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Super Whooper

Published on: October 18, 2007 by Paul Boag

I have seen a lot of Google maps mashups in my time but never one that tracks Merlin flying across the Atlantic.

Okay so that is a very misleading introduction. Merlin is in fact the name of a 7 year old Whooper Swan. He and 6 of his buddies are being tracked by satellite as they migrate from Iceland to Britain and Ireland.

Chris Sanderson one of our designers at Headscape has managed to take this tracking data and map it in real time on a Google Map. he has done a superb job and you should definitely check it out on the The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust website. It leaves you have the vague feeling that you are watching some intercontinental race. At the moment my money in on Merlin who is in second place to Fiachra but I notice that Fiachra's flight path has been a bit erratic so I am hoping he will get lost.

Map showing the migration of Whooper Swans

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  • Post by Brian Artka on October 18, 2007 8:02 PM

    Very cool find Paul. I love technology, and mashing it into a real time google map is even better. Very impressive. Shall we take some bets? lol.

  • Post by tom (dB) on October 18, 2007 8:28 PM

    hoping he will get lost! How about some compassion for the poor bird-ling. Hoping he comes in second would be a fairer comment!

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