Why is the information at the Peace Arch border crossing and Pacific Truck crossing in English sometimes differ slightly from that in French?
A. Every 5 minutes, or upon any delay change, the ATIS system automatically creates all 8 gif images shown on both ATIS web sites sequentially, starting with English images, then French. Each gif image contains the ATIS system date & time when the image was created. Depending on how busy the ATIS server is, the time shown in each image may differ by a few seconds. Q. The web cam at Peace Arch seems to be updated less often than the Pacific crossing web cam, which is updated every 2 or 3 minutes, at least in French. Can it not be made more consistent and reliable? A. The ATIS system uploads all 8 images created to the web server at the same time to ensure consistency between the English and French ATIS web sites. Inconsistency between the English and French website may occur if one’s browser displays older cached images. Browser settings can be changed to always reload images upon a website visit or via a hard page refresh (for IE and FireFox, hold the “Ctrl” key down, then press the “F
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