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Stop-Motion Video Of A Construction Project

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One of our clients (the District of West Vancouver) has graciously allowed us to post the results of their Eagle Creek Culvert Replacement project.  The District used an wireless video camera to monitor vehicle traffic around a fish-friendly culvert replacement project.  The camera took pictures of the site, day and night, once per-minute for about 3 months.  We took daytime images and processed them into a stop-motion project video.  Take a look….3 months of construction in 3 minutes!

How Can FlowWorks Remote Cameras Create Stop-Motion Video?

It’s easy.  FlowWorks Wireless Cameras send images from a remote installation based on motion sensing and timed intervals.  This allows us to find a balance between image quality and available wireless bandwidth.  When it was time to make a stop-motion movie, routines in the FlowWorks server strips out night-time images and string the daytime ones together into a movie file.

How a FlowWorks Wireless Camera helped The Eagle Creek Culvert Replacement Project

In this case the District wanted the camera to monitor traffic around a very congested section of Marine Drive in West Vancouver.  Automated traffic lights were used to alternate the single lane traffic.  This keepsake project video was produced as a side benefit after the project was done.  The District also has a permanent visual record (some 125,000 images in all) of the construction for future reference.

Off to the Olympics: What’s next for the Wireless Camera Station

The portable camera is now being moved to a traffic congestion area to monitor access to Cypress Mountain during the Olympics.

More Information?

Take a look at our FlowWorks Demo video.  After the video you can fill out our demonstration request form.  Or, you can fill it out directly below.  One of our staff will contact you shortly to set up a live demonstration.

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Image Viewer

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This video shows you how to view images with the FlowWorks Image Viewer.

Image Viewer

This set of instruction will show the user how to look at images that are recorded by stations that have video cameras attached to them.

Start by going to:‘My Network’, ‘Reporting’, ‘Image Viewer’.

Image Viewer Tool

Begin by selecting the site you want to view.

Site Selection

You will be presented by a drop down list of cameras associated to the station. In this example there is only one camera so we will leave it selected.

Camera Selection

Next select the desired date range. For this example select the weekend of May 23-24, 2009. You can also choose to add times to the search criteria.

Date Range Selections

Click on ‘View Image.’.

View Images Button

The user will be presented with a set of thumbnails showing the images from the site.

Image Thumbnails

In this case there are only three images. If you have more than 20 images you can navigate through them using the page navigation function.

Page Navigation

If you want to see an image in more detail click on it and it and a pop up window appears. For this example, click on the first photo and you will see a black bear going through a gate. To close the photo pop-up click on ‘Close Window’.

Enlarged Image View

If you want to down load a set of images. Click on a the link and a zip file will be produced containing all the images within the search criteria.

Downloading Images

Save it to your computer and you can work on the images as any other image.

Saving Downloaded Images

If you want to edit the criteria or start a different search, simply click ‘Edit this search’ or ‘Start a new search’ so you can select a different station or a different date range.

New Image Search

Metadata (Online Forms)

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FlowWorks has a power metadata forms manager which allows you to store and retrieve metadata in FlowWorks using online forms. The use of this system is included as part of your subscription, however a one-time initial fee is charged to create the form. To make use of the system you must supply us with either a hardcopy of an existing form, or a list of fields and validation rules that you want to use. Check out the video below for a tour of an example form: