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Welcome to the AIS Logger wiki!
Automatic Identification System is a system used to identify and locate maritime vessels. Transponders automatically broadcast information via a VHF transciever, so called “messages”, containing data such as the vessels current position, heading, speed, name and radio callsign. To receive these messages you will need either a full-fledged transponder or a special receiver that communicate with a computer through a serial interface. In theory, you could use a standard VHF-scanner and a sound card to intercept AIS-messages, but this is currently not supported in AIS Logger. For this you could try GNU AIS instead.
AIS Logger is a simple viewer and logger for data received by AIS-transponders or -receivers. It can capture data from a serial port or through a network and decode it, display it in various ways and log to a database. It is free software (MIT-like license) and platform-independent, written in Python and WxPython.
The software is quite stable for daily usage, but has a somewhat rough GUI. It lacks proper documentation, helpful error messages, wizards, installation software and everything else user friendly. If you try it, you’ll be on your own. It is however improving steadily albeit slowly.
Code, comments and questions are most welcome!