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TheItalianJobber
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Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2022 11:10 am Post subject: |
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fdryan wrote: | It's not you - the Crissy webcam has been down for quite a while
You might find the Fog Today website which uses data from NOAA's high resolution GOES-16 satellite imagery helpful https://www.fog.today/
Click the 2 hour loop to estimate the fog trend |
Thanks fdryan and Riptide!
I just found this other one, if you don't know it: https://g1.ipcamlive.com/player/player.php?alias=5e863c6e0e66d
But I guess the low/def East Beach cam is still a better reference.
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TheItalianJobber
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rigatoni
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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2022 11:05 am Post subject: |
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Just in time for the end of the season.
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TheItalianJobber
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2023 3:10 pm Post subject: |
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New year, same old...
Both cams are down.
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TheItalianJobber
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kevinkan
Joined: 07 Jun 2001 Posts: 1661 Location: San Francisco
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windfind
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Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2023 3:27 pm Post subject: |
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One issue is that these are PTZ (Pan,Tilt, Zoom) cams. That means 3 separate motors and many moving parts in a marine environment. It also means that hundreds of people who love S.F. Bay use those moving parts daily. So, things break faster than fixed-focus cameras.
For most of the customers of this site a fixed focus cam covering the beach to Anita Rock to mid Golden Gate area would be better than a PTZ cam that is often broken. Just give us a view like the image below.
A secondary advantage is that the cam would be far less used by casual users since the people/scenery-watching factor would be diminished. So you could access the cam with less waiting
Yea, of course, I love being able to check out the white caps near Anita Rock but having a cam that was operational is more important.
Mike Godsey
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Riptide
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Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2023 4:11 pm Post subject: |
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The web cams are weather proofed. The park service blames Comcast. Sometimes we need to get the park service to push a reset button on their router. The park service restricted the Zoom because of perverts and a pair of crooks using the Cam to see when people walk away from their car. The better Cam on the bathroom is linked to the first Cam via wireless to the Crissy field center frog hut. Then hard wire comcast.
We want to upgrade the software package and reliability of the internet/router issues so the Coast Guard can take over the Cams and have full zoom for search and rescue in an emergency. Working with the National Park Service is difficult. They have experienced a exodus of employees from retirement and budget issues.
This is all very political and best left to SFBA. Several years ago the Coast Guard wrote a letter supporting the SFBA efforts for the 2nd camera and the Coast Guard's concerns. The National Park Service ignored the Coast Guard's letter. They never replied. The park service is paralized by political indecision.
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Goodwind
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TheItalianJobber
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Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2024 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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Public Service Announcement: both cameras are up and running!
Spring is here, life is good...
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