Perhaps you can make a small client application that ppl can use to send information about globals to your server.
The server doesn't have to parss all the information it recieves from the clients, but to return a stand by message if it has already 1-2 clients connected(or as much as it can handle). The client then will check back with the server ever few seconds, this way it doesn't create a huge traffic with the server.
I don't see any problem with breaking EULA with this, because the information will be gathered from all the players in
EU and the client doesn't interfere with Entropia Universe.
It might raise a problem of privacy, but if the person that installs the client will check a button to give his accept that he wants to send the images to the server, I think this will be solved too.
Perhaps in time there will be a dedicated server that handles all the clients and further development can be made to improve the usage of all the gathered data.
Just a few quick ideas from,
Sitram