Farallones Cam
June 17, 2009 by greenie
http://www.calacademy.org/webcams/farallones/
The Farallone Islands are a National Wildlife Refuge and Marine Sanctuary only 50 miles from Ocean Beach. Until now, only a handful of lucky scientists got to witness the spectacle of the thousands of birds, seals, sea lions and assorted other creatures who find their way to the Islands. Now, thanks to the hard work of a handful of technically talented folks, anyone can check out the nature show from the comfort of their own browser. The camera sits on the lighthouse on Southeast Island and beams the signal back to dishes on the Twin Peak towers. The signal eventually makes it's way to the Academy of Sciences web server.
Here are the credits as listed on the Academy of Sciences website. Thanks to all of you for making this possible.
A special thank you to the City and County of San Francisco’s Department of Technology, who manages the radio site at Twin Peaks and the fiber optic network that delivers the images from the tower to the Academy in Golden Gate Park.
A big thank you to all the members of this brilliant technical team:
Wireless Networking:
* Yahel Ben-David, AirJaldi and De Novo Group
* Jon Britton, California Academy of Sciences
* Dean Do, California Academy of Scienes
* Mike McCarthy, City and County of San Francisco Department of Technology
* Rabin Patra, De Novo Group
* Matt Peterson
* Tim Pozar, TM Pozar Telecommunications
360 Imagery and Camera Install:
* Corey Jaskolski, Hydro Technologies and Tuatara Systems
Acknowledgements:
* The National Weather Service - data from HADS (Hydrometeorological Automated Data System)
* Tuatara Systems - Gigapixel panoramic image
http://www.calacademy.org/webcams/farallones/
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