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Article: CHESAPEAKE BOUY TO TALK VIA VERIZON WIRELESS DATA NETWORK.
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- RBOC Update
- Article date:
- September 1, 2007
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Chesapeake Bay watermen have long relied on buoys to help guide them through the Bay's channels and tributaries. A unique partnership between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Verizon Wireless is making a new generation of high-tech buoys "talk," helping even those far from the Bay's waters to experience the historic and environmental wonders of America's largest estuary.
On Thursday, July 26, the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office will deploy its third "smart buoy" as part of the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail -- the nation's first water-based national historic trail and newest national park. The buoy will be ...