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Sunday, December 9, 2007
Interesting

Cosco Busan – ECDIS Tracking w/ Google Maps

So the gCaptain team has been exceptionally busy in the last few weeks and we have the Cosco Busan partially to thank. In addition to the server traffic and

December 9, 2007
Total Views: 100

Sunday, November 11, 2007
Incidents

Follow the path of the Cosco Busan

UPDATE: BoatingSF has a new animation that can be found here: COSCO BUSAN’S TRACK – UPDATED _________________ Our friend John of VesselTrax.com

November 11, 2007
Total Views: 135

Sunday, October 28, 2007
Uncategorized

gCaptain invites you to Pownce

gCaptain friend and Head Designer over at Digg.com, Daniel Burka, bumped up our number of friend request for the social networking / messaging site Pownce.com.

October 28, 2007
Total Views: 13

Friday, October 26, 2007
gCaptain

gCaptain Now On Facebook

You are all welcome to join our new gCaptain group on facebook: LINK If there are any facebook developers out there who is willing to do some good for

October 26, 2007
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Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Ports

Google World Port Map

Do you think you can name this port? If so visit HERE to vote. This google map is brought to you by World Port Source which provides interactive satellite

October 23, 2007
Total Views: 334

Sunday, October 21, 2007
Uncategorized

Watch your….. finances – Mint

Last week I signed up for the new web service MINT and I’m impressed. The new takes your financial information and breaks it down by cost. Why is this

October 21, 2007
Total Views: 2

Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Weather

Hurricane Tracking Mashup

Here is a list of gCaptain’s picks for the most interesting ways to track Hurricanes. 1) IBISeye.com’s Hurricane Tracker. Click on past and future

September 18, 2007
Total Views: 6

Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Uncategorized

Google Maps – Maritime Mashup

Google has released a new Mash-up feature for their Maps service. Basically anyone can put together a map and submit it to google. Then users can overlay

September 11, 2007
Total Views: 77

Thursday, August 23, 2007
Interesting

Google Earth – New Sky Feature

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

August 23, 2007
Total Views: 6

Sunday, August 12, 2007
Uncategorized

A Mariner’s Telephone Prayers Answered

When I started sailing commercial ships (10+ years ago now) I made a promise to myself that I’d quit when my first child was born. Now as I write

August 12, 2007
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Tuesday, May 15, 2007
gCaptain

GMDSS or how I stopped worrying about and started to love/miss the Radio Officer

It think even those of us who are experts in technology are blow away by some of the capabilities today. Going to a Maritime Academy in the 90’s gave

May 15, 2007
Total Views: 24

Wednesday, May 9, 2007
gCaptain

Hidden Scoop

Here are some of the upcoming Discoverer posts. Be sure to vote on the ones you like! Will Virginia soon be entertaining big offers for its port terminals? The

May 9, 2007
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Tuesday, May 8, 2007
gCaptain

New To The Site? Watch our Video Tutorials

Here at gCaptain our mission is to bring you the latest tools from Web 2.0 as they relate to the Maritime Industry. The drawback? ….information overload.

May 8, 2007
Total Views: 5
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