[net-gold] [ResourceShelf] Newsletter 470
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Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:30:19 +0100
From: Gary Price <gary.price@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: jwne@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ResourceShelf] Newsletter 470
Off the Shelf: ResourceShelf Newsletter
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Number 470 August 26, 2010
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<http://digbig.com/5bcfdy> We're all familiar with examples of this;
real-time flight tracking is the one application that readily comes to
mind.
Well, how about real-time ship tracking? If you think that sounds
cool, you'll love the current Resource of the Week. Read on...
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Resource of the Week - MarineTraffic.com
By Shirl Kennedy, Senior Editor
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Real-time flight tracking on the Internet is old news. And many of us
are also familiar with various options for keeping track of trains or
buses. But what about tracking ships at sea?
OK, in all likelihood, this is not something most of us need to do on
a regular basis. But Gary passed along a link to MarineTraffic.com
last week, and I've been playing with it on and off since then.
When you first arrive at the site, what you see is a world map - the
Live Ships Map - dotted with lots of translucent gray box, each with a
number inside. Click on one of the boxes, in a part of the world
that's interesting to you, and you're quickly zoomed in to that part
of the map. And you see, in the water, an array of different colored
markers representing different types of ships. (They look more like
paper airplanes.) A color key is on the lefthand side of the page in
the form of checkboxes; by default, the map shows you all types of
ships, but if you want to restrict the view to, say, only passenger
vessels, just clear the checkmarks from the other boxes.
Already this is pretty cool, but it gets better...much better. Move your
cursor over one of the markers; a 'tool tip' bit of info appears,
giving you the name of the ship, how fast it's traveling, and its
compass directional heading (in degrees). And look what happens when
you click on one of the ships... an infobox! Most, but not all,
offer one or more photos of the actual vessel.
You can just click around the maps indefinitely, but there are other
ways to navigate here. At the top of the lefthand key are three
dropdown menus that allow you to go directly to any geographic area, a
specific port or a specific vessel. Or you can use the tabs at the top
to browse all ports and/or all vessels. The Gallery tab takes you to
all the ship photos. (They're searchable.) Here's Royal Caribbean's
Oasis of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship, that created such
a media blitz when it debuted last year. It was located at Ft.
Lauderdale's cruise port when I was writing this.
Let's see what other ships are in port at Ft. Lauderdale. Note that
the markers for ships in port are little squares. (There are lots of
nice yachts here. Click on the purple squares - on the actual map - to
find out about them them.)
An FAQ tells you everything you need to about this site.
This web site is part of an academic, open, community-based project.
It is dedicated in collecting and presenting data which are exploited
in research areas.... It provides free real-time information to the
public, about ship movements and ports, mainly across the coast-lines
of Europe and N.America. The project is currently hosted by the
Department of Product and Systems Design Engineering, University of
the Aegean, Greece.
The data comes from Automatic Identification System (AIS)
transponders.
AIS transponders on board vessels include a GPS (Global Positioning
System) receiver, which collects position and movement details. It
includes also a VHF transmitter, which transmits periodically this
information on two VHF channels....and make(s) this data available to
the public domain.
And it is, indeed, real-time.
Data received are uploaded in the database in real time and therefore
they are immediately available on the map and on other pages. However,
several positions shown on map may be not continuously refreshed (e.g.
when a ship goes out of range). Vessel positions shown on map may be
up to 1 hour old. Please note also that map web page is only
periodically refreshed or whenever the 'Refresh now' link is pressed
manually.
Don't overlook the Services link. Among other things, you can:
Register to create your own fleet and get SMS updates.
Access the site via mobile device.
Embed a live map of your area in your website.
View MarineTraffic.com in Google Earth.
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