Hawkcam Camera Details

Hardware & Software

This camera is an iQInvision Sentinel 865 camera. The software being used to handle transcoding RTSP to Flash & iOS compatible video streams is Wowza Media Server 3. The flash applet that is used to display the video in the web page is JW Player.

Installation photos

Nick Ciganovich installing the camera on the roof of Weeks Hall. Full size.

View of the installed camera from the roof of the Atmospheric, Oceanic & Space Sciences Building next door. This is 12 stories above the nest. Photo by SSEC researcher Chris Schmidt. Full size.

Credits

Thanks to:

• Ben Abernathy, Geoscience - network support.
• Bill Bellon, SSEC - web site & public outreach.
• Fred Best, SSEC - camera proposal and planning.
• Nick Ciganovich, SSEC - design, construction and installation of camera mount.
• Brian Hess, Geoscience - help with camera installation and roof access.
• John Lalande, SSEC - streaming media server setup & camera installation.
• Mark Hobson, SSEC - media relations and public outreach.
• University of Wisconsin Division of Information Technology (DoIT) Data Center & Shared Computing Services group - server hosting