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Ames, by camera type.
Ames: 39 plate readers mapped. Nearby: Altoona 61, Urbandale 30, West Des Moines 69 and Marshalltown 52.
Speed cameras in Ames
None listed in Ames. Nearest city program in Iowa: Des Moines, about 22 mi from the city line (running, checked Oct 23, 2026).
Red light cameras in Ames
None listed in Ames. Nearest city program in Iowa: Des Moines, about 22 mi from the city line (running, checked Oct 23, 2026), not yet on this map.
License plate readers in Ames
39 plate readers are on the map in Ames, and 39 of them carry the Flock Safety tag. 28 of 39 say who runs them. Iowa State University Police Department is tagged on 24.
First-mapped dates here run from Apr 24, 2025 to Sep 13, 2026. 29 of the 39 were first mapped in 2025, with 21 in June alone.
Traffic cameras in Ames
From Iowa Department of Transportation.
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Sources and updates
How this page was made: CamsAhead writes each page type once, then fills it with this place's data from the sources below.
- OpenStreetMap contributors: plate readers, data as of Nov 7, 2026; ODbL 1.0
- Iowa Department of Transportation: Camera locations: Iowa Department of Transportation (CC BY 4.0). Read November 7, 2026.
- US Census Bureau: city boundary (cartographic file 2025)
Plate reader points are mapped by OpenStreetMap volunteers (data as of November 7, 2026).
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