Loco

Having just published Kate’s email, I wanted to show you where in the world she is, and how incredible technology is.

Not only have we been able to receive emails from the boat for the last three weeks, but the level of detail we can see with Googlemaps and the satellite tracking the boat is amazing.

• TOP: I’ve started fully zoomed out so you can see that they are in the middle of the Pacific:
• MIDDLE: Now here’s one showing the island that they’re anchored next to.
• BOTTOM: And finally here’s the really amazing one!

Note that the boat didn’t actually sail right across the island as the blue line suggests! The reason it goes across is because the satellite takes a reading every day or so and then draws a straight line between two points.

Thanks of course to Google for making all this possible. If you want to have a play around yourself, you can do so here.

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