{"id":1789043,"date":"2020-07-25T10:01:40","date_gmt":"2020-07-25T14:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1789043"},"modified":"2020-07-25T10:01:40","modified_gmt":"2020-07-25T14:01:40","slug":"the-atlas-of-surveillance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/07\/the-atlas-of-surveillance\/","title":{"rendered":"The Atlas of Surveillance"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

The Electronic Freedom Foundation\u2019s Atlas of Surveillance<\/a> is an interactive map and searchable database of surveillance technologies used by law enforcement across the United States. \u201cWe specifically focused on the most pervasive technologies, including drones, body-worn cameras, face recognition, cell-site simulators, automated license plate readers, predictive policing, camera registries, and gunshot detection. Although we have amassed more than 5,000 datapoints in 3,000 jurisdictions, our research only reveals the tip of the iceberg and underlines the need for journalists and members of the public to continue demanding transparency from criminal justice agencies.\u201d [Maps Mania<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Electronic Freedom Foundation\u2019s Atlas of Surveillance is an interactive map and searchable database of surveillance technologies used by law enforcement across the United States. \u201cWe specifically focused on the most pervasive technologies, including drones,… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[477],"tags":[1456,646,1455,158],"class_list":["post-1789043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-crime","tag-police","tag-privacy","tag-surveillance","tag-usa","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":662,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/02\/portlandness\/","url_meta":{"origin":1789043,"position":0},"title":"Portlandness","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"1 February 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"Elliot McIntire writes to recommend Portlandness: A Cultural Atlas by David Banis and Hunter Shobe (Sasquatch, October 2015). \"It came out last fall, and has a wild and innovative cartography 'explaining' the weirdness of Portland. 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