On Mon, 11 Sep 2017 17:29:36 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 9/11/2017 4:59 PM, John H wrote:
On Monday, September 11, 2017 at 2:43:07 PM UTC-4, justan wrote:
https://twitter.com/i/videos/tweet/789970623871279104
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Firefox wouldn't handle it, but Chrome did just fine. Loved it. Thanks!



Played fine on Firefox and Win 10 for me.

BTW ... Have you tried the "new" Google Earth specifically designed for
Chrome? Really is very, very good.

I have the regular "Google Earth Pro" for Microsoft Edge and Firefox.
I have Chrome installed on the Win 10 computer as well, so I tried
"Google Earth for Chrome" as well. Much superior to the standard Google
Earth.

Oh ... taking a tip from Wayne:

My daughter was complaining that she never knows where my grandson's
Coast Guard Cutter is when they are deployed. The crew is not allowed
to send info as to their location, which is understandable. My daughter
was telling me that she'd love to see his cutter going through the Cape
Cod Canal when either leaving for a cruise or returning. It was due to
return yesterday following a lengthy patrol.

Anyway, I was thinking about the AIS system that Wayne has described and
uses. For kicks, I opened the website "marinetraffic.com" yesterday and
sure enough, located his cutter yesterday as it was making it's way back
to it's home port in New Hampshire/Maine. It had already passed through
the canal and was just north of Boston when I found it. Followed it's
progress for a while by repeatedly refreshing the browser. Then, this
morning, I checked again and found it tied up to the pier in it's home
port. I zoomed in on the satellite image and it shows the cutter tied
up in great detail ... to the point that you can see people walking
around on the pier.

Amazing technology!

Apparently unlike the Navy, the USCG cutters transmit the AIS
transponder. I just checked it again and the cutter is there but the
AIS signal is no longer being transmitted. Makes sense due to being
shutdown while in port.

Just tried it again on Firefox. Worked just fine.

I'll try the Google Earth. I use Chrome only to get tee times for our golfing group. The system was
set up to use MS Excell with Google. Won't work with Firefox at all.

Hope you got your daughter all squared away with marinetraffic.com. That's pretty cool.

On 9/12/2017 8:35 AM, John H wrote:
On Mon, 11 Sep 2017 17:29:36 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 9/11/2017 4:59 PM, John H wrote:
On Monday, September 11, 2017 at 2:43:07 PM UTC-4, justan wrote:
https://twitter.com/i/videos/tweet/789970623871279104
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x


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http://usenet.sinaapp.com/

Firefox wouldn't handle it, but Chrome did just fine. Loved it. Thanks!



Played fine on Firefox and Win 10 for me.

BTW ... Have you tried the "new" Google Earth specifically designed for
Chrome? Really is very, very good.

I have the regular "Google Earth Pro" for Microsoft Edge and Firefox.
I have Chrome installed on the Win 10 computer as well, so I tried
"Google Earth for Chrome" as well. Much superior to the standard Google
Earth.

Oh ... taking a tip from Wayne:

My daughter was complaining that she never knows where my grandson's
Coast Guard Cutter is when they are deployed. The crew is not allowed
to send info as to their location, which is understandable. My daughter
was telling me that she'd love to see his cutter going through the Cape
Cod Canal when either leaving for a cruise or returning. It was due to
return yesterday following a lengthy patrol.

Anyway, I was thinking about the AIS system that Wayne has described and
uses. For kicks, I opened the website "marinetraffic.com" yesterday and
sure enough, located his cutter yesterday as it was making it's way back
to it's home port in New Hampshire/Maine. It had already passed through
the canal and was just north of Boston when I found it. Followed it's
progress for a while by repeatedly refreshing the browser. Then, this
morning, I checked again and found it tied up to the pier in it's home
port. I zoomed in on the satellite image and it shows the cutter tied
up in great detail ... to the point that you can see people walking
around on the pier.

Amazing technology!

Apparently unlike the Navy, the USCG cutters transmit the AIS
transponder. I just checked it again and the cutter is there but the
AIS signal is no longer being transmitted. Makes sense due to being
shutdown while in port.

Just tried it again on Firefox. Worked just fine.

I'll try the Google Earth. I use Chrome only to get tee times for our golfing group. The system was
set up to use MS Excell with Google. Won't work with Firefox at all.

Hope you got your daughter all squared away with marinetraffic.com. That's pretty cool.



If you open Chrome, google for "Google Earth for Chrome". It loads
from the web, not from your computer.