Below are the links to RSS and KML data feeds, which provide access to current data.
| RSS Feeds | |
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| Current data from | Choose a reader |
| Jamestown |
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| Potomac |
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| Patapsco |
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| Stingray Point |
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| Susquehanna |
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| Norfolk |
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| KML Feed | |
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| All Buoys |
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An RSS reader is another phrase for aggregator, news aggregator, or feed reader and is software that uses web feed to retrieve syndicated web content such as blogs, podcasts, vlogs, and mainstream mass media websites, or in the case of a search aggregator, a customized set of search results.
Aggregators reduce the time and effort needed to regularly check websites for updates, creating a unique information space or "personal newspaper." Once subscribed to a feed, an aggregator is able to check for new content at user-determined intervals and retrieve the update. The content is sometimes described as being "pulled" to the subscriber, as opposed to "pushed" with email or IM. Unlike recipients of some "pushed" information, the aggregator user can easily unsubscribe from a feed.
Here is a link to several News Readers that might help get you started.
A KML feed is another aggregator that allows an application to use data which is placed as an overlay onto something such as a map or globe.
Here is a link to a KML application Google Earth that might help get you started.