• 0.34 - 2008-Feb-08
  • Realtime AIS works, but needs a little bit more tweaking to get time thresholding
  • Dropped the .py for an initial batch of scripts including serial-logger, xy2kml, xy_pos_filter, and xymt2kml. Need to do the rest
  • Moved from scripts to data subdir: gsc.dat, merg5.dat, sbnms-*.dat, stellwagen*.dat
  • Created a contrib directory. Added doc from Mailand Bottoms
  • Changed around the MANIFEST.in. Can anyone suggest a better way to build the MANIFEST.in?
  • Working on switching from GPL v2 to v3
  • Minor updates to the waterlevel2 message based on feedback from ACOE - additional datums
  • Starting on updates for epydoc 3.0.1 - better front matter tagging in python files. e.g. see database.py
  • database.py: added rebuild_track_lines and rebuild_last_position functions
  • uscg.py: added __eq__ method and a return bitvector; can now rebuild the NMEA
  • Renaming of the ais-db* and ais-port-forward command. Moved from scraps to scripts
  • Moved aisxml2wxpy and aisxmlbinmsg2py from ais to scripts. They should not a part of the ais module!
  • Added initial django-ais subdir that doesn't yet do anything
• 0.33 - 2008-Jan-16
  • Draft live AIS feed to postgis with track_lines
  • waterlevel2.xml draft message for NOAA PORTS
  • Improved description in setup.py
  • Parses more fields in uscg.py
  • Added an AIS endnote library and bibtex
  • ais_port_forward does a better job of reconnecting to destination port
  • ais_db.py now can add or remove the track_lines postgis table
• 0.32 - 2008-Jan-11
  • Preliminary release of live AIS feeds
  • Lots of documentation cleanup
  • Added ais_db.py for creating and destroying database tables
  • ais/__init__.py changed to provide lists of messages for more automation
  • Added ais message 15 - interrogation
  • Now builds with ais messages 15, 23-26
  • Added timed_circular_notice.xml to replace the right whale specific message
  • Fixed messages 15 and 22 so the do not have field collisions
  • All ais messages now have a dbTableName in their module
  • cleanup xymt2kml.py
  • port-server renamed to port_server
  • ais_build_{sqlite3,postgis} are getting better, but still need work to handle more message types
  • ais_build_sqlite3 uses the python 2.5 built in sqlite interface. Better than using pysqlite2
  • Added ais_port_forward.py and ais_net_to_postgis.py to scraps. These will get moved over to scripts soon
  • Added uscg.py to aisutils for parsing the uscg fields from nmea strings
  • Added database.py to aisutils. Makes working with ais and databases much simpler
  • Fixed the serial logger to report 'r' in front of station. Doesn't yet handle r or b
• 0.31 - 2007-Dec-04
  • Added Class B 18 & 19 position report messages. 19 does not work yet
  • Improved the msg 21 documentation
  • Some cleanup of msg 5
  • Added whalenotice3
  • New scaps: ais_pg_{dailyvessels,monthhistogram,speedsummary}.py
  • ais_pg_transitsummary has new --mmsi option to only check one vessel
• 0.30 - 2007-Nov-07
  • Pre eNavigation 2007 release
  • xymt2kml now an optparse program that plays nicer
  • svn propedit svn:keywords on all the scripts/*.py files for better tracking
  • Added IMO messages 13 and 14 for RTCM meeting
  • Reworking whalenotice message. Added a whalenotice2.xml that fully fills two slots
  • Added basestation messages (msg 4) to the sqlite database
  • Added gridding code in scripts: ais_pg*.py
  • Added ais_traffic_analysis program
• 0.29 - 2007-Aug-10
  • Added ship traffic gridding using postgis. grid.py and ais_pg_grid.py
  • Transit summary support for SBNMS work
  • ais_pg_create_transit_table.py and ais_pg_transitlines_noMakeLine for building the tpath table used for summary reports
• 0.28 - 2007-June-20
  • PostGIS now uses WGS84 explicitly so that it works with mapserver
  • PostGIS import of AIS now warns (not fails) on bad insertions
  • ais_normalize now has a configurable time window for joining messages
• 0.27 - 2007-June-13
  • Minor doc fixups here and then
  • Added doc/data for example AIS using NH JEL data from May 2007
  • Looks like a few of the new scripts did not make the last release
  • New scripts: ais_filter.py, serial_send.py, and xymt2kml.py
• 0.26 - 2007-June-05
  • Post U.S. Hydro 2007 in Norfolk, VA. Tweaks to water level messages
  • Fixed ais_build_postgis.py to work for other users
  • Fixed some scripts to work with timestamps that have decimals
  • ais_normalize can cope with parts that span 2 different second timestamps
  • Added great south channel and tss regions to the ais_position_in_polygon
• 0.25 - 2007-May-01
  • individual ais message scripts can now use stdin
  • Fixes to imo waterlevel
  • MSL type fixed
  • General code cleanup
  • Added scraps directory with random utilities
  • ais_position_in_polygon.py has a 5nm Stellwagen buffered zone and bbox speed up
  • Makefile for the scripts directory
  • New script: ais_transits
  • Buoy data for Stellwagen area
• 0.24 - 2007-Apr-07
  • Improved setup.py and ais/__init__.py towards US Hydro 2007 conference release
  • More do_not_name_mange tags added. Really seems like mangling should be used sparingly.
