AIS-plugin for Polaric Server
The "Polaric Server" is mainly a web based service to present (APRS) tracking information on maps and where the information is updated in real- time. It is originally targeted for use by radio amateurs in voluntary search and rescue service in Norway. It consists of a web application and a server program (APRS daemon).
This is a plugin that can read AIS data from a TCP stream and and present AIS vessels as moving points on the map. It is used on aprs.no with data from the Norwegian Maritime Authority.
More documentation on the project can be found here: http://aprs.no/polaricserver
System requirements
Linux/Java platform (tested with Debian/Ubuntu) with
- Java Runtime environment version 11 or later.
- scala-library version 2.11 or later. You will also need scala-xml and scala-parser-combinators packages.
- polaric-aprsd, polaric-webapp and polaric-webconfig-plugin installed.
Installation
We provide a deb package (Debian Buster or later) For information on getting started on a Debian platform (or derivative) please see: http://aprs.no/dokuwiki?id=install.dev
If doing manual installation, you may need to add the following to the server.ini file and restart:
plugins = no.polaric.ais.AisPlugin
Building from source
Build from the source is done by a plain old makefile. Yes I know :) Maybe I move to something else a little later. Setup for generating Debian packages is included. You may use the 'debuild' command.
You will need JDK (Oracle or OpenJDK) version 11 or later, the Scala programming language version 2.11 or later (scala and scala-library).
Note. To compile this package you need to symlink or copy the following files into the directory where makefile is located. You find them in the polaric-aprsd package.
- AIS-lib from Danish Maritime Authority (https://github.com/dma-ais/AisLib)
- polaric-aprsd.jar
- jcoord.jar
- simple.jar