Watch Boats In Real Time

This site, although still in beta, shows boat traffic in the San Francisco bay in real time. You can see different boats and ships move around the bay over the course of a half an hour. There’s a handy speed adjustment to make them move faster or slower. If you move your pointer over one of the arrows, you can get information about the boats movement speed, size, and destination. If you click on the table below the map, you can watch individual ships move about.

I’m of three or four minds about this site. On the one hand, I think it’s a pretty cool implementation of real-time data. On the other hand, it’s kinda scary what you can find out in real-time. And on the third hand its just cool to watch!