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Where the cameras, fuel stations, charging points and average-speed sections in RootPlus come from, under which licences, and how to obtain the OpenStreetMap data.

Last updated 07.10.2026 ODbL 1.0 EU / Croatia

1. OpenStreetMap

RootPlus uses data from OpenStreetMap: speed and red-light cameras (highway=speed_camera and enforcement relations), average-speed sections (enforcement=average_speed), fuel stations (amenity=fuel) and charging points (amenity=charging_station).

© OpenStreetMap contributors. The data is available under the Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0; see openstreetmap.org/copyright.

Missing or wrong data can be corrected by anyone directly in OpenStreetMap: openstreetmap.org/fixthemap.

2. The RootPlus OpenStreetMap Layer

RootPlus imports these OpenStreetMap features for European countries in areas of 0.5° × 0.5°, about once a week and when an area is first requested. It keeps only the tags it needs (type, position, direction, speed limit, name, operator, brand, opening hours, fuel types and sockets), removes contributor names, user IDs and changeset IDs, and marks cameras that disappeared from OpenStreetMap as missing. Average-speed sections are checked for a single start and end or one continuous chain of roads. RootPlus adds none of its own data to this layer.

This derived database is publicly used by RootPlus and is available under the ODbL 1.0. Every area can be downloaded in OpenStreetMap JSON format:

  • https://api.rootplus.eu/v1/cameras/tile.php?t=LAT_LON — cameras, fuel stations and charging points;
  • …&layer=sections — average-speed sections.

LAT is floor((latitude + 90) × 2) and LON is floor((longitude + 180) × 2); for Zagreb that is t=271_391. A complete copy can also be requested at privacy@rootplus.eu.

3. Official Sources

Spain: fixed cameras and average-speed sections of the Dirección General de Tráfico, published as open data with the attribution “Fuente: DGT”.

Official data is a separate layer (…&layer=official); each record carries its source, licence and attribution. Where an official camera and an OpenStreetMap camera describe the same device, the official one is shown.

4. RootPlus User Reports

Cameras, police checks and other road events reported by RootPlus users are a separate RootPlus database. They are not part of the OpenStreetMap layer and are not licensed under the ODbL.

Reports are stored with a pseudonymous identifier, shown to other users without names and deleted when the reporting account is deleted. See the Terms of Use (section 11) and the Privacy Policy (sections 3 and 13).

5. Maps and Routes

  • Android map: OpenFreeMap, © OpenMapTiles, data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
  • iPhone map: Apple Maps.
  • Routes: RootPlus routing server using Valhalla, data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
  • Tolls and vignettes: published tariffs of road operators and authorities; some amounts are estimates and are marked as such.
  • Heights along a route: Terrain Tiles, with terrain data as follows. Europe: produced using Copernicus data and information funded by the European Union - EU-DEM layers. Austria: © offene Daten Österreichs – Digitales Geländemodell (DGM) Österreich. Norway: © Kartverket. United Kingdom: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015. All rights reserved. Global ETOPO1: U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. United States 3DEP and global GMTED2010 and SRTM: courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey. ArcticDEM: DEM(s) were created from DigitalGlobe, Inc., imagery and funded under National Science Foundation awards 1043681, 1559691, and 1542736. Australia: © Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2017. Canada: contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Mexico: INEGI, Continental relief, 2016. New Zealand: Copyright 2011 Crown copyright (c) Land Information New Zealand and the New Zealand Government (All rights reserved).
  • Roadworks in Slovenia: National Traffic Management Centre (NCUP), nap.si, licence CC BY-SA 4.0. Messages are filtered by location; their text is not changed.

6. Camera Warnings and the Law

Camera warnings follow local law. RootPlus shows and announces no speed cameras, average-speed sections or police reports in Germany, Switzerland, Cyprus and North Macedonia, and only general danger zones without an exact position in France. Near a border the stricter rule applies. The driver must always follow road signs and applicable law.

7. Contact

Questions about data and licences: privacy@rootplus.eu.