Traffic in Schleswig-Holstein

Observe with your pupils in real time the traffic activities in and around Schleswig-Holstein, on the Kiel Canal and the Baltic Sea coast.

Ships and aircraft transmit in regular intervals data about the type of vehicle, their destination, and their current position. For ships in the area of the German North Sea, Baltic Sea, the Kiel Canal, and the port of Hamburg the data are received and displayed with GoogleEarth, updated every minute. Aircraft within 400 km distance of Schleswig-Holstein are displayed.

Example: ships in the port of Hamburg

View the positions with a web browser

The positions can be displayed with a web browser such as InternetExplorer or Firefox. The current positions are shown after a few moments.

View of the current positions and movements of ships in the vicinity of Kiel.

View the positions with GoogleEarth

GoogleEarth is a popular program to display satellite maps with additional data. The satellite maps are very accurate and often so detailed, that one may discern individual containers in a habour.
To put GoogleEarth on your computer, download the program and install it. Then you can download our file with the positions marks. A double click installs them in GoogleEarth, or you let GoogleEarth open at the mark.

Position marks for ships and aircraft currently in the vicinity of Kiel.

Examples

Ships in Hamburg habour

Ships in the Kiel fjord

Ships in Brunsbüttel

Ships in the Kiel Canal

Aircraft over the Baltic Sea

Ships and aircraft transmit in regular intervals data about the type of vehicle, their destination, and their current position. For ships in the area of the German North Sea, Baltic Sea, the Kiel Canal, and the port of Hamburg the data are received and displayed with GoogleEarth, updated every minute. Aircraft within 400 km distance of Schleswig-Holstein are displayed.
	Example: ships in the port of Hamburg