Using this man_made=surveillance page as a guide, I’ve started to add the new Charlottetown Police Service CCTV cameras to OpenStreetMap, You can see the position of one here.
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I’m adding them each with the following tags:
- man_made = surveillance
- name = eWatch Camera
- operator = Charlottetown Police Service
- surveillance = outdoor
- surveillance:type = camera
- surveillance:zone = town
While the cameras don’t render on the main OpenStreetMap slippy map, they do, however, render on the purpose-built osmcamera.tk site, a project that, helpfully, has released its source code.
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You are welcome to join the effort as new cameras sprout up in your neighbourhood; once we’ve reached a critical mass, perhaps we can create a similar Charlottetown-focused resource.
