Live Caltrans roadside camera snapshots near a point or on a route.
Live Caltrans roadside camera snapshots near a point or on a route.
Data: ~3,000 in-service Caltrans cameras statewide. Every returned
image_url was verified live moments ago (offline cameras that serve a
placeholder frame are filtered out), so images can be shown directly.
Snapshots refresh roughly every minute; stream_url (when present) is
an HLS video stream.
Filters: center "lat,lon" (required unless route is given) with
radius_km; route (e.g. "I-80", "50") narrows to that highway. Results
sort nearest-first when a center is given. Use a camera to let the
user SEE conditions: fog on the pass, snow on the pavement, traffic
density at an interchange.
get/v1/tools/get_cameras
Request
- Base URL: https://mcp.commutescout.com
- URL: https://mcp.commutescout.com/v1/tools/get_cameras
- Auth: one of:
- none
- API key in header X-API-Key
- HTTP bearer
Query parameters
centerstring
routestring
radius_kmnumber
limitinteger
Response
The tool's result.
object required
Changes
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