browsing around the tokyo area, wasn't expecting so many streams of ... streams. is there some reason for the number of cameras that seem to be filming under various bridges?
The Japanese government (more specifically the Tokyo Metropolitan Government) actually runs a lot of these for flood monitoring and prevention. You can find a feed for essentially all rivers so that during rain storms, each can be monitored. This supplements automated flood monitoring systems that don’t use video.
If anyone were to propose such a thing in my country -- there would be hue and cry about national security and that this will be misused by anti social elements
shame it is such a low quality, one would expect 720P be decent, but this is practically unwatchable due to heavy compression, likely the most famous place in Japan and they can't afford Full HD webcam with proper bitrate?
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[ 1.0 ms ] story [ 50.2 ms ] threadSome might say I'm bringing politics here, but the map itself is provoking strong political reactions.
The dispute is significant because controlling the islets dictates fishing rights and surrounding maritime borders (EEZ) in resource-rich waters.
https://www.youtube.com/@TokyoSuibou/streams
1,400 live streams, Japan... :D
If anyone were to propose such a thing in my country -- there would be hue and cry about national security and that this will be misused by anti social elements
How does Japan not have same concerns / voices?
It doesn't look like I can link to it? It appears to be from a YouTube feed anyway (https://www.youtube.com/live/dfVK7ld38Ys).
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1qNNxdZHdo