Current panorama of Porto Alegre
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Distinctions of site WCAMS:
The pictures that you just saw are among the best ones of the world, according to the indication of some sites appraisers of webcams images. Amongst the distinctions, they got:
Inclusion in the list of
"TOP
TEN" pictures of the EarthCam, U.S.A. (month 01/2000)
Inclusion in the list of the "Les plus
belles livecams du Monde", of TF1,
France
Inclusion in the list of "Top
Cam" of the Ali-Cam, Brazil (in 03 and 10/2000)
"Spotlight" webcam, for Netcamera,
Germany (month 03/2000)
"Cam of the Day", for Cammunity/Altavista,
U.S.A. (April 3, 2000)
" Editors choice, with 5 stars", for Allcam,
from U.S.A.
"Vier wunderschone Cams in Brasilien",
for Camwelt, from Germany
Inclusion in the list of "TOP 1000" sites
category webcams, for Tomorrow, from
Germany (08/2000)
"Highlight" webcam, by the site "Stern",
from Germany (07/2001)
"La webcam de
la semaine", by the site "Le
Site du jour", of France (08/2001)
"Webcam del
mese", by the site "Global
Geografia", of Italy (08/2001)
Statistics of access to site WCAMS:
This site receives more or less 1,000,000 hits
or accesses each month, by internet users from dozens or countries mainly from
Brazil (50%), United States (20%), Germany (9%), Italy (2%), France, Japan,
Holland, Uruguay, Argentina, and others (1%). Site WCAMS is one
of the three with the most access from the Internet supplier VIA-RS
, the Data processing Company of the State of Rio Grande do Sul (PROCERGS).
It is referred by several hundred of sites, both from Brazil and
from the world, and below we present a list of some of the main ones.
Sites that have links to site WCAMS:
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Global Geografia (IT) |
Terragaúcha (BR) |
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Ali-Webcam (BR) |
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Around World (EUA) |
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CondoCams EUA) |
SWI (Hungria) |
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Hejda (CZ) |
Webcam-tour (GE) |
Web-Kyoto (JP) |
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Web Cameras (GE) |
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IPBM-RS (BR) |
Camcities (EUA) |
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Web Cameras (GE) |
More information on site WCAMS:
The most accessed camera is "camera
1" that shows the Central Square of Porto Alegre and second
is "camera
4", showing the south region of the city with the Guaiba River.
In the same way as the biologist August Saint Hilaire in 1820, the Frenchmen
prefer the landscape generated by "camera 4 "; however, the Central
Square continues to be the great reference point of the city of Porto
Alegre. "Camera
2" receives an expressive number of accesses due to the pictures
shown on it (with documentaries) that are generated by a digital camera.
The images from the four major webcams are pasted together for make up a
unique panorama of the city, covering a range of more than 180 degrees.
To my knowledge there is not a similar image generate in the world that
covers so many webcams at the same time.
Other complementary webcams have been
included in the network in order to bring images from other angles of Porto
Alegre and the surrounding cities:
1) POA-West view, to
see the west region of the city (and to take a look at its famous sunset in the
afternoon).
2) POA-Catedral, to
see the east region, especially to see the metropolitan catholic cathedral and
its magnificent construction with a dome having a diameter of 18 meters.
3) POA-CAERGS, to
see the south region of the city, with the CAERGS (Administrative Center of the
State of Rio Grande do Sul) in prominence, which characterizes the landscape of
Porto Alegre with it Pyramid-type construction.
4) Mobile Unit, to
visualize specific scenes of different places in Brazil with Cell Phone coverage
(its use is eventual).
5) Esteio-RS,
to visualize the city of Esteio, 20Km from Porto Alegre, where Expointer, the
biggest agro-industrial fair of Latin America takes place once a year.
6) Bom
Princípio-RS,
to visualize a
short
and
bucolic
city
of
Rio
Grande
do
Sul,
that
dists
80Km from Porto
Alegre.
Since March 2002, video camera images began
to be generate with audio and are made available for the following places:
1)
POA - View of the Main Square
2)
POA - View of the Largo dos Açorianos
4)
POA - View of Avenida
Loureiro da Silva (1st. perimetral)
The site has received messages from some former inhabitants of Porto Alegre, from people who have been here or have lived here for some time and that now can "take a look" at the city and country left behind, using the windows opened by this WCAMS site. Various manifestations can be accessed in the pages of Forum Discussions.
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