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![]() The camera is pointing at Chamartín railway station and the Cuatro Torres Business Area. This includes Torre CEPSA, the tallest building in Spain at 250 metres (820ft) high. Webcam transmits a high definition 1920x1080 pixel image that is updated every minute. Weather info is from Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas airport (MAD/LEMD), 4 miles away. First light today was at 7:21 am and sunrise was at 8:31 am. Sunset was at 5:44 pm and nightfall will be at 6:54 pm. Webcam clock is synchronized with the Spanish Navy Observatory (Real Instituto y Observatorio de la Armada) which is the Time Stamping Authority in Spain. Accuracy of webcam clock is usually ±1 second. Local time zone is CET (Central European Time!) which is UTC +01:00, although Madrid is geographically at UTC -0:15. |
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For the first five years I used the 3Com Home Connect / Inside Out Networks Watchport V which worked in near total darkness and had a good quality picture but there's no driver update. After two more years using the Apple iSight webcam which was very low quality, I then used a Logitech® Quickcam® Vision Pro which had a much sharper image than the iSight although the night images were very dark. I'm now using a Logitech C930e which has a wider angle of view and better low light performance although it's still nowhere near as good as the old 3Com. Software is the excellent EvoCam from www.evological.com which seems to have disappeared. |
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More information on Madrid can be found at www.madridman.com |
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