Todd Troxell, a research programmer with the Scripps Institute of Oceanography aboard the research vessel R/V Melville has created this Google Maps application which shows the current location of the ship. The tool is just in beta, but it does show the general vicinity of where the ship is and where it has traveled.
This application of Google Maps is interesting since most all of the Google Maps mash-ups and applications that have been created using the Google Maps API have been aggregating data from land based locations. This shows that the Google Maps API can also be used for locations at sea as well.
Note: Todd tells me that the ship and her crew are currently in port right now in Honolulu after 11 days at sea so you may not see the ship icon moving very much..
5 comments:
Nice! The script wasnt that bad either :)
please how are my going to search for a particula ship? or if you know other website wish i can use to search for a ship please help me. mideboyforu@yahoo.com
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) requires all vessels over 299GT to carry an AIS (Automatic Identification System) transponder on board, which transmits data on position, speed and course, among some other static information, such as the vessel’s name, dimensions and voyage details.
Check out this post: http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2008/07/real-time-ship-tracking-on-google-maps.html
Im looking for a small ship I worked on in the 60's shes the MV Taupata working the NZ coast at that time. I believe shes still working if anyone has any imnformation please contact me jimcafe2000@yahoo.com thank you
My dad owned the Taupata in the 1960's. It sailed from Lytellton New Zealand to the Chatham Islands and Seychelles islands for crayfishing. It then went over to Australia, was seen in Sydney in 70's apparently and listed in Lloyds Supplement as a pleaseure craft in June 1980. We are trying to find it but cant get any decent leads. My dad is 75 in August and we want to be able to take him to it" Does anyone know where she is???
Post a Comment