Today’s graphic is a map that shows every license plate reader volunteers have mapped in the US: 144,000+, 81% of them are Flock cameras. Note the dearth of ALPR cameras in the American Redoubt, in most of Nevada, and in the Dakotas. (Graphic courtesy of Reddit [1].)
The thumbnail image below is click-expandable.
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Notes on the available data:
OpenStreetMap via DeFlock (mapped by volunteers, so it’s a floor, not a census). An interactive version with city/county/state breakdowns: https://takip.dev/country/united-states/flock-cameras [3]
The densest big city per person is Sandy Springs, GA (~193 per 100k); the most in absolute terms is Houston (2,484 inside city limits).
– 81% are Flock Safety cameras
– The most-mentioned operators aren’t police departments: Lowe’s (1,683) and The Home Depot (1,110) top the list
– Harris County, TX has the most of any county (4,148); Houston has 2,484 inside city limits
– 98% have the direction they face mapped, so you can see which roads each one watches
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