The city of Berlin has decided to deploy a fleet of four cars to map the quality of the city center’s parking supply. The idea is to be able to anticipate user needs and optimize the locations of future parking spaces in order to improve traffic flow and air quality. These cars — equipped with high-resolution cameras, LiDAR (laser detection measurement systems) and GPS aerials — are capable of locating parking spaces and recording their occupancy rate. Those in charge of this operation specify that personal data relating to the license plates of cars scanned in this way is not used in the pr…