I wouldn't mind pitching in on this, but as far as leading the project, or anything of that caliber, I probably don't have the time to organize such a task. However, I'm very interested in helping out with this effort, and may know of another soul as well. So whatever happens, please keep me informed. Wes
On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 7:32 AM, Stuart Buchanan <stuar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > I recently came across http://www.marinetraffic.com/, which tracks > shipping by means of their AIS transmitter, which all vessels over 299 > gross tonnes must carry. > > The data is transmitted by radio and includes position, speed, course, > rate of turn, as well as the vessel type, dimensions etcs.. The > project collects the data from various volunteer receivers and > collates it into a DB, and provides mash-ups over Google maps etc. > > I think there could be a very nice little project to incorporate a > data feed from their server through a proxy and into our MP network, > displaying marine traffic in real-time. This would completely obviate > the need for AI shipping routes, and at a stroke, the sea in FG would > become accurately populated. > > Unlike aircraft transmitting ADS-B updates, shipping is quite slow > slow and therefore has less of an interpolation problem, pluss it > doesn't really need to interact with our aircraft*, so this seems a > very good fit. > > Their tracking software is GPL, so one would hope that they would have > some sympathy with us, plus it would provide a way for them to > visualize their data. > > The only major downside I can see is that some ports are obviously > very busy - a quick look at Antwerp showed over 1000 vessels in a 50nm > radius. I guess this would have a significant impact on the MP > protocol, However, on the plus side, the ship models themselves are > very simple and wouldn't have any animations, so one would hope that > the frame-rate hit would be reasonable. > > Anyone particularly interested in taking this further? I may look at > it myself, and at least engage the people running the project, but > don't expect any quick results! > > -Stuart > > * I guess technically a boat might have to give way to a seaplane, > just as a motor vessel should give way to a sailboat. However I am > reliably informed that size does matter in these cases :) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The Next 800 Companies to Lead America's Growth: New Video Whitepaper > David G. Thomson, author of the best-selling book "Blueprint to a > Billion" shares his insights and actions to help propel your > business during the next growth cycle. Listen Now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/SAP-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Next 800 Companies to Lead America's Growth: New Video Whitepaper David G. Thomson, author of the best-selling book "Blueprint to a Billion" shares his insights and actions to help propel your business during the next growth cycle. Listen Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/SAP-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
