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 An EarthCam in Dublin, Ireland | |
Type of site | Webcam Network |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Owner | Brian Cury |
| Created by | Brian Cury |
| URL | earthcam |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | March 27, 1996 |
| Current status | Active |
EarthCam, Inc. is an American company based in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, that provides webcam technology and services. Founded in 1996 by Brian Cury, the company's website, EarthCam.com, provides a network of live webcams from locations around the world.
The company's business is providing webcam technology and managed services for business and government applications, with its consumer-facing website serving as a network of thousands of cameras.
History
[edit]EarthCam was founded in 1996 by Brian Cury. By 1999, The New York Times reported that 20 people per day were adding their webcams to the site.[1] In 2006, the website won a Webby Award in the Tourism category.[2]
For New Year's Eve 1999, the site hosted an event featuring 100 cameras from around the world to broadcast celebrations for the turn of the millennium.[1]
In October 2011, EarthCam donated and installed five cameras in the torch of the Statue of Liberty. The cameras provide views from a location that had been closed to the public since 1916.[3][4]
For the 2016 New Year's Eve celebration, EarthCam streamed the first 4K video of the Times Square Ball drop on YouTube.[5]
Notable projects and webcams
[edit]EarthCam operates cameras at public landmarks, including the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington D.C.,[6] the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania,[7] and London's Abbey Road.[8]
The company has also used its cameras to produce time-lapse videos of major construction projects. A notable example is a time-lapse showing the 10-year construction of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, created from images captured at the site from 2001 to 2011.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Catherine Greenman, Who, What, When, Where and Y2K; The Stay-at-Homes Have Plenty of Chances to See the Parties, or Problems, Unfold, The New York Times, December 30, 1999. Retrieved 2012-01-27.
- ^ "Webby Nominees". Archived from the original on 2012-01-20. Retrieved 2012-01-24.
- ^ Jonathan Allen, Statue of Liberty to sport webcams from its torch, Reuters, October 26, 2011. Retrieved 2012-01-27.
- ^ Kitty Bean Yancey, Statue of Liberty turns 125, gets webcams, USA Today, October 27, 2011. Retrieved 2012-01-27.
- ^ "New Year's Eve - Times Square in 4K – EarthCam". YouTube.com. 2016-12-31. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
- ^ "EarthCam - Build the Dream". Archive.is. 2012-08-04. Archived from the original on 2012-08-04. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Live Webcam | Flight 93 National Memorial". Honorflight93.org. Archived from the original on 2016-09-08. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
- ^ "Crossing Cam". Abbey Road. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
- ^ "World Trade Center Cams". EarthCam.com. 2014-08-30. Retrieved 2016-08-17.