[ExI] virtual travel improving all the time

[Eugen Leitl]

On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 10:07:32PM +0100, BillK wrote:

> These are nice photographic panoramic views that you can move around in.
> But they are not 'live'.
> 
> For 'live' you need webcams. As you know there are many webcam
> directories around.

For 'live' you need a 2K or 4K cam attached to a mobile, rentable
teleoperated platform. Like an airborne drone, for instance.

Anything else is not really travel.
 
> But did you know that google maps has a webcams layer?
> 
> You can enable it by clicking on "More..." and selecting "Webcams".
> If you click on a thumbnail, Google will show "a snapshot of the
> camera that has been taken in the last 15 minutes". You'll need to
> click on the snapshot twice (first at Google Maps and then at
> webcams.travel) to get to the source and see the live webcam.
> 
> Google links to the webcams on
> <http://www.webcams.travel/>