ship spotting

Popular services like marinetraffic.com or vesselfinder.com do rely on numerous AIS station around the world.
Volunteers are collecting AIS-data within reach of their receivers and pass them to the servers. There are still areas, not yet covered!
A receiving station can be set up inexpensively: Internet connection, RaspberryPI, DVB-T stick and an old TV antenna on the roof are sufficient.… Continue reading