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October 05, 2005
Cruise Ship Positions and Web Cams
Costa Cruise ships ply the Mediterranean waters, now they ply the Google Earth Mediterranean. This network link 
shows the current position and recent tracks of the Costa Cruise Ships. When you click on a placemark you get current weather conditions for the ship, and a current "live" webcam photo from the ship. It's interesting to check in every few days and see the different locations the cruise ships are located and the resulting web cam picture. Some of the ships are experiencing bad weather, but don't worry - I'm sure there are plenty of fun things to do inside the ship. Put the link in your My Places folder and it will automatically update with the latest position and the latest web cam photos.
I'm not sure if this was created by the company themselves (found this in this post), but I think it is a good way to advertise the Costa Cruises. It would be even better if they included some quality marketing photos through the network link for each location automatically based on the ships current position or destination.
Posted by FrankTaylor at October 5, 2005 08:21 AM
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Posted by: ludwig at October 5, 2005 03:36 PM
A great idea by Costa Cruises.
Won't be long before all Cruise Lines and ofcourse
many private yachts can do the same.
Virtual-voyaging is certainly a reality!
Posted by: Bill McLeod at October 5, 2005 09:35 PM
Thanks, and the creator of this is not the costa company, but a small french company "Glooton", we have done this for the fun
Posted by: Glooton at October 19, 2005 01:25 PM
I turned the data into much of the same, but then in 3D, with possibility to follow any single one of the ships. Check it out at:
http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php?Number=749807
Posted by: Sven at January 10, 2007 09:05 PM
That's great!
Now my Google Earth is tuned up, great idea :)
I don't know how exactly this was put together, but it really tracks the ships, no doubt about that.
I was surprised to see even the smallest Mediterranean cruise ships tracked...
Amazing :D
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Posted by: Travel Talker at May 3, 2008 09:59 AM
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I dont know if this network link is made by the company, but I took a costa cruise last year and i was was surprised to find out that i could track their ships during the weeks previous to my trip, it was quite fun of course with the antiipation of the trip and then letting know other friends and relatives that they could keep track of us during my holidays. I think that this is an excellent use of googleearth.