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Webcasting From Challenging Locations

Authors:
Ronald Marsh
Timothy Young

Keywords: webcast; solar and lunar eclipses; social media

Abstract:
This paper will discuss the issues associated with webcasting from remote and challenging locations using open source software. Issues discussed will include the pros and cons of point-to-point versus multicasting, the use of commercial software versus open source, website design criteria, and some of the technical issues (network bandwidth requirements, chat room and webpage configuration). The authors have experience in setting up and conducting webcasts of astronomical events which have been broadcast from nine different countries as part of the Sun Earth Moon system (SEMs) project - a public outreach and informal learning project developed at the University of North Dakota (UND). The system developed is also being used to evaluate an unmanned aircraft system in support of Defense Support of Civil Authorities.

Pages: 1 to 6

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2011

Publication date: September 25, 2011

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4162

ISBN: 978-1-61208-157-1

Location: Rome, Italy

Dates: from September 25, 2011 to September 30, 2011