Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Live webcam: Awesome view of Auckland

UPDATE: The webcam was TVNZ's and they took it off the Internet in late 2008, I think, and now they only use it on their news programs and with their weather bulletins. Thanks TVNZ! Phhft.

The Metservice web site has had a link to a live webcam at Devonport for a while now. Over the weekend, it went "off"....which was disappointing.

However! It has come back better than ever (my opinion, of course). The new link appears to be a east-north-easterly pan over the CBD, Waitemata Harbour, North Shore and Rangitoto. With the Sun low in the morning sky right now, the visual effect is impressive. I'm sure there will be many moods displayed through the day. If you have any friends or homesick Kiwis overseas, you may want to send them this one. It's a genuine live feed. I could make out a boat making steady progress toward the harbour entrance and the shadows of the clouds speeding Eastward.

Fullscreen mode is impressive. The page says that full screen only work with MS I, but I've found it also works with Apple's Safari browser on Windows Vista. Safari must be a front-end for the IE engine...

Check it out!

1 comment:

  1. YAY - There is now a new Auckland webcam the blows all the other ones out of the water. It is situated at Stanley Point and looks over the Waitemata Harbour to the skyline of the Auckland City CBD.
    www.sitecam.co.nz/auckland_webcam
    feel free to link to it!

    cheers,

    Steve Thomson
    www.sitecam.co.nz

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