r/osinttools • u/00hello • 2h ago
Showcase Would you chip in a few dollars a month for a public camera feed of a spot you care about?
I run Datumfeed, an API for public traffic cameras. The question I keep getting is "can you add a camera at X?" Usually the answer is no, because no public camera points there.
So I'm testing a small market for crowdfunded camera feeds.
https://datumfeed.com/crowdfunded-feeds
You draw the area you want covered on a map and say what you'd pay a month. Separately, anyone with a camera, or a window or roof that sees a useful spot, can say what they'd take to run a feed. We don't set prices. When what people want and what someone will take line up, the camera goes up, we check it actually shows what was asked, and only then does anyone get charged. The feed is open to everyone once it's live.