Thursday, June 4, 2015
Ten Things I Learned About The Sea
Ten things I have learned about the sea from lorenzo fonda on Vimeo.
An astoundingly fine 10 minute video from film director Lorenzo Fonda on his 17 day sea voyage aboard a container ship. Watch it full screen in HD if you can.
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Watching The Yachts...
Most of greatly enjoy being around water and boats. On those days when you're away from the water, how about looking at where the other guys are having fun.
This map provided the location of larger vessels and recreational boats and yachts having been equipped with an AIS transponder that send a VHF radio signal out to ground bases radio receivers. The ground receivers then transmit the data for display on computers or mobile devices.
The map can be moved to any area and customized with what can be viewed, including marinas and wind speeds and other items as well.
This map provided the location of larger vessels and recreational boats and yachts having been equipped with an AIS transponder that send a VHF radio signal out to ground bases radio receivers. The ground receivers then transmit the data for display on computers or mobile devices.
The map can be moved to any area and customized with what can be viewed, including marinas and wind speeds and other items as well.
Southwest Florida Online is sponsor participant with the MarineTraffic website, receiving vessel's radio signals allowing mapping of vessels on the move or moored along the waterways. Southwest Florida Online provides it's service to the area along the Caloosahatchee River surrounding Port LaBelle, Florida to show vessels traveling along that popular waterway.
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