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by hartwith

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Hi
We have had our garden redesigned this year and we thought it would be fun to show it "live" on a website. I don't pretend to have anyy experience of webcams or network cameras,apart from the cheaper ones that come occasionally bundled with customer's pcs, although I have visited websites where they are used. E.g London Traffic Cams etc.
What type of camera is best for this type of project and is any additional software needed to update the images? I have an ISDN connection to my ISP. Update every five or ten minutes would be adequate. Garden is about 25 ft long and I would probably place the camera in the upstairs window facing the garden.
Look forward to as much help and advice as possible.

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by valis

there are a few programs that will do this for you, i can suggest my own product actually, ValisCam , which might get you on the right direction, however the ftp portion i haven't had time to work on enough, so i honestly wouldn't rely on it (hey, being honest!) however it will take timed pictures for you, and save them, so that you can upload them later perhaps.

valis
www.valiskeogh.com

by hartwith

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Thanks for the advice but I need to know what hardware (type of camera etc) I need. The only webcam I have ever used had a terrible resolution and its range was about three feet. There seems to be a wide range of cameras available -Webcams & Netcams-. Can you advise which type is best to cover an area of an average size back garden?

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