The yachts in the Clipper Round the World 07/08 race have passed through the Panama Canal and are now heading towards Jamaica in 30 knot winds.
How do I know this?
Well - because I'm tracking the race in real-time on Google Maps.
And what a Google Map it is. Each yacht's path in the race is tracked on the map with a different coloured polyline and the yacht's real-time position is indicated by a colourful map tag. Which, all in all, makes for a rather beautiful looking map.
Clicking on the tag of an individual yacht reveals more detailed information about the yacht's progress, including the distance to the finish, the current latitude / longitude, heading and speed.
If that isn't enough you can even watch some professionally shot footage of the race on video. The video below shows The Western Australia heading towards Panama.
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1 comment:
HI,
Can You please let me know if you plotted the graph at run time or you manually inserted the destination and path of google maps. If you did it through code can you please share that with me.
I can be contacted at feeby42@ggmail.com
Thanks
Kunal
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