[ gpsdrive ] marine or aviation specific package

[Doug Robinson]

<On the fly rendering of S-57 ENC data via GDAL/OGR + OpenEV's libS52 is
amuch higher priority>

Oh I agree and the weather overlay is on my list as well.  As for the
hardware, I am going to upgrade to the ICOM radio anyway and all I need for
AIS is to receive.  Doesn't matter if you transmit, the salties on the
seaway are on auto pilot and they must be avoided at all cost.
(if the Border Patrol wakes up to the tracking possibilities this discussion
just might be moot anyway,  they would like full transponders but the FCC
hasn't got their act together).

Oh and there is AIS tracking code around so you  are correct in that it
could be integrated outside of GPSDrive.

//www.navicon.dk/web/normal.php?pageid=114
//www.sping.com/seaclear/
//www.rhppublishing.com/AIS06Presentations.html
//www.milltechmarine.com/products.htm
//www.katech.plus.com/katas/portable_range.htm


On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 8:53 AM, Hamish <hamish_b at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Doug Robinson wrote:
> > > But wait there is more:
> > > And instead of tracking your friends, this feature would be upgraded
> > > to integrate the AIS traffic.  All this would then be loaded on your
> > > smb stick and you would then have a portable solution that would
> > > turn your laptop (or in my case the XO machine) into real competition
> > > against the $4k marine gadget.
> Chris:
> > Ya nice thought...just kidding. You still need an AIS receiver and
> > transponder and they ain't cheap. I'm not sold on AIS in NA yet
> > as there are still some issues with it from my reading of various
> > sailing rags.
> > Seems the Ausies and Brits have worked this out whereas in NA (Canada
> > and the States) there still seems to be some wrangling going on. Could
> > be wrong however.
> >
> > The big stumbling block however would be to put this hardware in the
> > hands of developers dedicated to the task.
>
> by definition those with the hardware would be the driving force of the
> development. So I wouldn't worry about that aspect -- support without
> users is an academic exercise in window-shopping.
>
> And, FWIW, some of us happen to work for research institutions that
> operate their own ships.
>
> > As said, this stuff aint cheap. From a technical side, once the
> > standards are stabilized, the programming would not be that difficult
> > and could be done by talented hands and minds. Count me out, not a
> > programmer but any stretch of the imagination.
>
> I would guess that gpsd would be the place to code this, not directly
> into gpsdrive. Or at least a standalone AIS daemon.
>
> On the fly rendering of S-57 ENC data via GDAL/OGR + OpenEV's libS52 is a
> much higher priority to me than AIS or radar/weather overlay.
>
> (I had forgotten about the weather overlay task, must have a look at that
> again)
>
>
> Hamish
>
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