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

emig647

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.

K2h

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 direction i 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 / surveillance Ios app; https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mapquest-gps-navigation-maps/i...

willmeyers

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.

alterom

Wow. This is one unexpected comeback. And as a former Google Maps employee... I'm loving it.

Noaidi

MapQuest is acting like Democrats should be acting.

amelius

Anything similar for meta glasses?

BorisMelnik

dam Mapquest? if they make a project that shows me directions, not photos of food at restaurants, ads for fast food, etc ill start using them

topkai22

TIL that there is a surveillance tech company named Axis Communications and it remains true that our societal self awareness is terrible.

herf

Great idea - it's your "driving directions" app that decides if you drive by these cameras, or not!

talon8635

I had no idea MapQuest still existed. How have they survived the past 15 years?

kogasa240p

Very cool to see, and I'm curious if they'll start logging where Axion cams are next (if DeFlock doesn't already have Axion cameras logged). Also like how MapQuest doesn't lock multiple destinations behind needing an account, at least for the desktop version.

yboris

Halloween is National DeFlock Day -- just spreading the good meme ;)

user3939382

Countdown til Flock’s PR firm resets the controversy movement by renaming the company and it takes the public 5+ years to catch on again.

mediaeater

This is how you normalize it.

pipeline_peak

Reminds me of Mozilla, another aging tech company grasping for relevance through political pandering. I wonder if eBay will refuse to sell MAGA hats next.

platevoltage

I guess this is Mapquest's business model. Don't cuck to the Trump admin when he changes the name of a body of water on a whim, and show us where obtrusive technology is so we can avoid it. Cool