See the World through Network Cameras
This work addresses the problem of leveraging network camera data for various applications, but it is incremental as it focuses on describing existing systems and opportunities without introducing new methods.
The paper describes the availability of real-time data from millions of network cameras worldwide and presents the CAM2 System for accessing this data, highlighting its applications in areas like public safety and urban planning.
Millions of network cameras have been deployed worldwide. Real-time data from many network cameras can offer instant views of multiple locations with applications in public safety, transportation management, urban planning, agriculture, forestry, social sciences, atmospheric information, and more. This paper describes the real-time data available from worldwide network cameras and potential applications. Second, this paper outlines the CAM2 System available to users at https://www.cam2project.net/. This information includes strategies to discover network cameras and create the camera database, user interface, and computing platforms. Third, this paper describes many opportunities provided by data from network cameras and challenges to be addressed.