Dave-UK wrote:

"(PeteCresswell)" wrote in message
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Per (PeteCresswell):
I just changed it to 320x240.

Is there a better rez than that?


Just kicked it up to 640x480 to allow for some pinch-zooming.

The purpose of the cam is to allow people to see if windsurfers
on the bay have enough wind to plane.... so a certain amount of
detail is needed.


How about fitting a wind speed meter with the webcam and then somehow
overlay the readout onto the video image?
I've no idea if that's possible. :-)

If the wind speed meter was positioned so it was in focus, and
placed at a distance to give the digits the "right size", you
could have it as a part of the actual scene. If wouldn't even
need to be digital, if you could find something with a
"speedometer" type output. This one, for example, needs no
power, and the galvanometer readout uses the power generated
by the anemometer. There is a light bulb in it, if you have
12V to run it with (but it doesn't say whether the light is
incandescent or LED based).

"HANDHELD ANEMOMETERS"

http://www.plastimo.com/catalogue/1/3230003.html

Paul