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March 28, 2008
More Developers Tracking Projects' Progress With Cameras
The NY Sun
By Bradley Hope
Big Brother Bruce isn't just watching YOU:
The use of live Web cameras by New York City and national developers has skyrocketed over the last several years, as air travel after the attacks of September 11, 2001, became more challenging and technology more reliable. Developers now monitor construction projects around the world from small command centers in their high-rise office towers in Manhattan.
Two of the privately held companies that provide the camera systems, EarthCam and OxBlue, said they have contracts with hundreds of developers and construction companies, including Forest City Ratner, Sherwood Group, and Turner Construction Company. EarthCam has been operating since 1996, while OxBlue was started in 2001.
Posted by lumi at March 28, 2008 5:13 AM