How close is the nearest license plate camera in Miami, FL?

Half of the points sampled inside Miami are closer to a mapped camera than 0.4 miles, and half are farther: that median is the typical distance. Nine sampled points in ten are within 1 mile of one.

• Miami: typical distance0.4 miles
• Median of the 171 places measured in Florida0.6 miles
• Median of the 2,395 places measured nationwide0.5 miles
• Miami: nine points in ten are within1 mile

Across the 171 places measured in Florida, the median typical distance is 0.6 miles. Across the 2,395 places measured nationwide, it is 0.5 miles. The typical distance in Miami is shorter than both.

• Within a quarter mile of a mapped camera25% of the area
• Within half a mile of a mapped camera60% of the area

Both figures are shares of the area inside the boundary of Miami: the part that lies within 400 metres (about a quarter mile) and within 800 metres (about half a mile) of a mapped camera, wherever that camera stands. They describe distance to a pin and nothing else. In the median place measured nationwide, 46% of the area inside the boundary lies within half a mile of a mapped camera.

Median gap

450 feet

Middle half of the gaps

150 feet to 0.2 miles

Within 200 feet of another

36 of 121 cameras

The gap is the straight-line distance from each mapped camera in Miami to the nearest other one in Miami. Half of the gaps are shorter than 450 feet, and the middle half run from 150 feet to 0.2 miles. In Miami, 36 of 121 cameras stand within 200 feet (60 metres) of another, which usually means two on one pole or a group at one intersection.

A direction is recorded for 99% of the cameras here (120 of 121 cameras).

The most common recorded direction is southeast, with 32 cameras. Because 4 cameras carry two directions and are counted once in each, the eight counts add up to 124 directions from 120 cameras. A direction of exactly 0 is treated as not recorded, because that value is often left on a pin nobody set.

The direction is the compass bearing a mapper noted for the camera, as it stood when they looked.

For every 10,000 residents, Miami has 2.7 mapped cameras. The 2020 Census counted 442,241 residents there. Among the places measured nationwide, the median is 8.1 mapped cameras for every 10,000 residents.

Other places with a mapped camera within 25 miles of Miami, the nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the places’ centre points.

• Brownsville, FL3.3 miles northwest, 3 mapped camerasShow Brownsville on the map
• Gladeview, FL4.2 miles northwest, 9 mapped camerasShow Gladeview on the map
• Miami Beach, FL4.9 miles northeast, 18 mapped camerasShow Miami Beach on the map
• West Little River, FL5.3 miles north, 6 mapped camerasShow West Little River on the map
• Miami Springs, FL5.5 miles northwest, 14 mapped camerasShow Miami Springs on the map
• West Miami, FL5.7 miles west, 6 mapped camerasShow West Miami on the map
• Virginia Gardens, FL5.7 miles west, 1 mapped cameraShow Virginia Gardens on the map
• Pinewood, FL5.9 miles north, 2 mapped camerasShow Pinewood on the map
• Pinecrest, FL10.1 miles southwest, 44 mapped cameras
• Hallandale Beach, FL14.5 miles north, 45 mapped cameras
• Miramar, FL15.5 miles northwest, 86 mapped cameras
• Hollywood, FL17.2 miles north, 115 mapped cameras

The distance and area figures for Miami come from 12,256 sample points, laid 100 metres apart across the area inside its boundary.

Each distance is a straight line from a sample point to the nearest mapped camera of any make, and that camera can stand outside the boundary. The counts are floors: a camera nobody has added to OpenStreetMap is not on this page, and a pin can be out of date.

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