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Re: [gpsd-dev] AIS NMEA TAG Blocks
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Eric S. Raymond |
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Re: [gpsd-dev] AIS NMEA TAG Blocks |
Date: |
Mon, 25 Aug 2014 00:30:28 -0400 |
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Roy Barkas <address@hidden>:
> I have several million examples of real-world tag block usage and a pretty
> good handle on the tag block meaning.
>
> Would you like me to send the info and a sample of actual messages with tag
> blocks to you?
Yes, test sentences *with explanations of how they decode* are always useful.
Without, not so much.
If you think you can rewrite the section on tag blocks to be more complete
and correct, please do.
Now would be a good time to add those fields to the AIS structure, since
we have a libgps compaibility break happening anyway for other reasons.
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<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>