Wayne.B wrote in
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The Navtex broadcasts have much of this. You can receive them on an
ICOM802 with a Pactor, Airmail and a laptop.



SO obsolete plotting manually from some stupid 1930 teletype
transmission.

AIS shore stations operated by someone who keeps up with changes in all
the data in your LOCAL area, so you can notify him, directly, of any
changes to objects that create a safety hazard, broadcast these objects
in the datastream with complete identification texts that open up by just
pointing to them on the AIS display. These objects are graphically
represented as to what they are, their bouy number for instance, color,
etc. to make the radar picture even more informative than just showing
the moving vessels.

CG across the country should already be online with AIS objects in every
port and on every waterway. We'll easily get what little money it takes
to make this happen by NOT writing a new construction contract on that
pretty front gate house the admiral wants to waste the money on.