FAQ's  About The Lida Cam

• Where is the Lida Cam ?

            ans.  The Clay County Courthouse is being completely reconstructed and we have
                        a place across Main street looking West toward the courthouse.  You will be able
                        to watch them move almost every block including the Veterans War Memorial,
                        Mine Disaster Memorial and the U.S. & KY Flags.  Some monster sized stones
                        now used "may" be incorporated into the new building.  The new
                        courthouse will be a state of the art law and justice center. 

• What makes the Clay County Courthouse so interesting?
  
    ans.  The Clay County Courthouse was built during the depression years,
             opening its doors in1939.
    ans.  The builders used locally queried limestone some weighing over 2 tons.
    ans.  The existing controversy between the preservationists and demolitionists.
    ans.  It has been a central hub of activity for circuit and county judicial system
             as well as Clay County government for the better part of the 20th century.
  
    Note:  The Manchester Enterprise has been published frequent articles
              about the courthouse rebuilding (or not-rebuilding) and the continuing
              controversy, and has it been hot ?  You bet ... see the archives.
           

• What will be the hours that the cam will be operating?

            ans.  The hours the Lida Cam will be operating will be mostly daylight hrs. daily.
            ans.  If there is night time construction or a special night time event we will post
                     the event and have the Lida Cam on.
            ans.  Images change during weekends if the crew is working.
            ans.  The last image of the day remains until the first image uploads the next morning.

•  How often does the image change? 

            ans.  Depending on what activity is going on at the site; the camera will
                     take a picture anywhere from 20 seconds through several minutes.  
            ans.  Browser refreshing rate is usually 30 - 90 seconds.  Bringing you the
                     latest image without waiting for long periods of time. A little confusing.
            ans.  Refresh or browser countdowns rates:
                      60=1min      150=2.5min
                      300=5min     600=10min
                      900=15min   1800=30min
                      3600=1hr      7200=2hr    etc.

• How do I know when the last picture was taken? 

             ans.  Look at the text along the top edge of the image for date and
                      time that is when the last image was taken.  Look at your clock on
                      your computer and see when the next image should post. (see next ans).
             ans.  If the text at the top of the image is blurred and not readable.  The
                      image we are now taking is archiving in a larger format than than the display
                      frame in your browser.  We are presently showing the image into your
                      browser at a resolution of 320 X 240 pixels and archiving at 640 X 480
                      pixels.  This does make the smaller text at the top of the image unreadable
                      in most case, sorry. 

• Where was the Lida Cam Located for the last images ?

            ans.  2001.  The Lida Cam was located on the second floor of the First National
                     Bank Annex building looking NW into the square of downtown
                     Manchester. It showed views of the Clay County Days Festival.
            ans.  2002.  The Lida Cam was street-level during Clay County Days.
                    Mostly within 150 feet of the C/C Library downtown.
                    * People called all over the country with cell phones to have relatives and
                    friends look in on them over their computer.  Some held up signs, one
                    might have been reminded of Good Morning America (well almost).        

• Sometimes my pictures looks dark of have spots?

            ans.  The sun passing during the day may cause some natural distortions.
            ans.  The sun can cause spots in the image especially in the late afternoons.
            ans.  It may be night, dusk, dawn, cloudy, or stormy here; the Lida Cam
                     lens aperture is set for optimum exposure considering these conditions.

• Sometimes I see lines or streaks up-down or across  the image?

            ans.  These are usually caused by the by sun light glaring off the windshields
                     and chrome of parked cars that may not be seen in the camera view.
                     As the sun or car move these should go away.
            ans.  Black lines running across may be power lines.  Others may be tree
                     branches.

• The image doesn't change?

            ans.  The Lida Cam may be changing to a new location or view and is not online.
            ans.  The Lida Cam may not be taking pictures at the time you are viewing and the
                     last image that the camera captured will continue to be displayed until
                     the cam starts uploading according to the schedule. (daylight).
            ans.  There may be no one working that day....or no activity (except passing cars)
            ans.  You may need to refresh your page by clicking the refresh button (F5).
            ans.  There may have been an interruption in the phone or electrical line.  In which
                     case the Lida Cam will attempt to redial until a connection is reestablished.
            ans.  Our cam is off-line when we are backing up files, changing or
                     updating, changing positions or locations.                           
            ans.  Older browsers may not be able to run the scripting for the image change;
                     click your refresh button or back then forward button.
            ans.  Web TV viewers have reported the most trouble viewing images.
            ans.  Your isp [not us] may have disconnected you (bumped).

• It takes my browser a long time to load the image?

            ans.  Picture files are larger files and take a few moments longer to load.
            ans.  The internet may at certain times be congested causing a time out or
                     slow down in the rate that bytes are able to transfer.
            ans.  If your modem (28. or 33bps.) or your local gateway line connection is slow,
                     images will load slow.
            ans.  During peak viewing times the refreshing of images may also be a little slower.

• Do you have any archived pictures of past events?

            ans.  Yes, see We say You Downtown.  However,  are working on a program
                     to archive cam pictures online for viewer printing and hope to have it
                     running very soon.
            ans.  Yes, we now have a carload of courthouse images archived and will
                     soon have a collection of images put together.  We hope to have a time-
                     lapsed collection available soon too.  We hope to add some video
                     interviews, comments, and responses to the collection.

• Is this the only cam?  Are other cams planned?

            ans.  We have 3 other cams that we can make available.  Watch the site for info.

• Troubleshooting

            ans.  If Image does not change check the picture time. You must refresh your page
                    to see if the refreshing countdown rate or picture rate has been modified since
                    your last visit (MS users-- the F5 button on your keyboard).
            ans.  We change the image taking frequency daily to reflect the amount of
                    activity at the site.

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