alpranalysis
Data
surveillance data analysis
SHOW HN2025
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How HN took it
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3 positive, 15 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 8 critical, out of 26 comments about the project. Thread score -0.12.
Idea: 2 for, 3 againstExecution: 0 for, 5 against
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What people liked
Useful open mapping of surveillance coverage
From 2 comments
This is great work. Once ALPR coverage is dense enough that you can’t go anywhere without generating a permanent record, the “mere observation” argument falls apart. Mapping this…
Barathkanna on HNIf I was American I would certainly be using this tool as a consideration when moving / buying a new house. I’ve watched a lot of the coverage by Benn Jordan on Flock cameras and…
ruthie_cohen on HN
Objections
County counts are wrong (NJ, Illinois include other-state counties)
From 2 comments
The county lists are wrong, at least they are for my state of New Jersey. We have 21 counties, not 27. Is it picking up the bordering counties that might have overlapping…
joecool1029 on HNData accuracy can be a problem. It lists 115 counties for Illinois, which is news to me since Illinois has 102 counties. For example, Kenosha County is in Wisconsin, not Illinois.
flyinghamster on HN
Vet and hospital rankings look implausible
From 1 comment
How come any area that has enough homes in the data set and ALPR have Veterinarians as the most surveilled, then Hospitals, then Libraries, usually over everything else,…
genewitch on HN
Does not give actionable info for individuals
From 1 comment
I don't see how this provides actionable info for the individual. Unfortunately, this is just going to be a dashboard for pro-surveillance elements to see "how are we doing in…
jollyllama on HN
Requests
Add a map of ALPR camera locations
From 1 comment
I understand why these statistics may be interesting, but all I really want to see is a map of the locations of the ALPR cameras. I would add an easy link to that data on this…
s1mon on HN
Add Ring camera coverage
From 1 comment
What about Ring cams? Is there a deRing site? Also, the flock cams are beyond ALPR, I saw a video before about some investigation and one of the things was how flock was used to…
tamimio on HN
Questions
How are daily driving paths modeled?
From 1 comment
So you have a set of positions for some services (coffee shops, groceries), a set of positions for cameras and a set of positions for homes. But how you model people actually…
DeathArrow on HN
Alternatives named
DeFlock map
From 1 comment
DeFlock is the first link in the "Related ALPR & Flock Projects" section, it contains a map.
sodality2 on HN