Documenting Construction Projects Using Timelapse Technology, A case study on control 8 system of Earthcam Co.

Document Type : Original Article

Abstract

This study reviews the Time-lapse technology provided by one of the world's 
leading manufacturers of high definition and precision cameras from 2006 to date, 
EarthCam Inc. The researcher did this in the light of one of the Saudi projects that 
have been used this technology in “Kingdom Tower” project in Jeddah city. The 
researcher has followed the descriptive research approach. This method is used to 
describe the characteristics of the phenomenon under study, and the researcher here 
did not answer questions about "how / when / why" these characteristics occurred, 
but rather the question of what or what the characteristics of this program and its 
advantages. The study also used the case study method, which is the control 8 
system which is invented by EarthCam USA, where the researcher analyzed as 
thoroughly as possible the characteristics of this system and its features.
On the results side, this study followed the results of the research of the software 
programs, which are among the types of "special solutions". The researcher reached 
some creative results and solutions for the field of documentation and control of the 
construction of the use of such cameras and modern technologies for multimedia.

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