Google earth is quickly becoming an amazing product. You can track Tropical Storms, inspect subsea objects and view AIS (vessel tracking) data.
Now google has added another layer, the celestial sphere. Watch the video below to see how this works:
If anyone has figured out how to to use google sky for celestial navigation at sea (or any other navigation use… like voyage planning), please send me an email.
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1 Ben // Aug 23, 2007 at 5:24 pm
John, Check out EarthENC, info here:
http://tinyurl.com/2b2yu8
Also Shine Micro has Google Earth AIS coverage of Puget Sound, Long Island Sound, and more. You have to register and go to the Google Beta site:
http://www.shinemicro.com/Logon.asp
2 John // Aug 23, 2007 at 11:05 pm
Good information, thanks Ben!
3 Google Earth for Astronomers | Navagear.com // Aug 24, 2007 at 9:29 am
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