Posted on 01/27/2012 9:03:51 PM PST by gandalftb
John Konrad narrates this video of the navigation plotting of the Costa Concordia based on the AIS data via QPS Maritime Software.
(Excerpt) Read more at gcaptain.com ...
Right click your mouse and watch full screen to see the full map scaling changes as the ship approaches the rocks.
Very interesting and informative. Thanks for posting it.
The background noise on the video is annoying.
Gee whiz, that was great, thanks for posting!
Yeah, exactly wtf is going on there anyway.
AIS is the greatest navigation aid for boats of all sizes. I have a 45 foot trawler that a unit was installed 3 years ago. Very much like a “transponder in a airplane .
The units give the boat operator an position data accurate to about 10 feet.(class a units are the most accurate and required on most large commercial vessels. I would not be on the bay without one. Chesapeake bay, where I live is very full of big vessels, and can get scary around them. this is a web site for AIS that show all equipped ships on the oceans, etc. http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/#
My boat hails as betterpets.com . type it into the “ find ship” and it brings the boat up on a google type map. Great fun to watch boats on the bay.
This electronic device is gonna be required for most boats. The position is accurate to within 10 meters and enables rescue service to get to you in any weather.
ship ping
He must be using one of those older foot pedal operated computers. I had a sewing machine like that but I finally sold it.
Thanks for the info.
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I am surprised that none of the media has run with this video. AIS telemetry really lays out what happened far better than any media stories.
LoL
Thanks for the ping gandalftb.
Thanks gandalftb.
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Obviously, the ship's captain was a Walter Mitty character.
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