Broad cast table top via webcam on Roll20

Hi folks, very new to Roll20. I play with a group who is in another state - we all used to play together, but i had to move. We tried a Skype solution the other day, and though it went fine, I know there has to be a better way.  I came across Roll20 looking for that way. Since I am the only remote player, having present players all bring laptops to play just so I can play doesn't seem like a good solution.  What I would like to see is a way to broadcast the play area on a Roll20 map which I could superimpose my token over a miniature to show my intended movement instead of trying to describe where I want to move my miniature.  This way, only the DM would need to have a laptop with the Roll20 app running; and a camera pointing down onto the map. Is this possible with Roll20?

You could have your GM take a photograph of their maps; place those photographs on the Tabletop, and adjust the position of your physical miniature in correspondence to your Token's movement.

Honestly, for that sort of circumstance, you might be better off with some kind of image sharing that allows annotations on screen by others.  Google Hangouts certainly gives you the option to make drawings on another person's image and could be used to communicate the location you want to move, then cleared away to proceed.

Thanks for the quick responses. Google Hangouts might be the way to go to achieve what I am seeking. Though it might be a neat addin for the Roll20 to support such a feature.

Silvyre said: You could have your GM take a photograph of their maps; place those photographs on the Tabletop, and adjust the position of your physical miniature in correspondence to your Token's movement. I was taking screen shots from Skype, marking them up in Paint.Net, and then posting them in the comments.