May 19, 2009
Cruise ship pulling into Shem Creek
NO, it’s not an April Fool’s joke in the middle of May, but thanks to PlanetInAction (via gearthblog), this amazing FREE Ship Simulator game lets you take the helm of several kinds of ships, including:
- an airship,
- a fuel ship,
- a container ship, and
- the Queen Mary 2 cruise ship!
What’s really amazing is the realism and visual & sound effects, which are based on Google Earth’s new visualization platform. It looks like the Charleston cruise ship business we’re hearing may move to Mt. Pleasant is now one step closer – something that would fit in great for Shem Creek Park patrons (if the water were deep enough of course) – people could just hang out in the park against the ocean and jump on their cruise ship to wherever when it leaves!
Back to reality, here’s a short video about “Ships”:
Thanks to Google’s latest Earth API release, it all runs in your browser via a geplugin.exe – which is currently using 23852K of RAM on my system – if you have the goods, it sure is cool!
UPDATE: Celebrity Cruises to call on Charleston – Celebrity Cruises has announced new sailings to the Caribbean from the Port of Charleston, a needed boon as the S.C. State Ports Authority bids adieu to its largest cruise customer, Norwegian Majesty. This fall, Celebrity Cruises marks its return to Charleston, kicking off a series of port calls that will continue through early next year and resume next fall. Norwegian Majesty made its last stop in Charleston on Friday.
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