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Re: Construction Camera
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeremy Mooney)
Sat Apr 16 21:52:37 2016
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We've also just thrown up outdoor cameras (mostly Axis PTZ, but usually
fixed position once decided) and just put a caching proxy on a web server.
We've always done wired, as even for the one not near existing connections
we needed to provide network connectivity to the construction trailer
anyways.
We did try a Dropcam as a semi-indoor option recently. It worked OK
(although had to contact support to turn off the image branding), but the
camera died right about when the project finished. That's probably more the
fault of our not-within-install-guidelines usage (they're designed for
inside homes, not construction zones) than the product itself. It ended up
with a couple 48hr suddenly-offline->foreman->facilities->me->reinstall
trips due to last minute scheduling changes after they supposedly weren't
going to be working near the mount point soon. Those are with it being
placed at the request of the person managing the project (trying to get
more interesting action after the outside was up), so I'd recommend
placement locations outside the work zone if possible.
I've used cron as well for capturing timelapse of the projects. For short
times just grabbing regular images and sorting it out later is fine. For
multi-year projects a little thinking through the daylight times and/or the
type of time arc wanted on results (just multiples each day repeatedly is
often sub-optimal from a lighting/shadow perspective, is a "single day"
view desired, multiple "days" of x weeks, just mid-day) is probably good to
cut down on storage requirements. Alternatively I've done a rolling 2-week
capture of everything to allow grabbing detail of interesting things
(someone has to keep on top of that) while keeping only select captures for
the entire project.
On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 7:22 PM, Jason Healy <jhealy@logn.net> wrote:
> On Apr 14, 2016, at 3:33 PM, Douglas Hethmon <dhethmon@UOREGON.EDU> wrote=
:
> >
> > I have been asked to install a camera to view the construction of a new
> residence hall. Has anyone weighed the pros and cons of doing this
> in-house versus hiring a company to provide a turnkey solution.
> >
> > Does anyone have any financials that they would like to share? Camera,
> software, or hardware recommendations?
>
> Another vote for Axis cameras and DIY. We=E2=80=99ve done this 5 or 6 ti=
mes over
> the past decade on almost every major construction project. Sometimes
> we=E2=80=99ve even set up a point-to-point wifi bridge when wiring was di=
fficult to
> run. A little cron job to grab a frame from the camera once per minute a=
nd
> put it on a web page and we were all set.
>
> Plus, if you save the pictures, you can make a time-lapse later:
>
> http://web.suffieldacademy.org/webcam/turf/turf-720x400.mp4
>
> Jason
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">We've also just thrown up outdoor cameras (mostly Axis=
PTZ, but usually fixed position once decided) and just put a caching proxy=
on a web server. We've always done wired, as even for the one not near=
existing connections we needed to provide network connectivity to the cons=
truction trailer anyways.<div><br></div><div>We did try a Dropcam as a semi=
-indoor option recently. It worked OK (although had to contact support to t=
urn off the image branding), but the camera died right about when the proje=
ct finished. That's probably more the fault of our not-within-install-g=
uidelines usage (they're designed for inside homes, not construction zo=
nes) than the product itself. It ended up with a couple 48hr suddenly-offli=
ne->foreman->facilities->me->reinstall trips due to last minute=
scheduling changes after they supposedly weren't going to be working n=
ear the mount point soon. Those are with it being placed at the request of =
the person managing the project (trying to get more interesting action afte=
r the outside was up), so I'd recommend placement locations outside the=
work zone if possible.<div><br></div><div>I've used cron as well for c=
apturing timelapse of the projects. For short times just grabbing regular i=
mages and sorting it out later is fine. For multi-year projects a little th=
inking through the daylight times and/or the type of time arc wanted on res=
ults (just multiples each day repeatedly is often sub-optimal from a lighti=
ng/shadow perspective, is a "single day" view desired, multiple &=
quot;days" of x weeks, just mid-day) is probably good to cut down on s=
torage requirements. Alternatively I've done a rolling 2-week capture o=
f everything to allow grabbing detail of interesting things (someone has to=
keep on top of that) while keeping only select captures for the entire pro=
ject.</div><div><div><br></div></div></div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"=
><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 7:22 PM, Jason Heal=
y <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:jhealy@logn.net" target=3D"_blank=
">jhealy@logn.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote=
" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><=
span class=3D"">On Apr 14, 2016, at 3:33 PM, Douglas Hethmon <<a href=3D=
"mailto:dhethmon@UOREGON.EDU">dhethmon@UOREGON.EDU</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> I have been asked to install a camera to view the construction of a ne=
w residence hall.=C2=A0 Has anyone weighed the pros and cons of doing this =
in-house versus hiring a company to provide a turnkey solution.<br>
><br>
> Does anyone have any financials that they would like to share?=C2=A0 C=
amera, software, or hardware recommendations?<br>
<br>
</span>Another vote for Axis cameras and DIY.=C2=A0 We=E2=80=99ve done this=
5 or 6 times over the past decade on almost every major construction proje=
ct.=C2=A0 Sometimes we=E2=80=99ve even set up a point-to-point wifi bridge =
when wiring was difficult to run.=C2=A0 A little cron job to grab a frame f=
rom the camera once per minute and put it on a web page and we were all set=
.<br>
<br>
Plus, if you save the pictures, you can make a time-lapse later:<br>
<br>
=C2=A0 <a href=3D"http://web.suffieldacademy.org/webcam/turf/turf-720x400.m=
p4" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">http://web.suffieldacademy.org/web=
cam/turf/turf-720x400.mp4</a><br>
<span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><br>
Jason<br>
</font></span><div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5"><br>
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