WorldView
by Eric March on November 21, 2008 at 3:00 pm
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App Name: WorldView
Version: 1.1.0
Developer: Andreas Linde
Category: Utilities
Sure, you can get various scenic webcam viewers for various locales — traffic cams or just general webcams from around the world. But how about one that has over 6,000 of them in one app? With geolocation to bring you the cams nearest you? And the ability to bookmark favourites? And a list of top-rated featured cams? Random cam viewer? Search capabilities?
Yep. No doubt about it, WorldView is the ultimate webcam app for the armchair tourist. With thousands of webcams to choose from, you’ll never be at a loss to see what’s going on around the world or in your particular corner of it. Each cam features information about its location and distance from your current location, plus the info pane gives you the ability to bookmark, show its position on an embedded map (and from there the option to show it in the Google Maps app), open the cam’s web page, save the currently displayed cam image, or mail the cam to a friend.
When viewing a range of cams, they function much like the photos app, with landscape and portrait support, swipe to change cams, and tap to bring up a menu and cam information. It does seem to be missing most of the Toronto traffic cameras — EyesMTO and the like — but what’s there in my area is still pretty cool, and it’s fun viewing cameras elsewhere to see what’s going on there.
The images aren’t live in the sense that they’re updaed every few seconds; in fact, most cameras update only every 20 minutes to an hour or longer, so don’t expect streaming video feeds here (though that would be cool).
For anyone who likes watching webcams (not that kind) it would be pretty damn hard to beat WorldView — it already contains far more webcams than you’ll ever likely be able to view, and it’s got all the features you could want. As webcam viewers go, this is the one to beat, and as such, I grant it 5 stars and the nasty cold snap we’re getting in Toronto right now. Andreas can have it. All of it.
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