Tag:man_made=surveillance
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 man_made = surveillance
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A surveillance camera or other type of surveillance equipment. 
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A surveillance camera or other types of surveillance equipment. These may be publicly or privately operated, and may be monitoring a public or private space.
How to map
Place a node 
at the location of the camera.
Tags to use in combination
- operator=* - Use this to describe which organization is operating the cameras. Note that the organisation of interest would be the organisation to whom the images belong (specific government, specific enterprise, etc.) For example, operator=Ajuntament de Palma or operator=My Enterprise
- name=* - for cameras which have a name
- ref=* - for cameras which have a reference number (example XXX-000)
- surveillance=indoor/outdoor/public - Type of surveillance. See surveillance=* and the proposal: Proposed features/Key:Surveillance.
- surveillance:type=camera/guard/ALPR - What is watching
- surveillance:zone=town/parking/traffic/shop/bank/building - Zone of the surveillance.
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| camera:type | fixed |
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A camera normally incapable of moving or rotating (always pointing in a certain direction), only movable by physically adjusting it. |
| camera:type | panning |
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A camera capable of rotating, either along a set path or through the remote use of a joystick or something along those lines |
| camera:type | dome |
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A characteristic dome camera, with usually a dark 'glass' dome under which a freely moving camera is situated. Also known as a PTZ (pan/tilt/zoom) |
- Many more detailed tags described at Proposed features/Extended tags for Key:Surveillance
In countries where the public must be notified of surveillance cameras, the following tags could be used on the node:
- tourism=information
- information=board
- board_type=surveillance
Rendering
Surveillance is rendered on:
- https://osmcamera.dihe.de/
- http://www.leretourdelautruche.com/map/cctv/ (Coverage limited to France)
- http://mapakamer.cz/mapakamer/ (apparently only at zoom 12 and up, just an icon, no permalink)
- https://kamba4.crux.uberspace.de (with info pop ups, even with a live image if URL provided in the data)
- http://cctv.masspirates.org/ (emphasizing Massachusetts and the Northeastern US)
See also
- highway=speed_camera - A fixed road-side or overhead speed camera
- Approved features/Surveillance - Original proposal for man_made=surveillance
- Proposed features/supervised - Proposed tag to indicate whether there is a person who supervises the place
- contact:webcam - For the specification of an url.
