Camera Documentation
To help monitor traffic, ODOT employs cameras at various locations. The camera endpoints display snapshots from the cameras, which update once every 5 seconds. Cameras may be fixed to see a certain position or they may have PTZ (pan, tilt, zoom) functionality.
Fixed Camera
PTZ Camera
Resource accepts all default Filters. Resource data is returned as an API Result model for valid requests or an Error Result model for failed requests. For an example of how to call this resource, see Swagger details.
Camera Model
Camera model represents an ODOT monitored camera site where one or more camera devices may exist
- Links ( Array[Link] ) Links related to the current item
- Id ( String ) Unique Identifier
- Latitude ( Double ) The angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator
- Longitude ( Double ) The angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England
- Location ( String ) Camera road or intersection
- Description ( String ) Camera location and type information
- CameraViews ( Array[CameraView] ) List of camera views (There can be one or more cameras a site)
Link Model
Links capture data related to the current model they live on. The type of link is dependent on the rel property.
- Href ( String ) Url to a page or endpoint
- Rel ( String ) Identifier for the href url. [self] = link to the current item, [documentation] = link to related documentation, [redirect] = link to redirect page
- Method ( String , optional ) Method type of the link. If not displayed then GET is assumed.
Camera View Model
CameraView model represents a physical camera
- Direction ( String ) Direction the camera is facing. PTZ stands for Pan, Tilt, and Zoom meaning the camera has no fixed position.
- SmallUrl ( String ) URL link to the camera images. Image snapshots are updated every 5 seconds.
- LargeUrl ( String ) URL link to the larger camera images. Image snapshots are updated every 5 seconds.
- MainRoute ( String ) The main road/intersection this camera is intended to watch