It started with a personal interest in mapping surveillance in Bengaluru in the middle of 2019. I began mapping CCTV cameras in Bangalore on OSM. Initially, there were very few CCTV mappers. Now, I see so many OSM contributors mapping CCTVs. We are not officially or unofficially organized. We are just regular contributors to OSM, that's all. This page is my way of tracking the progress and a single source for work around it that I have gathered.
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Live Status
Data is pulled directly from OpenStreetMap using Overpass Turbo and presented using uMap.
Howtos
- Mapping Surveillance in Bangalore using OpenStreetMap - Details about how to add data using Android App OSMAnd or EveryDoor and how to tag CCTV locations on OSM
- Linked List: Three Android Apps to Efficiently Contribute to OpenStreetMap - Lists other apps that you can use to map CCTVs on OSM
- How to Download Surveillance in Bengaluru Data
- Mapping how-to brochure - PDF
Links
- Police to get massive surveillance project to make Bengaluru a ‘Safe City’ for women - CitizenMatters
- Surveillance under Surveillance Project
- Bengaluru Safe City Project. E-Procurement Tender Document
- I parsed the Bengaluru Safe City Project tender document—extracted the Proposed and Existing Locations of CCTVs Data, and created a Map to explore the same
Blogs
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Who is mapping Surveillance in Bengaluru
Mapping CCTV cameras ( Surveillance ) is a community effort on OSM. You can credit OSM contributors as defined on this page when you use the data. But personally I wanted to see who are the folks who are contributing to this data. So I went to Overpass Turbo and ran this query to get... read more
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Data: Public, Private and Beyond
The Bachchao Project hosted the "Data: Public, Private and Beyond" from 12th to 15th May 2023 at Panjim, Goa. It's an Art on Tech exhibition inspired by The Glass Room. I wanted to go but couldn't due to personal and work reasons. I showcased Surveillance in the Bengaluru project to attract more contributors to mapping… read more
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How to Download Surveillance in Bengaluru Data
Everything we map goes directly to OpenStreetMap. The data on OpenStreetMap is available for free under ODBL. The easiest way to download Surveillance in Bengaluru data is from Overpass Turbo. I have written some queries below that you can use on Overpass Turbo to get the data. I also have a demo video for you. read more
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Surveillance in Bengaluru – Updates
I have been mapping Surveillance in Bengaluru for couple of months now. We have made some good progress. I thought it's good time to share those updates and ask for help. Mapping We have mapped 340 Public and Outdoors CCTV cameras. I think we have made good progress. But to cover the entire... read more
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Mapping Surveillance in Bangalore using OpenStreetMap
For last couple of months I have been driving quite a bit inside the city1. The biggest thing I noticed was the amount of public CCTV cameras across the city. I find them in every corner. We don't know clearly how many of them are there, what's the spread, who owns them and... read more
You can read all the related blog posts at Surveillance in Bengaluru
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