A remote imaging system for the unattended acquisition of image data at a first site and wireless transmission of the image data to a remote Internet server via a cellular modem. The system includes at least one analog video camera and a first frame grabber to receive image data in analog format from the video camera and convert the image data to digital format for transmission over the Internet. The invention also includes a method of automatically selecting images for storage. The method includes steps of acquiring a plurality of images of an area, comparing each image against first predetermined criteria, and separating each image that meets said first predetermined criteria from images that do not.