AIS, or the Automatic Identification System, is a mechanism that allows boats to transmit information such was their position, heading and speed over the VHF radio spectrum as digital data. This information can then be used to help ships to identify whether they are on a collsion course with any other ships.

This video goes through how it works and how to get it up and running on your boat.

The website used to view AIS data online is https://www.marinetraffic.com/

The website used to obtain an MMSI is https://www.operations.amsa.gov.au/

The ProAIS2 software can be downloaded from here https://www.raymarine.eu/serviceand...

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