Surf Cam Lite 1.2


Category: Travel
Price: Free (iTunes)

Description:

Ever feel the need to check your favourite beach to see what the conditions are like? Maybe you want to check the swell and wave conditions before you head off for a quick surf after work. Maybe you want to check the swell on the way to a favourite dive site? Or you want to see which beaches are crowded before heading down for the day? Or you're just feeling homesick and you want to look at your favourite sunset from around the globe?

Surf Cam Lite can be used for all this and so much more.

Surf Cam Lite has all the functionality and all the cameras of its big brother, but instead of paying for it it contains embedded advertisements.

While you are looking at a beach, you can add the camera to your favourites list for easy access.

If your favourite beach isn't listed, then send me an email with the details (name of the beach, where it is located, a brief description, and a link to an existing Surf Camera), and I can have it added in minutes without having to update the application.

You can add a beach as a favourite so that the next time you use the App you can go straight to your favourite beaches, you don't have to always use the maps (which can be a little slow at times).

*** CURRENT GEOCODING STATUS
Australia - 93 cameras geocoded

In the mapping section, you can use single finger gestures to zoom the map in (double tap), zoom the map out (tripple tap), pan the map (swipe), or select a camera to view (single tap).

You can use two finger gestures (pinch and expand) to zoom in and out.

SELECTING A CAMERA: Firstly, clicking a camera icon does not select the camera. This app uses Google Maps, and the icons do not work like they do in a browser window. You have to tap the map within a given radius (the default is 2km and it can be changed in the Apps preferences). The easiest way to do this is to zoom the map in to where you can see some detail on the map, and click just below the icon. If the map is not zoomed, then it is difficult to get the precision needed to select a camera.

Not many of the cameras are operational 24x7, most of them only operate 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. local time. Outside these hours, or where an image hasn't been produced for 15 minutes, a default image will be displayed.

There is a preferences section to control how close you have to tap to select a camera (in km), and how fast maps zoom in and out when you double / triple tap.

Caveats: This app is dependant on the internet. If you use this App on an iPod Touch you must have a connection to the Internet. Maps take a while to load, and while I have tested it on a weak EDGE signal, it is painful. Wi-fi is best, but 3G is acceptable. Obviously speed is dependant on the sites where data is downloaded from and the strength of your signal.

Another item outside our control is camera availability. Although the cams are very reliable, there are a number of factors that could cause a camera to malfunction, or for the servers hosting the images to malfunction.

For more detailed information on how this application works, please visit our support page.

Camera Problems:
Reasons a camera may not display can include the following:
* The camera operates on a limited basis (e.g. 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.) and it is currently outside the coverage hours.
* The camera is seasonal and is not currently operating.
* The camera has a technical problem and is not currently producing images

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PLEASE READ: We appreciate your feedback and we appreciate your taking time to provide the feedback, but if you have an issue, support question or request, we would appreciate it even more if you use the support link to let us know via our web site - that way we can answer your questions and keep you updated on new developments, fixes, new features or provide you with any other information you may feel helpful.
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