Surveillance under Surveillance

what this is about

Surveillance under Surveillance shows you cameras and guards — watching you — almost everywhere. You can see where they are located and, if the information is available, what type they are, the area they observe, or other interesting facts.

Different icons and colors give you a quick overview about the indexed surveillance entries. Click on those icons on the map to get the available information.

Icons

Cameras

Camera — no further information

Fixed cameras

Fixed camera — usually observing a limited area

Panning cameras

Panning camera — usually able to observe various areas

Dome cameras

Dome camera — usually observing a 360° area

Guards

Guard — e.g. an employee of a security service

Automatic Licence Plate Recognition

ALPR — Automatic Licence Plate Recognition

Colors

Public surveillance

Red background — observing a public outdoor area, accessable by everyone

Outdoor surveillance

Blue background — observing a private outdoor area, accessable only by authorized persons

Indoor surveillance

Green background — observing an indoor area

Fixed cameras, fixme Dome cameras, fixme Guards, fixme Automatic Licence Plate Recognition, fixme

Yellow icon — camera or guard marked with a fixme key because it needs further attention

how to participate

Surveillance under Surveillance uses data from OpenStreetMap contributors that is not visualized on the regular OpenStreetMap site. If you like to add new cameras or guards or if you like to revise existing entries use your existing OSM account or create a new one.

Our database is updated once an hour. So it might take a while until your OSM entries are visible on the Surveillance under Surveillance map.

These are the most common key/value combinations to describe a surveillance node at OpenStreetMap:

Mandatory to display an icon on the map

public

Public surveillance