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