[aprssig] AIS on aprs.fi
Jason Rausch
jason at ke4nyv.com
Fri Jun 13 15:10:38 EDT 2008
Has anyone else noticed the addition of AIS (Automatic
Identification System) data on aprs.fi? For those who
don't know what AIS is, it's a 9600 baud tracking
system for tracking commercial ships. The protocol is
patented, but can be decoded using ShipPlotter
(http://www.coaa.co.uk/shipplotter.htm)
Looks like they aprs.fi is looking for more costal
stations to feed the AIS data to the server. Pretty
neat.
Jason KE4NYV
RPC Electronics
www.rpc-electronics.com
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