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Explore 17 projects in the Cameras category of the Civic Tech Field Guide.

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https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/15446725Active

YouTube: ‘Captured with a camera’ disclosure

Help article explaining how to enable comments on YouTube videos and livestreams.

Mountain View, CA, USA
Cameras, Fight disinformation, Trustmarks
YouTube
https://dhcd.baltimorecity.gov/vacant-property-resources-and-information-page?__cf_chl_captcha_tk__=pmd_clNkcE8UAuT3zyIMk3AE1Z8_Lu4Hduuy4UJezQzPQ1M-1633717868-0-gqNtZGzNAxCjcnBszQmRActive

Vacant Property QR Codes

Baltimore City Council Bill 19-0429 requires the Department of Housing & Community Development to post signage on vacant buildings that will identify owners so that they can be held accountable by the public.

Baltimore, MD
Cameras
housing, place-based
https://chicagotruckcounts.cnt.org/Active

Chicago Truck Count

Counting trucks for environmental justice

Cameras, Civic data, Smart Cities and sensors
mobility, air quality, city, environmental justice, Reduced inequalities, Sustainable cities and communities, Good health and well-being
https://www.flickr.org/Active

Flickr Foundation

Imagine if we could place ourselves 100 years from now and still have access to photos shared by millions of people on Flickr…

Archives, Cameras
culture
https://witness.org/Active

WITNESS

WITNESS is an international nonprofit organization that trains and supports people using video in their fight for human rights.

1992
Cameras, Communicating with the government, Emerging tech, Emerging Tech report orgs, Engagement tech, Govtech, Issue reporting, The Tech
human rights
https://artsandculture.google.com/experiment/ZwE32qj5E_ls6w?cp=eyJsYW5nIjoiZW4iLCJobCI6ImVuIiwidGFyZ2V0X2xhbmciOiJpZ2EifQActive

Woolaroo

Explore endangered languages using AI. Let your camera translate the world around you.

USA
2025
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cameras, Machine learning, Media, Translation and linguistic representation
culture, Google
https://reportedly.weebly.com/Active

Reported

Reported lets you submit feedback about NYC taxis in 30 seconds. Reported submits this feedback directly to NYC's 311 system and the NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission.

New York City
311 Systems, Cameras, Communicating with the government, Govtech, Issue reporting, The Tech
mobility, apps
https://www.decolonizethisplace.org/Active

Decolonize This Place

Decolonize This Place is an action-oriented movement centering around Indigenous struggle, Black liberation, free Palestine, global wage workers and de-gentrification.

New York City
2016
Cameras
racial equity