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MapQuest will now show you where Flock cameras are in your neighborhood (www.engadget.com)
submitted 2 hours ago by NightOwl@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] kalman@dboft.com 61 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Wow. Bravo mapquest team. I wish they would come on here and speak to their brand renewal.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 15 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

You can help too!!

Check out DeFlock, and by all means, come join us on OpenStreetMap. It looks like about 400–500 cameras have been added in the last few days.

If there's anything I can personally do to help you (yes, you, reading this) get involved with OSM – even just a pep talk – I'll do whatever I can. There are a million different ways you can help, regardless of if you're in Paris reading the WikiHow for heisting the Louvre or stranded in the wilderness using your last five minutes of battery to browse Lemmy.

Source: Reasonably longtime user and contributor.

[–] hash@slrpnk.net 5 points 37 minutes ago (1 children)

Unfortunately I really wouldn't trust the numbers on new cameras. In my area most are already mapped and there's a steady stream of misidentified cameras being added. Stuff like DOT and traffic light cameras.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 0 points 30 minutes ago

I think the new companies that are like Flock, but not Flock, are starting to incorporate all the cameras. Those are probably in the Flock system.

[–] disorderly@lemmy.world 12 points 1 hour ago

W after W from MapQuest.

[–] lath@lemmy.world 13 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

All of them or just the reported ones? Because someone discovered 100k+ undeclared cameras (or so they said) spread around.

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 32 points 1 hour ago

'don't let perfect be the enemy of good' or however that saying goes

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 7 points 1 hour ago

[–] northernlights@lemmy.today 3 points 1 hour ago

Round of applause!

[–] mrmisses@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

Does this include non-flock brand flock cameras?

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago

Waze does this in my neighborhood. All are labeled as police cameras.

[–] iamericandre@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Based

[–] call_me_xale@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 hour ago

Based MapQuest??

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 hour ago

Killing it mq