Boat Beacon - AIS Navigation

AIS receiver and display utilizing simply your Android device.

Boat Beacon is the only Marine AIS ship monitoring app to supply Collision Detection, use real-time information and share your personal boat’s place with other web AIS users.

Specifically designed for use on the water, in addition to exhibiting all of the Ships around you on a chart, Boat Beacon uniquely provides Bearing, Range and Closest Point of Approach (CPA) calculations in addition to AIS ship information. Transmits as nicely as receives internet AIS and is the one app that constantly monitors CPA, notifying if potential collisions are detected even when the app is within the background.

Key Features

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Receives and sends AIS ship information in real-time through the internet. No VHF AIS receiver, transponder or aerial required.

Over the horizon Collision and SART detection (30 miles radius) utilizing continuous Closest Point of Approach (CPA) calculations - highlights boats which are on a potential collision course and alarms even when the app is within the background.

Provides Bearing and Distance info to other boats in addition to AIS info like pace, course, location, identify, size etc. Shows you a track of the boats most up-to-date voyage.

Share your reside place, speed course and destination. People can observe you using Boat Beacon or our free Boat Watch app and on main internet AIS techniques like MarineTraffic and Ship Finder. Transmit additionally works repeatedly in the background when enabled.

Live Map view with compass overlay which rotates with you so you can look in the path of the ships on the map to find them. You can also tilt the map to get a 3D perspective by dragging upwards with two fingers.

NOAA US and UKHO Marine Charts (IAP required)

Extensive particulars on different ships including Photos.

Search for boats or locations by identify or MMSI.

Share your track and position with family and friends immediately and in real time by way of e-mail, Twitter and Facebook etc.

AIS Share allows you to share BoatBeacon's reside AIS data with different apps like Navionics in your device. (IAP required)

Arm all the crews in a race with Boat Beacon and have real time updates on the race positions. Watch the action back within the Club-house too on a large display with Boat Beacon's TV/Video Out support

VHF AIS with RTL-SDR and AIS Share app.

Local NMEA AIS via Wifi and USB.

Boat Beacon requires internet entry to work. Most popular coastal areas around the globe together with the US and UK have cell information entry (2G or better) extending 12 or extra miles out to sea.

Requirements:

Android Smartphone or Tablet with GPS.

Internet connection.

You don't need an MMSI to make use of Boat Beacon and you can be seen on Boat Beacon by different Boat Beacon customers with out having one. However if you need to be seen on Global AIS methods like Marine Traffic, Ship Finder and AIS Hub, and so forth. then you will need to have and use an MMSI number. If you don't have an MMSI on your boat you probably can acquire a free one in the US by visiting http://www.boatus.com/mmsi (the USCG permitted agent) and using their online type. Alternatively e mail us for a free web MMSI quantity.

Please notice that continued use of GPS operating within the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

AIS Ship knowledge is offered by a network of voluntary AIS shore based stations. Some areas could not have AIS protection.

N.B. This isn't an AIS transponder. You will not be visible to other ships on their AIS systems until in addition they use information from the identical land primarily based AIS networks.

NOT FOR NAVIGATION

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful. Boat Beacon should only be used for basic navigation reference and shouldn't be solely relied upon to find out precise locations, proximity, distance, or course.