Key:surveillance:type

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surveillance:type
Description
Specifies the type of surveillance Show/edit corresponding data item.
Group: properties
Used on these elements
may be used on nodesshould not be used on waysshould not be used on areasshould not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
Documented values: 2
Requires
Useful combination
Status: de factoPage for proposal

surveillance:type=* specifies the type of surveillance being undertaken. This tag shall only be used as property on man_made=surveillance points. For areas, the keys with the surveillance type as suffix are preferred (e.g. surveillance:ALPR=*).

Values

Value Description Useful combinations Count
camera A camera is surveying; what it feeds is unspecified. The most common.
guard A (human) guard. Where the sensitivity of the location justifies the cost.
ALPR Automatic number-plate recognition (a.k.a. automatic license plate recognition, ALPR): A system which automatically reads license plates on vehicles.

Only use if the locations of the ALPR cameras shall be mapped as points. To capture if a car park is equipped with ALPR use surveillance:ALPR=* .

gunshot_detector One of a series of microphones used to pinpoint the source of detected gunshots in a given area

See also