DNewill wrote:

I am looking for any club or airport that has installed a (set of) web
cam(s) for online viewing of the airport and weather. It would seem that
with webcams becoming so very low cost, and used computers nearly free, that
other than the cost per month of the connection ( aprt of phone line costs?
DSL =~ $20 / month) this would be a good investment for clubs to have.
Members could see hangers for security, activity on airport ( "is anyone
else out at the field?") and local actual weather - especially important
when you have to drive over an hour to get to the field.
SO... if your club has experiance with this sort of thing, please contact me
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To get the best image of the weather conditions, you want a cam
pointing north (assuming northern hemisphere) with the horizon just in
view. This will minimise the camera being washed out by sunlight or
over-exposing the sky due to dark ground being in the frame, while
still giving viewers a reference. A second cam pointing at a distant
landmark (for daylight) or an outside lamp (for darkness) can be useful
for assessing visibility.

Make sure your cam puts 640x480 images on the web, I still see lots of
websites with 320x240 images which are just too small and
low-resolution to be useful.


Dan