 Monschau Cam
A cache by Scaramanga Hidden: 6/22/2004
Size:  (Not chosen) Difficulty:  Terrain: (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)
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Nestling in a valley amongst the Eifel Hills, Monschau really is
one of Europe’s best kept secrets. Located just a few
kilometers from the Belgian border, Monschau offers visitors a
wealth of things to see and do. Quaint shops, romantic old streets,
half timbered buildings, a wonderful selection of restaurants &
cafes, a historic mustard mill, various museums and the old friary
to mention just a few.
You will need your GPS, a cell phone, and a partner at his/her
computer with an internet connection at a set time that you will be
at the cache site.
El Achimo's Webcam Service does not work
with this webcam!
Sometimes something might not work. You should always take pictures
with your own cam, if the webcam fails you are allowed to log with
a picture that shows yourself with GPS near the listed
coordinates.
Get the picture later on (no call to a friend necessary!):
- Go to the coordinates listed at the top of this page. They will
get you to the general vicinity of the webcam. Find a place close
to the first tree but not in it's shadow!
- The cam takes a picture every five minutes. Hold up your GPS
and look to the cam! Wait at least 6 minutes. Record time (last 5
minute strike) and date of your visit.
- Back home you open the following url in your webbrowser:
http://www.monschau.de/webcam_image.php?image=webcam_monschau_5_1015_big.jpg
You must adjust the url to correct date and time.
In the example the visit was on friday (0=sunday, 1=monday...,
5=friday) at 10:15.
Try +- 5 minutes!
- Perform a mouse click right on the picture and save with .jpg
extension.
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Ask your friend to take the picture:
- Go to the coordinates posted at the top of the page. They will
get you to the general vicinity of the webcam. Find a place near
the first tree.
- Call your friend and have them go to http://www.monschau.de/service/webcam.php.
- Hold up your GPS and have your friend direct you to the spot
where you should stand for the best picture. The webcam takes new
shots all five minutes.
- When your friend sees a nice shot of you, he/she will have to
follow these instructions to capture the picture:
Open a big picture by clicking in the small preview.
- Perform a mouse click right and save the picture with .jpg
extension.
OR
- Press ALT+Print Screen. (ALT+Druck)
- Open a picture editing program, i.e. Paint or Photoshop, open a
"new" document/picture and go to "paste" in the edit menu to paste
the webcam picture into this program.
- Adjust the size so that only the webcam picture remains.
- Save the picture as a .jpg and then it can be
uploaded.
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Upload the saved photo with your log to get credit for the cache.
Extra credit for particularly amusing or interesting photos! Logs
without foto will be deleted.
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Webcam Photo, Scaramanga in Monschau
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Current Time: 2/9/2010 8:51:59 PM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (4:51 AM GMT)
Last Updated: 2/9/2010 11:17:59 AM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (7:17 PM GMT)
Rendered: From Database
Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum
