ShipTracker ™ and ShipTracker 2.0
MTN Satellite Services provides its customers access to web-based monitoring tools that provide real-time system status and bandwidth usage reporting. MTN’s ShipTracker is an advanced, Web-based Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) system. ShipTracker offers the following features:
 | Site/Ship’s position (latitude/longitude) |
| Speed |
| Heading |
| Graphical location of ship |
| Graphical track of ship’s course |
| Satellite EbNo (signal strength) |
| Satellite footprint overlays |
| Regional weather charts from NASA’s web site |
| Data is derived from GPS attached to MTN system |
| Updates approximately every fifteen minutes |
ShipTracker 2.0 maintains the familiar look and feel of the original, but is based on Google Maps ™.
Below is a list of the major improvements and features of version 2.0:
| Supports zooming and panning of maps |
| Supports zooming with the mouse scroll wheel |
| Supports “Map”, “Satellite” and “Hybrid” views |
| Clicking on a ship from the “Fleet View” displays satellite and SNR (signal to noise ratio) information as well as a link to the “Ship Itinerary View” |
| The “Ship Itinerary View” displays a plot of the ship’s itinerary for the last 7 days along with current status (green=up, red=down) |
| Clicking on a ship in “Itinerary View” displays detailed GPS and satellite information |
| Clicking on the “Google” logo (bottom left side of the map) allows you to search for businesses and attractions near the ship |
| Many more features to come! |