Traf-O-Data was taking road volume data and converting it into reports where you
have actually just a 16-channel paper tape on the side of the road. The pressure
sensitive hose that you drive over has a counter in there clicking out a count every
five, ten, or fifteen minutes. Those have to be processed for the State Road
Departments, to give out money for repairs, and decide how to do traffic lights, etc.
Anyway, it was data that needed to be processed. So, we got involved in that.