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Saturday, 3 December 2011

#Track Santa online: NORAD+Google maps+Google Earth

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I am 19 but i still feel like a kid on Christmas. Well its the tech that is more interesting to me at this age not the presents. Now track Santa online as he leaves North Pole to your chimmney. This is made possible by North American Aerospace Defense Command or NORAD.


The countdown to track Santa has already begun. Visit www.noradsanta.org the entire month of December to play holiday games and learn fun facts about NORAD and Santa. Set a reminder for 2 a.m. EST on December 24 to start tracking Santa in real-time on the website using Google Maps, and in 3D with Google Earth. If your phone is handy on Christmas Eve, you can also search for [santa] on Google Maps for mobile to track his journey on the go. 


This is what the site has to say about this tradition.


For more than 50 years, NORAD and its predecessor, the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) have tracked Santa’s flight.
The tradition began in 1955 after a Colorado Springs-based Sears Roebuck & Co. advertisement for children to call Santa misprinted the telephone number. Instead of reaching Santa, the phone number put kids through to the CONAD Commander-in-Chief’s operations "hotline." The Director of Operations at the time, Colonel Harry Shoup, had his staff check the radar for indications of Santa making his way south from the North Pole. Children who called were given updates on his location, and a tradition was born.
Check out the 2010 Santa tracking video.

Didnt try it last year but this time i am not gonna miss it.

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