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QAIS is a new plugin that adds live vessel data (e.g. from a dAISy AIS Receiver) to QGIS, an open source project for spatial visualization. Something for you GIS nerds 🤓 spatial-exploration.com/QAIS.html

Beautiful AIS display, built with Raspberry Pi Zero, ePaper display, and a dAISy Mini reddit.com/r/raspberry_pi…

Not sure about the life lesson, but a good day for a celebratory humble brag 🥳

So here we are, 10 years later. Over 10'000 units of dAISy and its variants were sent off to track ships around the world. They went to all the famous port cities, but also some more obscure places like Kadavu and Korsakov.

On this day 10 years ago, I opened my @tindie store to sell the dAISy AIS receiver. It was just my fun electronics project, but random people in a forum insisted on throwing money at me.

AIS Friends is a new volunteer driven AIS network: aisfriends.com We’re not affiliated, but like their website, and while coverage is limited they seem to be off to a good start

After one year with hardware in a drawer, finally I setup my AIS receiver. Nice reception with Daisy2+ from @WegmattLLC , and better user support. thanks @AdiStuder for recommend AisDispatcher instead of Kplex. Nice Job.

Just stumbled across AISVis, an open source project out of Dalhousie University in Halifax with the goal of building a toolbox for AIS data processing github.com/AISViz

Need to generate AIS RF signal for testing your receiver? This project does that with a HackRF, LORA module, or even just a spare Raspberry Pi GPIO ‼️ github.com/limerickcabin/…

We recently wrote some Python code to “fix” Seatalk1 on the Raspberry Pi 5. Happy to see that the code made it into the wild 😎 youtu.be/36y9coc17Lc

🌊⚓ Excited to unveil my latest post. Dive into the world of boat connectivity by integrating Starlink and Victron systems. From live-tracking to monitoring, discover how these technologies are reshaping boating adventures!🚤📡#BoatTech #Starlink #Victron svrenaissance.com/starlink-and-v…

Integrate your AIS stats with Home Assistant: community.home-assistant.io/t/integration-… Why? Why not! ⛴️🤓

Am I going crazy? 🤪 Or is Raspberry Pi constantly changing how to enable UART on GPIO 14/15 on a Pi4, and under what name it will show up in /dev ? I'm about to update the documentation for the dAISy HAT for the 3rd time in 6 months. Very frustrating for new users.

simpleais, my favorite library to process AIS data in Python, just got an update, now supporting Windows COM ports as AIS source. It also has handy command-line tools for decoding, filtering, etc., including an old-school ASCII map pypi.org/project/simple… github.com/wpietri/simple…

Over the last year, we collaborated with OpenMarine to develop the MacArthur HAT, an add-on board for the Raspberry Pi to connect marine electronic devices and sensors supported by OpenPlotter. Going on sale Saturday February 10, 17:00 UTC github.com/OpenMarine/Mac…

@WegmattLLC New AIS receiver upgrade, covering El Salvador coast, part of Honduras and Nicaragua pacific ocean. 73 de TI3GB

This study uses AIS, SAR and machine learning to find out how much marine traffic is missing from public tracking systems nature.com/articles/s4158…

The Carolina Cartography Collective built an exhibit at the Fortín de Conde Mirasol in Vieques, Puerto Rico, that used one of our AIS receivers to track the comings and goings of ferries. carolinacartography.org/geovisualizing…

On this day 10 years ago the dAISy AIS Receiver project was born! I designed a simple breakout board for the @siliconlabs Si4362 and ordered it from @oshpark oshpark.com/shared_project… My first custom PCB!

From @planet a beautifully illustrated rundown of ship tracking via satellite imagery, from surveillance of sanction busters to ship graveyards.