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May
There’s now new ocean technology available that could help mariners better navigate the ocean by visually assessing its conditions. British Columbia startup MarineLabs Data Systems has introduced a BuoyCam service that gives subscribers “360-degree, real-time views” of the ocean by using images from sensors situated along coastlines, the company announced May 17. Paired with other MarineLabs data, users can get access to the images using MarineLabs’ CoastAware platform on a desktop or smartphone and selecting the camera icon for a specific buoy to see 360-degree images from that location. The info is refreshed in CoastAware every 15 minutes. The BuoyCam…