Triton Scanner

An area scanner that keeps a look out on special objects near you

Features:

- Scan your area on a predefined radius on special objects that you can freely define ( default security cameras)

- You may select from a large variety of items, which have been tagged on "Open Street Map"

- Up for search are trivial things like mailboxes, churches, playgrounds or more special things like security cameras

- Get notified about the amount of matches and have them displayed on a map

- Enable "Live Mode", while walking an area to be informed if you are close to a certain object

Idea:

The main goal was to have an app that tells me how many security cameras are nearby. "Open Street Map" (osm) can be used for that. However this is not 100% reliable, as data might be outdated, or just not correct. On the other hand this is by far the most complete database on the planet right now. To make the whole app more usable for other use cases, the most common osm-tags were made available for the end user to choose from. So the default scan still is "man_made" / "surveillance" for security cameras, however, you can pick pretty much anything from the settings menu. You can do funny stuff like query "how many churches" are nearby or even narrow it down to the religion and you will get a list and a map and navigation to it if you desire.

Usage:

There is a quick rundown in the screenshot and a setup guide when you install. Triton Scanner is a widget that you have to add to your home screen somewhere. After that you can touch it and scan, see results or modify scan settings.