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Surveillance under Surveillance

Surveillance under Surveillance

Jun 3, 2026 Security & Privacy
crowdsourced mapping openstreetmap privacy surveillance

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Surveillance under Surveillance

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Surveillance under Surveillance is an interactive map that plots the locations of security cameras and monitoring devices worldwide using OpenStreetMap data. Users can visualize the density of surveillance in local areas and contribute by adding unmapped cameras directly to the map.

Comments (8)

Fernando Kilback Fernando Kilback 1 week ago

osm camera tagging is really inconsistent, how are you filtering the overpass queries?

Savanna Heaney Savanna Heaney 1 week ago

relying on incomplete osm data means this map is basically fictional

Ernestine Hoppe Ernestine Hoppe 6 days ago

OSM camera data is way too sparse outside a few European cities.

Grayce Rogahn Grayce Rogahn 6 days ago

osm data is too incomplete for any serious use

Fannie Streich Fannie Streich 6 days ago

Density overlay on the OSM tiles renders surprisingly clean.

Rosalyn Bergnaum Rosalyn Bergnaum 5 days ago

scrolled around my neighborhood and wow there's so many cameras

Mohammed Treutel Mohammed Treutel 1 day ago

really useful for checking camera density in different areas

Carrie Hoppe Carrie Hoppe 1 day ago

most cameras prob arent even mapped on osm