[ELECTRON] PHP - question. . . webcam script...again(ish)

[Ben Rush]

Clive *et al*,

Yes Sir! The beacon is mounted on an old singling mast (at least that's what
local folk have told us what it was for ). During the day the red ticks on
the webcam image indicate the beacon's position.

Try it out for yourself if your local 07866429424.

Not that you asked for it, but here's the official project bumph:

*The Govan Graving Beacon is visible at all times in front of the Glasgow
Science Centre, Millennium Tower through May 3, 2010.

The Govan Armada will be launched from the Govan Graving Docks at a Launch
Party & Atypical Root Finale, on Sunday 2 May, 12-5 pm at the new Govanheim
Gallery, Unit 3 Clydebrae Street, G51 2AJ.*
*Atypical Root *is pleased to present *A Stone's Throw Away – a new public
artwork in two parts: The Govan Graving Beacon and** The Govan Armada.* Created
by Glasgow-based artists t s Beall, Ben Dembroski and Benjamin Rush, this
artwork uses the outmoded communication technologies of Morse code and St.
Kilda mailboats (i.e. messages-in-bottles) to connect two sites: the Govan
Graving Docks (Glasgow’s historic shipbuilding centre) and the nearby
Pacific Quay redevelopment.

*The Govan Graving Beacon* is an automated light placed on the Govan Graving
Docks that flashes messages in Morse code – which was a standard maritime
communication method from the late 1800’s until the mid1990s. The Govan
Graving Beacon is connected to a mobile phone which when sent a SMS text
message, translates it into Morse code, flashes it out, and texts a reply.
The Beacon can be seen online from the beaconcam on the project’s website
www.astonesthrowaway.co.uk and in person from in front of the Glasgow
Science Centre’s Millennium Tower. The Beacon’s mobile number,  07866429424 can
be found on signage located at the *Glasgow Science Centre *and at the
new *Govanheim
Gallery*. Some of the text messages sent to the Beacon will be ‘tweeted’ via
Twitter at GovanBeacon <http://twitter.com/GovanBeacon>. This will take place
beginning April 16 through May 3, 2010.

*The Govan Armada* is a collection of small 'mailboats' containing
messages-in-bottles made from “redeveloped rubbish” pulled from the Govan
Graving Docks. Some of boats in The Govan Armada are currently floating in
the *Glasgow Science Centre's IMAX reflecting pool*. Boats for the Armada
are being made by members of the local community at workshops in Clydebrae
Studio, at *Riverside Community Hall*, and *GalGael*. The Govan Armada will
be launched from the Graving Docks at a *Launch Party, on Sunday 2 May,
12-5pm.* Festivities will also include an exhibition opening at the new
Govanheim Gallery, a peddle-bike event called Bike-So-Cool, food and
refreshments by the Riverside Community Hall, and more. All welcome. Visit
www.atypicalroot.com/p/events.html
<http://www.atypicalroot.com/p/events.html%20>for
details.

A Stone's Throw Away examines the relationship between two opposing
locations, each uniquely representative of the City of Glasgow: The historic
Govan Graving Docks (or Dry Docks) and the nearby redevelopment of the
Pacific Quay. These two sites are set in sharp contrast to each other
physically and historically, each representing in their time the cutting
edge of industry and thus symbolic of Glasgow's economic wealth.

*Contact:*
astonesthrowaway.govan at googlemail.com

*Links:*
A Stone’s Throw Away Project Website: www.astonesthrowaway.co.uk
Govan Graving Beacon on Twitter:
@GovanBeacon <http://twitter.com/GovanBeacon>
http://twitter.com/GovanBeacon
Atypical Root Public Art Trail: http://www.atypicalroot.com/
The Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art:
http://www.glasgowinternational.org/

*Notes:*
*Atypical Root *is an official event of *The Glasgow International Festival,
16 April - 3 May 2010*. Atypical Root is a curated public art trail along
the Clyde riverbank, stretching from Glasgow's East End through the
financial district and City Centre, to the Pacific Quay and Govan. It
presents new public artworks, interventions, and performances while
encouraging 'Atypical viewers' to discover alternate routes through Glasgow.
The trail links these new public artworks with pre-existing public works and
other parts of The GI Festival.http://www.atypicalroot.com/
http://www.glasgowinternational.org/

*Govanheim Gallery Unit 3 Clydebrae Street, G51 2AJ*
The Govanheim is a new gallery space built by recent graduates of The
Glasgow School of Art Lorne Ferguson and Steven Higgins. The current
exhibition includes work by Mark Bridges and Alessandro Gioiello and is part
of Atypical Root and The Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art.
http://www.atypicalroot.com/p/venues.html





On 21 April 2010 10:56, Clive Mitchell <bigclive1 at googlemail.com> wrote:

> On 20 April 2010 22:28, Ben Rush <orionrush at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Just an update on the project that I was working on.
> > www.astonesthrowaway.co.uk is live, check it out. The beacon is having
> some
> > servicing at the moment so isn't active but the question I need help on
> is
> > in the PHP webcam script that I was working on a month ago.
>
> Is the beacon mounted on an existing pole or column?
>
> --
> Clive Mitchell.
>
> http://www.bigclive.com
>
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