The EarthNC National Buoy Data Center (NDBC) Buoy Weather Google Earth file displays hourly weather observations for U.S. and international lakes, coastlines, and oceans based on available feeds from the NDBC. This KML file is refreshed at approximately 30 minutes after the hour each hour. It will automatically refresh in Google Earth.
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Posted in Charts and Maps, EarthNC News, Featured Maps, Google Earth, Google Earth Marine Charts, Live Marine Data, Photos and Videos, Special Events, captbill, trips and routes on Jul 31st, 2008
Follow Captain Bill Foster as he delivers a Maxum 46 from New Buffalo, Michigan to Marco Island, Florida via the Great Lakes, Inland Waterways, and Gulf Intercoastal Waterway with the help of EarthNC Charts and Services.
Via the miracle of cell-based internet aircards, EarthNC will be receiving Capt Bill’s position and recent webcam images while he [...]
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EarthNC Online brings together a growing library of nautical-interest layers for Google Earth. Layers include basic marine approach and harbor charts (lights, buoys, markers,..), real-time weather, marine forecasts, AIS ship tracking, point-of-interest maps, EarthNC user-submitted information, and more. Accessing layers is simple, just load a single Google Earth link and select [...]
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EarthNC Online provides 3-day tide predictions for thousands of coastal locations. Simply turn on our EarthNC Online Tide Prediction layer in Google Earth and click on a Tide Icon to access that station’s prediction.
EarthNC Online provides real-time tide predictions for thousands of coastal locations.
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EarthNC Online offers a real-time updated map of US Marine Forecasts by zone for Google Earth. Just click on the Wave Icon in your zone of interest and the current marine forecast will appear in the pop-up window after a few seconds. We pull our marine data directly from NOAA when you click [...]
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Being coastal dwellers and boat owners ourselves, we don’t envy the greater Galveston area as they prepare for the impending Tropical Storm Humberto. Recreational boaters are no doubt scrambling to secure their vessels. It doesn’t take a hurricane to do major topside damage to canvas and super-structure when caught unprepared, and of course inadequate anchoring, [...]
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Posted in Live Marine Data on Jul 10th, 2007
EarthNC AIS Vessel Tracking for Google Earth (Beta)
EarthNC is working with leading AIS vendors to bring AIS tracking services to Google Earth. Our first partner, VesselTrax.com has provided a version of the AIS feed for Google Earth. The feed is updated every 1 to 4 hours.
We recommend trying out the VesselTrax.com AIS layer in conjunction [...]
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