WebCam Control

5.7.11 WebCam Control

Overview

The WebCam control provides an interface to view collections of webcam imagery from around the United States. This imagery is collected and made available through the Unidata web site.

Note: Since this imagery comes from sites around the internet at times some webcams may fail or not be available.

The user interface is composed of two tabs. The second tab lists all available image sets and allows you to choose which one to view:

We have categorized the available image sets based on region. You can select the desired image set in either the tree view on the left or the map view on the right. The map view can be zoomed, panned and decluttered.

When you have selected the desired image set simply press the Load Image Set button or double click on the selection.

Once you have selected an image set it will be displayed in the first tab:

The menu in the upper right lists the times available. The animation control in the upper left allows you to animate the images.

The Animation Mode allows you to synchronize the image set animation with the animation in the main display. You can have the animation in the control drive the animation in the main display by choosing To Main Display or vice-versa by choosing From Main Display.

Properties

Import New Files
You can import the Image Set XML file through the File->Import Image Set From File... and File->Import Image Set From URL... menu items. For the format see here.

Unidata's Integrated Data Viewer > Display Controls > Miscellaneous Controls