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Read the comments/instructions within the file for setting your own options.
Enjoy.
Read the article: http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2007/01/track_cruise_ships_i.html
Cruiseships Europa and Victoria at the same dock on Tenerife
click here in case attachment doesn't work
Edited by svens (02/03/08 02:41 PM)
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much improved
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My 5 stars also.
Great work, svens!
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Super job  . The on-board views make it even better 5 globes from me.
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Well, thanks.
But be aware it's just a remake of the 2D version as mentioned in http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2005/10/cruise_ship_pos.html
I like very much the 'Menu' -> activating nwl Follow ShipName will set or change the Cruise to follow; nwl Follow none will deactivate it.
These nwl's do not much more than change the name and href of nwl Updating Cruises/Following ...
Any other option could be set use these technics. I'll do solater.
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Great jobs, but may be a little "courtesy" to glooton will be appreciated...
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Will do ... done
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Edited by svens (01/18/07 12:28 PM)
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The last couple of days, the server I get my data from, seems offline every now and then, resulting in errors. I think I made a work around.
On the first message in this thread, I added a status image:
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The networklink will load older data instead of giving errors.
Also, I added a choice of models, since some people seem to think the original was to large (in details), others might prefer to sail the Titanic (2).
more than 3000 downloads allready!
Keep enjoying!
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Hi,
I made a similar network link with 3D models of ships last summer. It was only in German, but I have translated it now. You can find it under the following link:
3D cruise ships
You can fly to a ship's view by double clicking its icon on the left. You get some information (current route, possibly a web cam picture etc.) by single clicking on the company logo above the ship then.
Have fun!
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It's great! It's overlapping mine, but I like my model better.
What I don't understand is the size of the model, it's covering a very large area, but the ship is only in a small corner of it?!
I reckon you should aim your model a bit more north.
A third thing is time. Its seems to be your local time, when your application gathered the information, rather than the local time of the ship.
Alltogether a great collection.
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Hi svens,
thanks for your feedback! I also think your application is pretty neat, but somehow I don't like the ship from 3D warehouse (it's called Freedom of the Seas there, but doesn't resemble that ship at all IMHO). But that's a question of taste...
It would of course be great to have more models, so if anyone feels inclined to model "their" ship, they're free to send me the model and I will include it.
I guess there is still great potential for improved models. I must say I only invested one night (about 6 hrs) into learning how to use SketchUp (v5 then) and designing this ship from scratch. I experimented with using an image file as an overlay but then gave up since I could not make it fit the model.
How can you actually see the size of the model? Did you open it in a modelling application? What do you mean by "I reckon you should aim your model a bit more north."? The displayed models actually have the course of the real ship. The view which you fly to is not directly from the bow or stern, but 15° off to provide a better view of the whole ship.
The displayed times are indeed the local time (GMT+1) in order to indicate how current the position is, if the position is not calculated but actually gathered from the web.
Cheers
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Hi 3Dships,
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How can you actually see the size of the model? Did you open it in a modelling application?
If you open the properties of the model within GE, you'll see what I mean: The whole surface included in the model will be colored. You then can alter for example its altitude.
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What do you mean by "I reckon you should aim your model a bit more north."?
Looking the model in property mode, I noted the ship itself is not exactly in the same direction as the whole model surface (the ship itself is in the left side bottom corner, with a sligth angle towards east - supposing the whole model is pointing straigth north). I usually locate models at lat,lon 0,0 with heading 0 (straigth north). In Sketchup this means the one has to switch front and back view.
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The displayed models actually have the course of the real ship. The view which you fly to is not directly from the bow or stern, but 15° off tio provide a better view of the whole ship.
I did the same with the view angle, users can change this though by editing the updaters href.
Of course I had both our (your and mine) ship trackers on, when I noted their headings differ. So where I am confinced mine is correct, the difference seems to be the same as the difference between the heading of your model and the heading of the ship within your model.
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The displayed times are indeed the local time (GMT+1) in order to indicate how current the position is, if the position is not calculated but actually gathered from the web.
The latest php version can supply local time of a given lat,lon position.
bye, Sven
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Since the source had been changed, this link was generating errors.
It has been restored.
You might also be interested in 3D moving planes
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