> Curious if anyone knows for ocean container tracking, obviously they
use a GPS
> module to get the location, but for transmitting data back to the
"home" monitoring
> station, I would assume that a single satellite transmitter collects
data via wifi
> or some other network from each GPS unit?  I can't imagine any other
way of it
> working.  Anyone have knowledge on this?

Isn't it done by knowing what ship a container is placed on? I know
there are web sites where you can track ships in the ocean using the GPS
data they send back (apparently one of the sources of info Somalian
pirates use, from what I have heard) but I don't know the web site
address.
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