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by sparky49931
Thu Nov 30, 2023 2:39 am
Forum: Pictures
Topic: Webcam Feedback
Replies: 8
Views: 1143

Re: Webcam Feedback

Link to the camera not on the website I inadvertently used as an example: https://www.nps.gov/webcams-isro/mottsw.jpg Our website managers are seasonal and currently not at work. Once they get back after New Years, I suspect they will be updating the website to include this view. In the meantime, yo...
by sparky49931
Wed Nov 29, 2023 8:56 pm
Forum: Pictures
Topic: Webcam Feedback
Replies: 8
Views: 1143

Webcam Feedback

Looking for opinions on the webcam images. The current webcams have good low light performance and the ability to use very long shutter times with lots of gain. This makes images at night appear unnaturally bright... almost like daylight if there is a good moon. Upside of that is you can often see t...
by sparky49931
Sun May 14, 2023 9:10 pm
Forum: Trails & Campsites
Topic: Need help finalizing itinerary
Replies: 7
Views: 1346

Re: Need help finalizing itinerary

It's manageable provided you all are fit, experienced, and no one gets injured. You're not going to be pulling thousands of feet of elevation gain in a day... but be prepared for generally SLOW trails. Lots of rocks, roots, and arrow uneven tread. There will be lots of windfalls not cleaned up yet a...
by sparky49931
Sun May 14, 2023 8:46 pm
Forum: Transportation & Lodging
Topic: first ferry get off?
Replies: 2
Views: 1489

Re: first ferry get off?

Didn't notice Voyageur II go by Mott, but no reason to think they didn't run. Staff at dinner tonight mentioned they saw their first visitors of the year on the trail this afternoon. It's been beautiful warm and sunny the past week. Only the tiniest bits of snow hidden deep in the shade remain.
by sparky49931
Sat May 13, 2023 7:15 pm
Forum: Pictures
Topic: New Webcam
Replies: 29
Views: 6162

Re: New Webcam

yes, the station is up on a ridge near Windigo. A good bit off the trail so it's not generally noticed. @wiscodude Some of the cameras used have the ability to display temperature along with the image, but the temperature is internal to the camera and the cameras are not mounted at the standard heig...
by sparky49931
Sat May 13, 2023 7:09 pm
Forum: Weather and Bugs
Topic: Real Time Weather Stations on the island
Replies: 1
Views: 3814

Re: Real Time Weather Stations on the island

The park has parts on order for the Mt Ojibway weather station. Should be back up and running soon.
by sparky49931
Fri May 12, 2023 6:26 pm
Forum: Pictures
Topic: New Webcam
Replies: 29
Views: 6162

Re: New Webcam

In addition to the Passage Island and Rock of Ages Lighthouse weather stations, which are operated and maintained by NOAA, the park maintains 2 automated RAWS stations on the island. The automated stations can be accessed with these links: https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base_dyn.cgi?s...
by sparky49931
Fri Mar 31, 2023 1:53 pm
Forum: Pictures
Topic: New Webcam
Replies: 29
Views: 6162

Re: New Webcam

Nice work digging in and seeing how the pages are formed, RedLeg. Sounds like you know a thing or two about this stuff. Images are often pushed out of the cameras at a higher resolution than we display on the public website. When the webpage is built, the webmaster (not me) sets the size of the elem...
by sparky49931
Sat Feb 25, 2023 9:06 am
Forum: Pictures
Topic: New Webcam
Replies: 29
Views: 6162

Re: New Webcam

The webcams use cellular data modems to communicate with the world during the winter months when the island is not open. The signal comes from the Keweenaw Peninsula about 60 miles distant. Unfortunately, this Fall just about the time the island was closing, the cellular provider used by the park ma...
by sparky49931
Sat Oct 15, 2022 8:31 pm
Forum: Pictures
Topic: New Webcam
Replies: 29
Views: 6162

Re: New Webcam

Lights on the left side are from the U.P. of Michigan.. Lights on the right are from Canada... along the shoreline North of the border. Thunder Bay is more to the North (right) of that image. Winter project is calling out landmarks/light locations to help people orient themselves Here is another cam...
by sparky49931
Thu Sep 29, 2022 8:05 pm
Forum: Pictures
Topic: New Webcam
Replies: 29
Views: 6162

New Webcam

The Ojibway SW Webcam has been replaced with a newer camera. View is similar, but new camera has a different focal length so produces a more natural appearing image with less fisheye effect. Camera also has very good low light performance so you can actually see some stuff in the dark of night. snap...
by sparky49931
Thu Sep 29, 2022 7:58 pm
Forum: Pictures
Topic: Feedback request: Greenstone webcam videos
Replies: 16
Views: 4889

Re: Feedback request: Greenstone webcam videos

Great timelapse! Nice work putting those together. Communications from the webcams are never 100%. Power availability is definitely a limiting factor for the quantity and reliability of images posted to the web. The system are pretty conservatively designed.. the equipment all has to run for 6 month...