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Originally Posted by Outlaw
What about the Weirs Channel Cam and Snakeeyes, they're both just ordinary video cams.
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Here's what I know about those CAMs:
The Channel CAM is operated by Weirsonline.com. They have had a fundraising drive going for about a year but apparently haven't reached their goal.
Their site says that they raised $605 as of 3/18. I'm not sure why the tally stopped there but the drive may have fizzled. Although I encourage everyone to support them and their CAM, I would rather not use winnipesaukee.com to do it. Weirsonline duplicated many of my site's features, although they did discontinue their forum, and competes with me for advertising dollars and your patronage. Although I don't mind the competition they should raise the money without help from my site.
Snake eyes is privately operated by Island Girl and I host it for free on my server. I'm not sure if she wants to upgrade and you should contact her about that. Even with an upgrade it is very unlikely that she would be able to provide video since she is limited to a dial-up connection.
The Anchor Marine CAM is ready for an upgrade. I operate and maintain the camera for Bob at Anchor Marine and we have discussed upgrading it to a newer camera that can feed video. The action on his gas dock and the view of the Mount and other boats going in and out would be very interesting in video. The only consideration is that Anchor Marine is a business and I don't know how people would feel about donating for commercial purposes.
What would be great is if someone would "donate" a great location for a new CAM and we could raise the funds for the hardware and internet connectivity. The problem is finding a great location with a unique view.
10 years ago next month I bartered a ride in a seaplane to take
aerial pictures that would become the first feature of winnipesaukee.com. At the time a live CAM was only a dream and I hadn't even thought of adding a forum yet. 10 years later new CAMs are being installed at an incredible rate and many are feeding video. I can't help but wonder what will come in another 10 years. Will we be able to go anywhere on the lake without someone watching?