MapQuest will now show you where Flock cameras are in your neighborhood

K2h 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

This shows the license plate readers i added last week on openstreetmap so we know where the data comes from. Nice render on their map - even shows camera direction

i added generic LPR’s - and they show on mapquest, so be aware its not just flock on their map.

To enable the view on mapquest, i could not figure it out on web, used ios app; layers / surveillance

Ios app; https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mapquest-gps-navigation-maps/i...

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VorpalWay 20 minutes ago | parent [-]

I believe they have used OSM for a long time yes (over a decade at least), not exactly a secret.

	▲	ErroneousBosh 13 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		They use OSM and they provide the "free use as much as you like" tileservers for OSM.

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herf 3 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Great idea - it's your "driving directions" app that decides if you drive by these cameras, or not!

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emig647 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This is how you start getting the users back. The Lake Ontario naming situation pushed me to using them. It has been working great in CarPlay. My wife loved the unicorn. I get to avoid (or hunt) Flock cameras. Everyone wins.

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jrmg 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Mapquest is reliable for you in CarPlay? I tried it out after the Lake Ontario incident, and it was hanging and crashing left and right.

	▲	pkthunder 36 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Just tried it on mine - worked fine. I can’t see a way to end the trip via CarPlay though.

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willmeyers 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This data all stored in OpenStreetMap via DeFlock and other apps. One thing that should be said is that anyone can plot a camera via these apps whether or not one is actually there or not. I know that OSM community has been dealing with a lot Flock related vandalism because of these apps.

	▲	ErroneousBosh 3 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		The full export of OSM is about 2TB but the US is only around 100GB even if you go to insane levels. It's disproportionately large because there are a hell of a lot of OSM-ers in the US ;-) Anyway what we should do is keep a few clean snapshots of the US as a backup, on hosting safely outside the US - or US-owned companies.

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BorisMelnik 37 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

dam Mapquest? if they make a project that shows me directions, not photos of food at restaurants, ads for fast food, etc ill start using them

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amelius 39 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Anything similar for meta glasses?

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Noaidi an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

MapQuest is acting like Democrats should be acting.

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topkai22 29 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

TIL that there is a surveillance tech company named Axis Communications and it remains true that our societal self awareness is terrible.

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alterom 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Wow. This is one unexpected comeback.

And as a former Google Maps employee... I'm loving it.