London street webcams offline (surprise surprise, again...)
techno | 20.11.2003 12:48 | Bush 2003 | Anti-militarism | Technology | London
webcams down again today - same as yesterdays crucial times
http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/travel/jamcams/camloco/040252.shtml
the register reported on it - correctly mentioning how this has happened during several other large demonstrations...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/travel/jamcams/camloco/040252.shtml the register reported on it - correctly mentioning how this has happened during several other large demonstrations...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/34062.html Plug pulled on London Webcams, as Bush sweeps into town
By Tim Richardson
Posted: 18/11/2003 at 16:57 GMT
President George W Bush is about to pay the UK a visit and thousands of anti-war demonstrators are planning to take to the streets in protest.
With London bracing itself for the mother of all security operations, it should come as little surprise that some strategically-place Webcams have gone on the blink.
Transport for London's "Capital Cam" - the one pointing towards Parliament Square and Whitehall, among others - is currently unobtainable.
Why? A short message reads: "The image from this Capital Cam is not available for operational reasons."
So, now you know
techno
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Some are still up, not sure for how long...
20.11.2003 13:24
Though these two are not in Transport For London's network:
This one works...
Trafalgar Square webcam
And this one worked until 30 mins ago...
farrah freedom
As usual ...
20.11.2003 16:19
Here’s an email I received after a complaint to the BBC when the cams went don’t a couple of years ago ...
>From: Matthew Linfoot
>Subject: Travel Cameras
>Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 10:15:08 +0100
>X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19)
>
>Hi there
>
>thanks for your email concerning the travel cameras. Access to the cameras
>is via Scotland Yard: we take the feeds, but we have no control over the
>output. Out of 80 cameras, there are always a few that are out of action for
>technical reasons.
>
>Apologies for the disruption to the service - it's usually temporary.
>
>regards
>
>Matthew
>Matthew Linfoot
>Senior Broadcast Journalist
>London Live Online
guess that explains it then ...
Penry