A little bit of R&D

You know things are serious when the techo's have the help files open!! Gareth is shown here working on a new technique for getting images from our cameras to the office. Apparently no-one else has done this with the GPRS technology we are using, so we are breaking new ground here. The camera (looks like robot eyes looking up) and the blue GPRS transmitter are being introduced to each other... hopefully they will work well together.

Gareth Gray is responsible for establishing some new webcams for us. We have purchased a few cameras for deployment to Akitio and Wanganui. These will help us get a better understanding of the impacts of wave and storm surge events that MetService and MetOcean provide us information on. We will also be using our survey team to gather information about actual run-ups following significant events.

We also have a third camera and are still tossing up whether this should go to the Moutoa Flood Gates or back to the Tangiwai site where we captured images from the 2007 Ruapehu lahar event.

Here is a link to the camera site... we have bought the M12 day and night cameras.