FindByPlate.com is a free resource for license plate lookup and reporting bad drivers. In most cases the website will identify the car and its basic information, along with any user-submitted reports, images, videos, or comments. The license plate search engine is in beta development, and the site does not guarantee the validity or accuracy of the information shown.
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License plate lookup service for searching vehicle records and ownership-related public data.
License plate recognition platform for detecting, reading, and analyzing vehicle plates from images.
An online number plate check that uses a UK registration number to retrieve vehicle information. The page states that the free lookup shows MOT history, tax status, mileage records and more, and that it queries official data sources, primarily the DVLA.
UK partial number plate search tool for narrowing possible vehicle registrations.
Vehicle plate search site for finding Russian license plate photos and related car sightings.
A blog post on OSINTCurio.us about conducting open-source intelligence research on cars and other motor vehicles. It describes vehicle identifiers such as the 17-digit VIN and license plates, notes that license plate records are often not available for free or through OSINT, and gives an overview of sources, mainly for the United States.
VehicleHistory license plate and VIN lookup for checking vehicle records and report details.
Reference site for European license plates, formats, country codes, and registration styles.
Vehicle lookup site for checking license plates, car data, and public vehicle-related records.
Vehicle history report service for checking VIN records, title events, accidents, and market data.
Vehicle history report service for checking VIN records, damage, mileage, photos, and title data.
alpr.watch is a project that scans US local government meeting agendas for keywords such as flock, license plate reader and alpr, and maps where surveillance technology discussions are happening. It offers email alerts for a chosen area and a map of meetings and mapped ALPR cameras, and points to groups opposing surveillance.
ALPR Watch monitors the installation and use of automated license plate readers (ALPR). It offers maps, offline ALPR-avoiding navigation data packages, and suspected ALPR locations based on various data sources, also available in the DeFlock app.
Car spotting platform for browsing exotic vehicle sightings, photos, locations, and spotter records.
Social media bot that posts personalized license plate applications the California DMV received
CarNet.AI is a car make and model recognition API. The service reports recognizing the make, model and generation of most cars built since 1995. API access is obtained by messaging the service through its contact form. The company states it has data on 300 car brands and 3100+ models.
A Škoda Storyboard article series on how car registration numbers are generated and what can be gleaned from them in different countries. The page lists instalments covering Switzerland, Poland, Spain, France, Italy, China, Russia, Germany, India, the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom.
The Atlas of Surveillance is a project of the Electronic Frontier Foundation that maintains a database of surveillance technologies deployed by law enforcement in communities across the United States, including drones, body-worn cameras, automated license plate readers and facial recognition. It offers a searchable database and an interactive map of police tech in the U.S.
FAXVIN provides instant vehicle history reports covering title history, accident records and odometer readings. Reports may draw on licensed data providers and official databases, and coverage varies by vehicle, jurisdiction and source. A report is not a substitute for a physical inspection or independent verification. FAXVIN reports also include a 0–100 vehicle history metric called CarRank.
Geometas is a site for finding GeoGuessr metas from Google Street View around the world and testing knowledge with quizzes. It lists metas by categories such as bollards, cars, license plates and street signs, and by regions including the Baltics, Nordics, Eastern Europe and Latin America. It also offers basic GeoGuessr tips and is described as free to use.
Have I Been Flocked? is a search tool for checking whether a license plate appears in Flock Safety audit logs. It draws on data from Flock searches and offers reports on First Amendment and immigration-related searches plus a map of reported Flock camera counts by U.S. county.
New York vehicle lookup tool for checking parking, camera, and traffic violation records.
Vehicle auction and history lookup site for checking cars, VINs, photos, and sale records.