CamEscape maps surveillance cameras recorded in OpenStreetMap and plans walking, cycling or driving routes that avoid them.
Features
- Camera-aware routing: routes that steer clear of cameras, with clear (green) and watched (red) segments
- Adjustable avoidance strength
- Field of view: cones for fixed cameras when their direction is mapped, coverage zones for dome cameras
- Walking, cycling and driving modes
- Live mode that follows your position and warns when a camera on the route cannot be avoided or the route hits a dead end
- Cameras downloaded per country in a few seconds and stored on the device (SQLite), viewable offline; map tiles you have already seen are cached
- Light/dark theme, English and French, metric/imperial units
PrivacyNo account, no analytics, no ads, no identifier sent. A country's cameras are downloaded from a file hosted on GitLab Pages, which receives your IP address and the requested country. Your position is sent without any identifier to OpenStreetMap's Nominatim to suggest your country, and, in live mode, an area around you is sent to a public Overpass instance to fetch nearby roads. Route bounding boxes also go to Overpass. Overpass instances are run by independent operators and receive your IP address.
Route planning and live mode require a connection. Camera data is community-mapped and may be incomplete: CamEscape is a planning aid, not a guarantee of being unobserved. Missing cameras can be added to OpenStreetMap (man_made=surveillance).
Versions
Although APK downloads are available below to give you the choice, you should be aware that by installing that way you will not receive update notifications and it's a less secure way to download. We recommend that you install the F-Droid client and use that.
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x86_64
This version requires Android 7.0 or newer.
It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.
Permissions
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access approximate location only in the foreground
This app can get your approximate location from location services while the app is in use. Location services for your device must be turned on for the app to get location.
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access precise location only in the foreground
This app can get your precise location from location services while the app is in use. Location services for your device must be turned on for the app to get location. This may increase battery usage.
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view network connections
Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.
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have full network access
Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
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show notifications
Allows the app to show notifications
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control vibration
Allows the app to control the vibrator.
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com.one37view.camescape.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
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arm64-v8a
This version requires Android 7.0 or newer.
It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.
Permissions
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access approximate location only in the foreground
This app can get your approximate location from location services while the app is in use. Location services for your device must be turned on for the app to get location.
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access precise location only in the foreground
This app can get your precise location from location services while the app is in use. Location services for your device must be turned on for the app to get location. This may increase battery usage.
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view network connections
Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.
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have full network access
Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
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show notifications
Allows the app to show notifications
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control vibration
Allows the app to control the vibrator.
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com.one37view.camescape.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
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armeabi-v7a
This version requires Android 7.0 or newer.
It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.
Permissions
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access approximate location only in the foreground
This app can get your approximate location from location services while the app is in use. Location services for your device must be turned on for the app to get location.
-
access precise location only in the foreground
This app can get your precise location from location services while the app is in use. Location services for your device must be turned on for the app to get location. This may increase battery usage.
-
view network connections
Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.
-
have full network access
Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
-
show notifications
Allows the app to show notifications
-
control vibration
Allows the app to control the vibrator.
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com.one37view.camescape.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
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New in version 1.3.1
- Country names now follow the app language (they were always in French)
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x86_64
This version requires Android 7.0 or newer.
It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.
Permissions
-
access approximate location only in the foreground
This app can get your approximate location from location services while the app is in use. Location services for your device must be turned on for the app to get location.
-
access precise location only in the foreground
This app can get your precise location from location services while the app is in use. Location services for your device must be turned on for the app to get location. This may increase battery usage.
-
view network connections
Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.
-
have full network access
Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
-
show notifications
Allows the app to show notifications
-
control vibration
Allows the app to control the vibrator.
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com.one37view.camescape.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
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25 MiB
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Build Log
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arm64-v8a
This version requires Android 7.0 or newer.
It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.
Permissions
-
access approximate location only in the foreground
This app can get your approximate location from location services while the app is in use. Location services for your device must be turned on for the app to get location.
-
access precise location only in the foreground
This app can get your precise location from location services while the app is in use. Location services for your device must be turned on for the app to get location. This may increase battery usage.
-
view network connections
Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.
-
have full network access
Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
-
show notifications
Allows the app to show notifications
-
control vibration
Allows the app to control the vibrator.
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com.one37view.camescape.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
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23 MiB
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Build Log
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armeabi-v7a
This version requires Android 7.0 or newer.
It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.
Permissions
-
access approximate location only in the foreground
This app can get your approximate location from location services while the app is in use. Location services for your device must be turned on for the app to get location.
-
access precise location only in the foreground
This app can get your precise location from location services while the app is in use. Location services for your device must be turned on for the app to get location. This may increase battery usage.
-
view network connections
Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.
-
have full network access
Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
-
show notifications
Allows the app to show notifications
-
control vibration
Allows the app to control the vibrator.
-
com.one37view.camescape.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
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21 MiB
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