Using the Ground-Zero Earthcam, I used the keymap to select which camera I wanted to use. Selecting from 4 different views I could enlarge the imagery and even select to see time-lapsed photos from the past 24 hours (how cool!). Finally, using the "Control Center" I could actually take control of a webcam which is mounted on top of the Millenium Hilton Hotel. I was presented with a full-screen image display and had the ability to pan and zoom, save, print, email, and even moblog the image I was viewing. The time, temperature, and humidity at the time of viewing was also displayed.

Viewing the Ground Zero Cam

Viewing Ground Zero using the Control Center

About Earthcam

Founded in 1996, EarthCam is the leading network of live webcams and offers the most comprehensive search engine of webcams. The owner-operator of hundreds of network cameras, EarthCam delivers live images of major tourism destinations to consumers in 182 countries, influencing their pre-purchase vacation decision-making process. EarthCam also offers unmatched promotion and marketing packages to Convention and Visitor Bureaus, Chambers of Commerce and hotel chains. EarthCam has the number one ranking on Yahoo!, Google and MSN for users who search "webcams". Generating 350 million page views per month with over 200,000 unique visitors daily, EarthCam is rated in the top 99.995% of all websites

EarthCam provides complete infrastructure services to manage, host and maintain live streaming video camera systems for its consumers and corporate clients.

I could easily spend hours spanning the Globe and viewing real-time imagery and photos using Earthcam. It left me wondering also how cool would a mashup of this be? No doubt we'll see one soon as a Map UI would be a really nice way to navigate and select from the cameras!

http://www.earthcam.com

Also available as a mobile app - http://mobile.earthcam.com/