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author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2009-12-07 17:51:18 +0000 |
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committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2009-12-07 17:51:18 +0000 |
commit | 4769980fb3152a9ef7860af01fde82939fb8f54f (patch) | |
tree | 58bed013b285534c9a5442fdf91fe44b2f32b66e | |
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download | gpsd-4769980fb3152a9ef7860af01fde82939fb8f54f.tar.gz |
Merge Peter Stoyanov's description.
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diff --git a/www/AIVDM.txt b/www/AIVDM.txt index 725f2bd7..5fe87569 100644 --- a/www/AIVDM.txt +++ b/www/AIVDM.txt @@ -92,12 +92,14 @@ the world. Some charge subscriptions; others offer time-delayed access for free and charge for a real-time feed. Still others are pool sites; you join by contributing your feed and receive all feeds. -AIS Hub (<<<AISHUB>>>) is a free, public AIS feed pool that is -open-source friendly, offering a Linux port in source of its software -for collecting and forwarding AIS data. Peter Stoyanov and the other -AIS Hub principals have generously donated a live feed to the GPSD -project despite the fact that I live 60 miles inland and cannot send -them anything interesting. +AIS Hub (<<<AISHUB>>>) is a free, public AIS feed pool. It provides +exchange of AIS data in raw NMEA format; all AISHub members share +their own AIS feed and receive the merged feed from all other +participating parties. It is open-source friendly, offering a Linux +port in source of its software for collecting and forwarding AIS +data. Peter Stoyanov and the other AIS Hub principals have generously +donated a live feed to the GPSD project despite the fact that I live +60 miles inland and cannot send them anything interesting. Some of what this document explains about the quirks of real-world encoders comes from examples provided by Kurt Schwehr. Other such |