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

(engadget.com)

115 points by bookofjoe5 hours ago

5 comments

K2h2 hours ago
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 directioni 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 / surveillanceIos app; <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mapquest-gps-navigation-maps/id316126557">https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mapquest-gps-navigation-maps/i...</a>
emig6472 hours ago
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.
- jrmg1 hour ago
 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.
- chuckadams1 hour ago
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 - nilamo58 minutes ago
 The proposed rename breaks the HOMES (Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Eerie, Superior) acronym all of us in Michigan learned, and is thus doomed to failure. Because SHAME is a much worse acronym.
 - rdiddly1 hour ago
 What "official channels" exist for renaming things that aren't even within your borders? It's less like renaming McKinley to Denali and more like "renaming" the Atlantic Ocean to the America Ocean. It's blatantly stupid, not acknowledged by most human beings, and won't last five minutes in history, and all of these facts are obvious to anyone who isn't stupid or corrupt, so what is the big mystery? What are they supposed to do besides what? You either adopt a frivolous rename or you don't.
 - 4859959591 hour ago
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 - mwksl58 minutes ago
 These sort of low-effort comments are explicitly against the rules and contribute nothing to a discussion: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html">https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html</a>
willmeyers1 hour ago
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.
Noaidi4 minutes ago
MapQuest is acting like Democrats should be acting.
alterom1 hour ago
Wow. This is one unexpected comeback.And as a former Google Maps employee... I'm loving it.