Airplanes!

[VS]

If this isn't awesome, what is?

http://www.flightradar24.com/

[vilvoh]

iirc, there was another similar system that tracks shipping..

[Zeno]

WOW! That's superb! click-click-click-click...everywhere!!! 

[Isaac Eiland-Hall]

If this isn't awesome, what is?

Well, there's always the--what? Why are you looking at me like that?

...kidding. That *is* awesome.

[VS]

I also received a link to the same kind of page for ships...
http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/

[sdog]

i just found one of the ships that's cruising with 48 kn through the saudi arabian desert! perhaps a race camel (ship-of-the-desert)? or maybe it's related to the initial topic: a zeppelin, the size would be more apropriate.

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URAXHHH0T-5?C!R

Vessel's Details

Ship Type: Local Vessel
Status: Underway
Speed/Course: 48.5 kn / 0˚
Length x Breadth: 284 m X 16 m
Draught: 13 m
Destination: BH?L3^J^TT
Received (156): 0h 18min 19s ago
(AIS Source: Martin)


[werl]

AWESOME love the pages. never thought these would exist.
@sdog weird

[gauthier]

wow, incredible 
where do they get such informations :/

[werl]

it's not hard. they have a transponder that tells them where the planes are and the info from air traffic control

[PatrickN]

Is that kind of like flightaware.com?