Through the currents

May 18, 2014 7:25 AM

The SmartMime whale tracker lets you know where Hawaii's diverse population of whales are right now (not actually in real time, but based on migration data).
posted by Potomac Avenue (7 comments total)

Cool.
posted by Ahab at 8:11 AM on May 18, 2014 [1 favorite]

Cool.
posted by Ahab

ಠ_ಠ
posted by Celsius1414 at 8:30 AM on May 18, 2014 [6 favorites]

Actually, the Captain does bring up a good point -- it reminds me of that recent picture of a sign asking tourists to turn off the geotag function in their phones/cameras when taking pictures of rhinos, in order to thwart poachers.
posted by Celsius1414 at 8:36 AM on May 18, 2014 [2 favorites]

"Oh! Ahab," cried Starbuck, "not too late is it, even now, the third day, to desist. See! Moby Dick seeks thee not. It is thou, thou, that madly seekest him!"
posted by yoink at 9:15 AM on May 18, 2014 [1 favorite]

Actually, the Captain does bring up a good point -- it reminds me of that recent picture of a sign asking tourists to turn off the geotag function in their phones/cameras when taking pictures of rhinos, in order to thwart poachers.

Good luck enforcing that one. Will the whale be a casualty of Big Data forecasting I wonder?
posted by scunning at 10:40 AM on May 18, 2014

Can they also create a map of mimes? For mime avoidance purposes.
posted by Jahaza at 3:16 PM on May 18, 2014 [1 favorite]

Can they also create a map of mimes? For mime avoidance purposes.

If we ear-tagged them, we could keep them in check with invisible boxes and high winds.
posted by Celsius1414 at 9:33 AM on May 19, 2014 [1 favorite]