View Full Version : RE: Unmanned Sailboat . . . Track with GPS



firefighterjake
06-20-2008, 01:11 PM
This may be of mild interest to some folks . . . a fellow in Belfast has built and released two unmanned four foot sailboats equipped with GPS transmitters that you can track as they attempt to cross the Atlantic to France . . . so far they appear to be going the wrong way.

More info on the boats:

http://www.villagesoup.com/Business/story.cfm?storyid=115056&CFID=21629184&CFTOKEN=30513982

To track the boats:

http://charthorizon.com/m/cz/map?vessels=_ALL_VESSELS&history=Latest_position&v_scope=Unmanned_Mini-Transat

www.iboattrack.com (http://www.iboattrack.com)

Kaching Karen
06-20-2008, 02:39 PM
That's really interesting. If I were a classroom teacher, I'd have fun putting this in my curriculum.

Sudonim
06-20-2008, 03:55 PM
. . . so far they appear to be going the wrong way.



Must be using Magellans...

squirrelcache
06-20-2008, 04:03 PM
Thank you for posting this........just put it in my curriculum and the kids love it.