"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:47:05 -0800 (PST), Bob
wrote:

Here somthing I heard about.

https://buy.itunes.apple.com/WebObje...eemLandingPage

or maybe jsut click around for

iPhone app called Ship Finder

It seems that it only works in certain locations where they have shore
based data feeds, and of course you have to be within range of a cell
phone internet connection.

There's a demo video he

http://www.pinkfroot.com/

You can get something similar on your web browser for free:

http://marinetraffic.com/ais/default.aspx?centerx=30&centery=25&zoom=2&level1=1 40



I'm using the latter via my iphone by loading it via an iphone browser.
Works but it's hard to zoom, since the refresh rate is slow.

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