Is this an interesting idea for Yandex.Maps?

Question

Yandex maps

Now in Moscow, St. Petersburg and other cities there are quite a lot of cameras filming traffic at large interchanges, dangerous sections and in places especially prone to traffic jams. Yandex.Maps also has the ability to mark accidents on the map, which drivers use very actively (information about accidents in busy areas appears literally in 3-10 minutes).

Why not combine these two services to get important information?
First, designate a viewing angle for each camera, something like this:
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Second, record a day (hour, week) of the broadcast.
Thirdly, when the “accident” icon appears in the zone related to the camera, save in a separate place (or simply mark it as important) a piece of the broadcast with a margin.

And provide these records to the traffic police, car owners with relevant documents about the accident and other interested parties. It should be noted that the shooting has in most cases a good frame rate, the frames have a record of the time and date.

The idea arose after friends told about an accident that happened on a busy street in Moscow. Surprisingly, there were no witnesses. When they showed me a place on Maps, it turned out that this intersection was literally under the camera. So if you had a recording from her on hand, it would be very useful in court.

What do you think about this? Maybe somewhere this has already been implemented?

Answer 1

Thanks for the idea! We really think about such a project from time to time.
But still, our specialization is mass services. This idea is unlikely to become a mass service. And the current location of the cameras and their technical characteristics are chosen to monitor traffic in general, and not for individual cars. Try it, see for yourself.
Where else would you develop this service? :)

Answer 2

Why Yandex Maps?
Everyone now has a mobile phone. In place of the authorities, I would do this:
1. fix the location of each subscriber every 5 minutes in a certain database
2. In case of accidents, murders, mass sex with deer on the Moscow Ring Road, look who was in this place.
3. interrogate everyone, look for evidence (traces of dents on the car, blood on the sleeve, deer hair in the teeth)
Cons - resource intensity, time-consuming.
But a wider coverage, not only in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and not in certain areas where there are cameras.

Answer 3

It seems to me that it will be enough to distinguish the color of the car by watching the video in order to understand why someone drove into someone's ass

Answer 4

This already smacks of the processing of personal data on an especially large scale.
Use DVR Luke!
Or we are waiting for comrades from traffic jams-out-of-the-window

Answer 5

Yandex.maps does not need it)

Answer 6

In continuation, cameras can still measure the speed of cars using not tricky algorithms. add a number plate recognition function - and voila - an automatic system for sending fines by e-mail ...
This is a double-edged sword in fact - on the one hand, such cameras can clarify many accidents, on the other hand, they can be used to the detriment of privacy.
but here's the question - in the panoramas - many people are captured, and in some you can see the faces and license plates of cars without any problems.