for additional [research projects](http://www.robots.ox.ac.uk/ActiveVision/Research/Projects/2009bbenfold_headpose/project.html) increasing the likelihood that they could have had access to this camera.
-As for the capture date, the text on the storefront display shows a sale happening from December 2nd &ndash; 7th indicating the capture date was between or just before those dates. The capture year is either 2008 or 2007, since prior to 2007 the Carphone Warehouse ([photo](https://www.flickr.com/photos/katieportwin/364492063/in/photolist-4meWFE-yd7rw-yd7X6-5sDHuc-yd7DN-59CpEK-5GoHAc-yd7Zh-3G2uJP-yd7US-5GomQH-4peYpq-4bAEwm-PALEr-58RkAp-5pHEkf-5v7fGq-4q1J9W-4kypQ2-5KX2Eu-yd7MV-yd7p6-4McgWb-5pJ55w-24N9gj-37u9LK-4FVcKQ-a81Enz-5qNhTG-59CrMZ-2yuwYM-5oagH5-59CdsP-4FVcKN-4PdxhC-5Lhr2j-2PAd2d-5hAwvk-zsQSG-4Cdr4F-3dUPEi-9B1RZ6-2hv5NY-4G5qwP-HCHBW-4JiuC4-4Pdr9Y-584aEV-2GYBEc-HCPkp/), [history](http://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/cornmarket/west/47_51.html)) did not exist at this location. Since the sweaters in the GAP window display are more similar to those in a [GAP website snapshot](web.archive.org/web/20081201002524/http://www.gap.com/) from November 2007, our guess is that the footage was obtained during late November or early December 2007. The lack of street vendors and slight waste residue near the bench suggests that it was probably a weekday after rubbish removal.
+The capture date is estimated to be during late November or early December in 2007 or 2008. The text on the storefront display shows a sale happening from December 2nd &ndash; 7th indicating the capture date was likely around this time. Prior to 2007 the Carphone Warehouse ([photo](https://www.flickr.com/photos/katieportwin/364492063/in/photolist-4meWFE-yd7rw-yd7X6-5sDHuc-yd7DN-59CpEK-5GoHAc-yd7Zh-3G2uJP-yd7US-5GomQH-4peYpq-4bAEwm-PALEr-58RkAp-5pHEkf-5v7fGq-4q1J9W-4kypQ2-5KX2Eu-yd7MV-yd7p6-4McgWb-5pJ55w-24N9gj-37u9LK-4FVcKQ-a81Enz-5qNhTG-59CrMZ-2yuwYM-5oagH5-59CdsP-4FVcKN-4PdxhC-5Lhr2j-2PAd2d-5hAwvk-zsQSG-4Cdr4F-3dUPEi-9B1RZ6-2hv5NY-4G5qwP-HCHBW-4JiuC4-4Pdr9Y-584aEV-2GYBEc-HCPkp/), [history](http://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/cornmarket/west/47_51.html)) did not exist at this location. And since the sweaters in the GAP window display are more similar to those in a [GAP website snapshot](web.archive.org/web/20081201002524/http://www.gap.com/) from November 2007, it was probably recorded in 2007. The slight waste residue near the bench and the lack street vendors that typically appear on a weekend, suggest that it was perhaps a weekday after rubbish removal.
![caption: Footage from this public CCTV camera was used to create the Oxford Town Centre dataset. Image sources: Google Street View (<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@51.7528162,-1.2581152,3a,50.3y,310.59h,87.23t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s3FsGN-PqYC-VhQGjWgmBdQ!2e0!5s20120601T000000!7i13312!8i6656">map</a>)](assets/oxford_town_centre_cctv.jpg)