Why to cover my Area?
- because you will help the first free public spotter network. Be part of our community and help building a world wide coverage
- Because you will support an open 'community-based' project that provides free information for thousands interested parties and many ways to research maritime live
- Because you will use all functionalities of our site for free, for your area. Enjoy the real-time map, vessel tracks, and real time port traffic
- To put a real time map of your area, showing all vessel movements, in your own web site!
- To include yourselves in the list of our supporters. Ask us to acknowledge your participation in the project and to put a link to your personal or business web site
- To experiment with antennas, area coverage and ship watching if ships and/or amateur radio excite you as much as they excite us
Am I located in a proper area? And what will I need at my place?
- Any sea area in the world can be covered and shown on the real-time map. If you are located near an uncovered sea area (up to 10 miles from sea or more if at a high altitude), near a harbor or on top of a mountain (!) and you have a computer and any Internet connection always online, then you may start installing your AIS station.
- The VHF antenna need to be placed outside on a high vantage point in the area of interest. The higher the antenna is placed, the better the coverage range will be.
Are You already using Shipplotter software to see AIS data ?
--> then please read our Shipplotter Page for a "How To Share" description
Start immediately watching marine traffic in your area!
Just install an AIS Kit and send us your data through any Internet connection.
The Installation Kit
The Digital-Seas Installation Kit provides all of the equipment required for adding a new area. The package combines all of the hardware and software needed to connect your port to the Digital-Seas network.
All that is required locally is a power source, a high outdoor location to place the VHF antenna and a permanent connection to the Internet. Once connected and configured the received information will be displayed on Digital-Seas.com and converted to different formats to include in your website or display it with Google Earth.
Digital-Seas could provide all the necessary equipment including a high quality AIS receiver, whip antenna, serial to Ethernet server, and cables. Our team will come and install the equipment or ship it and walk you through the installation process.
Equipment List
The Digital-Seas Installation Kit contains the following items and services:
1. AIS receiver.
This is a passive, receive only unit for which no frequency permit or transmission license is required. We currently supply the SR162 dual channel AIS receiver.
2. The Antenna
90 cm VHF whip antenna antenna with 10 metres of high quality LMR400 'low loss' antenna cable. An antenna mounting kit is also included.
3. the DIGI One SP RS-232 to TCP/IP converter
with 10 metres of Ethernet cable. This device will transmit the AIS receiver's data to the Digital-Seas Internet server. No extra Computer, no power consuming devices. Always available, a very reliable device.
Technical Speaking:
AIS receiver
Typ:
Dimensions : Length: 115mm, Width: 75mm,
Height: 28mm
Weight : 400g
Connectors : Antenna BNC
Output port: 9 pin D socket
VHF Whip Antenna
Typ:
Length: 90 cm
Serial2IP Converter
Typ: DIGI One SP RS 232 to TCP/IP converter
Dimensions: 9 x 5 x 2 cm
Weight: 0.1 kg
Power supply
Input: 110 240 V~ 50 60 Hz 0.5 Euro connector
Comments:
Friday, 12-03-10 04:48
HOW CAN CHECK OUR VSL CALL TO SURABAYA PORT ( INDONESIA )? AND HO CHI MINH PORT AREA
TNKS
Wednesday, 17-02-10 09:28
Please add port of Durban, Republic of South Africa. It is the busiest port in africa.
Friday, 29-01-10 06:16
Please be informed that in Tuticorin Container Terminal, Tuticorin, South India (INTUT), almost 40+ container vessels calling at our terminal per month and many more break bulk / bulk etc at Tuticorin Port.
The location would for the Port would be 'South Eastern coast of India' at latitude 8o 45'N and longitude 78o 13'E.
The nearby hub port of Colombo (LKCMB) gets mother vessels calling worldwide destinations such as the EU, US, FE, AF regions...
The information generated in this part could also unwind the East - West routing & real time vessel movement to benefit the EXIM trade worldwide and mainly to the exporters in the Indian Subcontinent and the EU and US consignees.
Request your goodself to kindly cover the area to track the ships movements to have real time information please.
Thanks
Yours faithfully,
R Michael Fernando
Tuesday, 12-01-10 04:12
I am happy to share any AIS data when my receiver arrives from the UK. I at close to Sydney and have a place to set it up there, as the Sydney AIS currently is flakey and unreliable. (Currently it is not working and has not been for a month)
What software is recomended and can someone email me simple list of instructions??
Wednesday, 18-11-09 11:30
Very good information, but JOHOR BAHARU region (MALAYSIA) is not yet covered.
BRGDS.
Monday, 09-11-09 14:58
who can tell me the exact location of Grand Legacy anh to track in the site.
Thursday, 05-11-09 20:18
Well now I have it mounted the AIS VHF antenna test but I do not see this on, I'll have to keep doing the tests greetings from Javier
Monday, 02-11-09 22:08
DO I HAVE TO GET SHIPPLOTER
Monday, 02-11-09 22:05
i am runing A.I.S. engine NASA MARINE andSOB V MAX TEMP DO I NEED SHIPPLOTER TO GET IT WORK ON DIGTAL SEAS IT OK ON SOBVMAX
Monday, 26-10-09 11:02
I CANT LOCATE MY HUSBANDS SCHIP WHO CAN HELP ME THE SCHIPS NAME IS MUSSELBOOT 1 AND IS IN NIEUWPOORT
Friday, 23-10-09 23:50
HELLO
Monday, 12-10-09 11:23
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS LINK. I AM VERY HAPPY TOO NOW I KNOW the exact location of the ship
Monday, 28-09-09 01:17
Pls is it possible to track a vessel with just these facility. (1) internet (2) google earth. Thanks
Wednesday, 23-09-09 02:29
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS LINK. I AM VERY HAPPY TOO NOW I KNOW the exact location of the ship of my husband.
Monday, 14-09-09 03:20
Data feed from http://www.rivercharts.info ( Greater Cincinnati Area USA ) Anyway to get the IP & port so I can plug it into my charts as well?
Thanks,
www.rivercharts.info
Thursday, 10-09-09 17:15
Good day, i want to know the cost for the kit, i'm at Veracruz, Mexico near harbor area on a building where we can place the antenna. Please let me know kit price
Friday, 28-08-09 20:19
Hello I was looking and lack Spain's main port of fishing vessels and the largest shipbuilding industry is the city of Vigo I like to be involved, but I think I would have no good coverage in the wrong place, I'm on a ledge of a park and not whether it is a greeting and thanks, Javier (cx9aaw)
Sunday, 23-08-09 23:38
@Monsegaard: thanks for Sharing, I am happy to watch Bergen now, I've been there twice visiting KGJS. Always wanted to meet someone from kystverket... :-)
Friday, 31-07-09 23:12
Monsegaard Coast Farm (Norway) are now sharing AIS from Bergen Port Area. We are collecting AIS data with ICOM MXA-5000 running on Ubuntu server with AISHUB AIS Dispatcher for Linux.
We are covering this area http://marinetraffic.com/ais/default.aspx?oldmmsi=406
Tuesday, 28-04-09 21:23
I am sharing with ShipPlotter but I do not see any ships on the map
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