WebCOOS Technical Documentation

This project, Webcam Coastal Observation System (WebCOOS), will develop a webcam coastal observing network for quantitative scientific analysis, public safety, and resource management for coastal municipalities.

To accomplish this, standardized data processing and management methodology will be established to provide stakeholders such as lifeguards, emergency managers, and coastal managers with actionable information from webcam videos.

The WebCOOS project partners with Axiom Data Science (AXDS) to provide camera ingestion and stream hosting solutions. AXDS is an informatics and software development firm focused on developing scalable solutions which can be leveraged across a variety of users, clients and institutions in order to make the best tools for data management, integration, and visualization. AXDS supports a variety of federal, private, academic and non-governmental organizations managing and conducting research in the ecological, geological and ocean sciences.

Welcome!

This is the WebCOOS Technical Documentation. The purpose of this document collection is to help you with the following:

  • What and how to collect the necessary information to include your camera’s video stream in the WebCOOS data system.

  • Give recommendations on camera capabilities and ideal configurations for video stream ingestion.

  • To help identify common problems with video stream ingestion.

  • To suggest basic troubleshooting steps for dealing with networked video stream devices.

  • To describe how to access media and analysis products through the WebCOOS API

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