Kurt, if you're going to go with the inexpensive indoor camera looking out a window, your prices drop dramatically.
Probably the best Bang for the least Buck camera you can get out there: TrendNet's TV-IP501P. $100 at Provantage.com. PoE, which saves you from running power to the camera (Which also saves on the cost). No removable lens, manual focus, no zoom... but it works and gives you a 640x480 jpeg. So, there ya go... both extremes. Pick your poison: $100 or $1000, or something in between. Sm:)e. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:20:23 -0800 Subject: Re: OTish: Weather cam for work > Certainly a possibility. > > Actually, almost a certainty once they see the prices on the external > cams, because the cost of the cam in that case is going to be on par > with the installation price, or even much less than the installation. > > But, I was asked to look at this alternative, so here I am... > > Kurt > > On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 06:42, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote: > > Kurt, > > > > What about a cheap webcam in your office pointed outside? > > > > David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER > > NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION > > (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 3:17 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: OTish: Weather cam for work > > > > Yup. Any you'd care to recommend? I can see tons of them on CDW, > > Provantage, etc. > > > > Picking one that will work well without a recommendation is, well, not > > fun. Tedious, you might say. > > > > On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 15:12, Steven Peck <[email protected]> wrote: > >> There are ip based webcams that have their own built in web server. > >> Give them an IP Address and people can browse to them depending on > >> security settings. > >> > >> On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 2:58 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> Didn't take it as smartassery... > >>> > >>> Because of what is known as the Puget Sound Convergence Zone, the > >>> region sometimes has wildly variable weather over relatively small > >>> distances, and we have people commuting from as far away as 60 miles, > >>> though I don't know what the average is. I suspect the average is > >>> around 20 miles, though it could be as much as 25. > >>> > >>> I've been snowed in and needed to use chains to get out of my > >>> driveway, and the parking lot at work was nearly bare. Others have > >>> experienced the opposite. > >>> > >>> See especially the reference to the April 18th, 2008 snowfall here: > >>> > >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puget_Sound_Convergence_Zone > >>> > >>> Cliff Mass is a meteorologist in the area whose book and blog posts > >>> discuss the phenomenon quite a bit. > >>> > >>> Here's his most recent post: > >>> > >>> http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2009_12_01_archive.html > >>> > >>> Kurt > >>> > >>> On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 14:35, Sean Martin <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>>> Can they not look out their own window at home or do some of them > commute > >>>> such great distances the weather could be that different? > >>>> > >>>> *I'm really not trying to be a smarta$$ > >>>> > >>>> - Sean > >>>> > >>>> On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Don't need PTZ, either . > >>>>> > >>>>> Just a fixed view of the parking lot so they can gauge snow/ice > >>>>> accumulation. > >>>>> > >>>>> Kurt > >>>>> > >>>>> On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 13:30, Sean Rector <[email protected]> > >>>>> wrote: > >>>>> > We have 3 Axis inside and 1 Panasonic w/ PTZ in a bubble for > outside. > >>>>> > > >>>>> > Sean Rector, MCSE > >>>>> > > >>>>> > -----Original Message----- > >>>>> > From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:[email protected]] > >>>>> > Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 4:26 PM > >>>>> > To: NT System Admin Issues > >>>>> > Subject: RE: OTish: Weather cam for work > >>>>> > > >>>>> > +1 on Axis. We have 6 or 8 of them outside and they are trouble free > for > >>>>> > a couple of years. Only issue is there is a codex or something > (don't > >>>>> > remember for sure what it was) that requires admin rights to install > on the > >>>>> > desktop. > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > -----Original Message----- > >>>>> > From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:[email protected]] > >>>>> > Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 4:21 PM > >>>>> > To: NT System Admin Issues > >>>>> > Subject: RE: OTish: Weather cam for work > >>>>> > > >>>>> > At my last job, we installed one of these on the roof: > >>>>> > > >>>>> > http://www.axis.com/products/cam_2130/index.htm > >>>>> > > >>>>> > Inside an outdoor weatherproof dome, of course. > >>>>> > > >>>>> > Really sweet camera. > >>>>> > > >>>>> > Might be overkill. > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > Phillip Partipilo > >>>>> > Parametric Solutions Inc. > >>>>> > Jupiter, Florida > >>>>> > (561) 747-6107 > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > -----Original Message----- > >>>>> > From: Webster [mailto:[email protected]] > >>>>> > Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 4:05 PM > >>>>> > To: NT System Admin Issues > >>>>> > Subject: RE: OTish: Weather cam for work > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > Yes, you will need 32 ports opened on your FW! :) Unless the > camera is > >>>>> > a Celsius version. > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > Webster > >>>>> > > >>>>> >> -----Original Message----- > >>>>> >> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] > >>>>> >> Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 2:59 PM > >>>>> >> To: NT System Admin Issues > >>>>> >> Subject: OTish: Weather cam for work > >>>>> >> > >>>>> >> All, > >>>>> >> > >>>>> >> We're looking at potentially getting an external cam that puts up > >>>>> >> pictures of the parking lot so that employees can see what the snow > >>>>> >> conditions are in the parking lot. 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