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AIS 2006 Conference Presentations on the Web
The presentations from the AIS'06 conference have been put on the web:
http://www.rhppublishing.com/AIS06Presentations.html These are mostly powerpoint, and one pdf presentation. I've only looked at some of them, but so far they are pretty interesting. (Thanks to www.panbo.com for the heads-up) |
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AIS 2006 Conference Presentations on the Web
Paul wrote:
The presentations from the AIS'06 conference have been put on the web: http://www.rhppublishing.com/AIS06Presentations.html These are mostly powerpoint, and one pdf presentation. I've only looked at some of them, but so far they are pretty interesting. (Thanks to www.panbo.com for the heads-up) If you 're looking for a good application for viewing the PowerPoint *.ppt and *.pps files consider openoffice 2.0.4 from http://www.openoffice.org/ - it is a free, works great, and is like getting almost every major office suite software in the history of computing for free. I think you can even capture and edit some of the images from the slide show with it. Jack -- Jack Erbes in Ellsworth, Maine, USA (jackerbes at adelphia dot net) (also receiving email at jacker at midmaine dot com) |
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AIS 2006 Conference Presentations on the Web
In refering to the AIS 2006 Presentations, someone at Pambo wrote "There's a lot of interesting material there, which I've only skipped through, but of particular note is the first day presentation by Dr. Andy Norris. One of his conclusions is that "Class B users must not assume that their AIS signal will be visible on any ship." After reading thru the presentation from Dr. Andy Norris, I very much lowered my priority in obtaining AIS for my 39 foot sail boat. Seems it might be a good tool for me to see other boats, but it sure doesn't give me any confidence my boat will be visable. For example, Dr. Norris points out that many boats display their AIS information in a target list form, e.g. not on a chartplotter or radar screen, that makes the information much less usable. |
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AIS 2006 Conference Presentations on the Web
b393capt wrote:
In refering to the AIS 2006 Presentations, someone at Pambo wrote "There's a lot of interesting material there, which I've only skipped through, but of particular note is the first day presentation by Dr. Andy Norris. One of his conclusions is that "Class B users must not assume that their AIS signal will be visible on any ship." After reading thru the presentation from Dr. Andy Norris, I very much lowered my priority in obtaining AIS for my 39 foot sail boat. Seems it might be a good tool for me to see other boats, but it sure doesn't give me any confidence my boat will be visable. For example, Dr. Norris points out that many boats display their AIS information in a target list form, e.g. not on a chartplotter or radar screen, that makes the information much less usable. Surely its better to exist in a list than not at all. An active radar reflector might be a good thing to add. AIS is great indeed but it adds to the things that make us feel safe - instead of being on the look-out with our eyes. I know ppl who feel safe just because they have a radar, even though then dont understand how to use it. I must say that I really like AIS, and class b, regardless of the above mentioned problems. cheers david |
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