Re: [gpsd-users] GPSD AIS Raspberry Pi

[F Hillhouse Jr]

> F Hillhouse Jr <address@hidden>:
> > I stumbled upon GPSD and it looks like it will work with AIS but 
> > exactly how I am currently stumped.
> > Will GPSD only accept data from an AIS receiver or will it 
> also take 
> > data from, let's say, a USB soundcard connected to a receiver?
> 
> GPSD needs AIVDM data from an AIS receiver, devered over an 
> RS232 or USB port.  
> 
> > Is anyone working on a project like this?
> 
> You probably want this: http://gnuais.sourceforge.net/
> -- 
>               <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>
> 

Thanks for your response!

I kept reading and pretty much came to the conclusion that GPSD needed AIVDM
data.

I had looked at gnuais. It seems to need gnuradio first. While it is a
really powerful application, the Raspberry Pi is apparently not the place to
try and run it. As a Linux/RPi noob, I may be incorrect so please don't take
my understanding as fact.

In closing just in case someone else is attempting a similar path, my
current research has led me to aishub and their aisdecoder for Linux.
Together with RTL_FM I believe I have almost all of the solution I am
looking for.

http://forum.aishub.net/ais-decoder/ais-decoder-beta-release/new/

Thanks for your efforts!


Best regards,
Fred N7FMH