Database of surveillance camera locations

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To get more into django programming I'm planning to create a google maps mashup, which finds routes from A to B, but avoids streets/junctions that cross public surveillance cameras' perspectives. Therfore I will create a database (probably Postgres based, because of its GIS capabilities) containing

surveillance type (surveillance camera, speed camera, road charge camera, etc.)
geo position
timeout (used mainly for speed cameras)

This data will then, of course, be editable freely by the users. To start, however, I will need some data to get running. Is there any such publicly available data base containing (possibly approximate) geo position of surveillance cameras?

Just a note, MySQL has GIS capabilities too. – cletus May 07 '09 at 12:26 — cletus, May 07 '09 at 12:26
What, looking for a getaway path for a bank job? – paxdiablo May 07 '09 at 12:27 — paxdiablo, May 07 '09 at 12:27
Huh, I didn't know that CIA employees asked questions here – Speedy May 07 '09 at 12:33 — Speedy, May 07 '09 at 12:33

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 25 '09 at 17:32

In openstreetmap are surveillance cameras mapped by the users of the openstreetmap community. This maps are not exhaustive but will cover cameras that are not in other databases. I don't know how good the API is to get the position etc. of this cameras.

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered May 07 '09 at 12:35

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The UK has a speed camera database:

http://www.speedcamerasuk.com/locationsdatabase.htm

and each council provides locations of CCTV cameras, a Google search should bring them up:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=cctv+camera+location&btnG=Search&meta=cr%3DcountryUK|countryGB

though they are usually listed by their street name and not a proper geolocation

answered May 07 '09 at 12:35

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Interesting this was accepted, given that Willi appears to live in Germany :-) – paxdiablo May 07 '09 at 12:51
Just need some data to start ;-) This is, indeed, not the final answer, as you can see here: http://stackoverflow.com:80/questions/838782/extracting-surveillance-camera-positions-from-streetview-images – wr. May 13 '09 at 07:15

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 17 '13 at 19:48

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You can OpenStreetMap for mapping CCTV surveillance cameras: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Dsurveillance

And after you add them CCTV cameras will be visable on this map: http://osmcamera.tk/

answered Mar 17 '13 at 19:48

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered May 29 '09 at 02:54

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Do you have any preferences as to location? http://www.mediaeater.com/cameras/ has camera lists for NYC; although they list text locations and not lat/long coordinates, they do publish PDF maps, so those data may be available if you ask nicely.

answered May 29 '09 at 02:54

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Database of surveillance camera locations

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