Re: [gpsd-dev] Test coverage and AIS stuff

[Fulup Le Foll]

Chris,

I've used gpsd to build an AIShub. For this I wrote a small gpsd client (gpsd2udp) to reproduce AISdispatch functionality and feed MarineTraffic, ShipFinder, AisHub, ... from gpsd. This is in production and works. I proposed a patch few weeks ago, since then I made few improvements to support network failure and added more debug functionalities. If gpsd-dev is interested by this tool, I'm happy to provide it your community.

This being said to move forward and build a real AIShub service on top of GPSd we would need few extra feature on the AIS engine:

• A) Allow a client to register a moving reception zone for AIS with a client API to:
  
1. define the size of your reception zone (example 50NM to simulate the reception of a real boat)
2. move the centre of your reception (because your boat move or because you moved the map)
   
• B) Register a list of MMSI to track, in some case you are not interested in a zone, but in some specific MMSI (ex: tracking a fleet)

All those session flag could be send from the client to gpsd server through "gps_stream" or some equivalent API.

Fulup

Le 19/03/2013 04:47, Chris Gagneraud a écrit :

Hi all,

Just a quick email to let you know guys that I´m still interesting in adding test coverage capability to gpsd and maintaining the AIS code. I have been on holidays for a while without easy access to internet, I will keep touring for the next two month, after that I will  settle down in New Zealand and be back with you.

Keep on the good job!

Chris

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