  • Cleanup msg 21 to using XInclude
  • Cleaned up msg 5
  • Added text table generation for MS Office importing (Word tables or Excel sheets). Now computes number of slots
  • Major cleanup of imo_001_11 Met/Hydro message. Still has issues... see waterlevel. Lat/Lon order now right. Pulled FIX comments to notes so the tables are cleaner. What is the solution for Ice?
  • Implemented offsets for decimal/udecimal
  • struct-inc now has pos_small as a postgis_type of POINT
• 0.23 - 2007-Mar-30
  • Fixed the broken build that ended up in forever calling epydoc
  • Now builds the IMO water level message
  • ITU message 22 should now build, but needs descriptions
  • Started cleaning up the SLS messages. Now all compile
  • Added a number of "do_not_mangle_name" to cleanup include-structs
  • Added ris subdir to ais
  • Added a makefile to sls subdir
  • Added latex output to aisxmlbinmsg2py.py
  • Added __init__.py files to sls and ris subdirs so they import
  • Many improvements to epydoc format docs. No more warnings
  • removed prototype.py. Don't need this anymore
  • Added a msg 8 header to structs-inc.xml
• 0.22 - 2007-Mar-18
  • Working on setup.py - it now installs the scripts. But still does not install the per message code.
  • Seem to have a make recursion issue in the documentation
• 0.21 - 2007-Mar-08
  • Added ais/ais.xsl to the MANIFEST.in so that people can actually get the stylesheet.
  • Fixed manifest to include Makefiles and doc/*
  • Added to ais/nmea.py: encodeQuery, acaEncode, bcfEncode/Decode
  • Fixed the socket_send program to actually work
  • Fixed minor bug in message 14.
  • More doctests in ais/nmea.py
• 0.20 - 2007-Mar-05
  • Cleanup of message 5 (ship and cargo). Broke out ETA. Described dimensions. Expand ship and cargo field, but it still needs more work
  • Added more AIS messages: 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14, imo_001_11 (met/hydro)
• 0.19 - 2007-Mar-03
  • Added NMEA messages ACA, BBM, CAB, CBM, and DLM for AIS Base Station support. Needs more testing.
  • Found and fixed some bugs with NMEA checksums thanks to Val Schmidt
  • Fixed a bug with waterlevel.xml. Still not to it's final form.
  • serial_logger improvements - can mark time with no data similiar to syslog
• 0.19 - 2007-Mar-03
  • Added NMEA messages ACA, BBM, CAB, CBM, and DLM for AIS Base Station support. Needs more testing.
  • Found and fixed some bugs with NMEA checksums thanks to Val Schmidt
  • Fixed a bug with waterlevel.xml. Still not to it's final form.
  • serial_logger improvements - can mark time with no data similiar to syslog
• 0.18 - 2007-Feb-26
  • Added base station messages 4, 20, and 22
  • Now using xinclude to pull in structs to xml
  • Added ais_build_postgis.py to scripts
  • ais_normalize.py script handles normalization of nmea messages so that they are one complete message per line
  • sls messages moved to a subdir of ais. Work-in-progress
• 0.17 - 2007-Feb-18
  • Added serial_logger.py script for data logging
  • Fixed bug with titling of decoded messages
  • Can now log USCG N-AIS UTC seconds stamps into SQL TIMESTAMP type
• 0.16 - 2007-Feb-16
  • Postgres 8.2/PostGIS 1.2.1 support
• 0.15 - 2007-Feb-08
  • Able to build sqlite3 databases
  • Added ais_normalize and ais_build_db scripts
  • Fixed slottimeout bug in definition of messages 1-3
• 0.14 - 2007-Feb-05
  • Putting the scripts in a proper scripts subdirectory
  • Started aisxml2wxpy.py to greate WX python GUIs
  • Including initial tools to start making reports
• 0.13 - 2007-Jan-23
  • Now sql seems to build for all messages
  • Fixed up the decimalplaces that were missing
  • Added binary, float and aisstr6 types to SQL support
• 0.12 - 2007-Jan-18
  • Added CSV output support to make report generation easier
• 0.11 - 2007-Jan-18
  • Bug fixes so the sdist might actually work.
• 0.10 - 2007-Jan-17
  • make_waterlevel_ais.py was missing from the MANIFEST
  • Added msg 21, but it does not seem to be working. Do I have valid sample data?
  • Working on other St Lawrence Seaway (sls_*.xml) messages ... only just beginning
• 0.9 - 2007-Jan-05
  • GoogleEarth output
  • Now can output kml and kml-full. kml skips the xml header and tail to concat multiple Placemarks
  • Added titlefield to the message attributes that is now required if a message has lon/lat
• 0.8 - 2007-Jan-04
  • First release to privde the ability to generate AIS waterlevel meassage straight from the NOAA CO-OPS server
  • Now able to generate html dumps of messages
  • Added dump_wl.py to stand in until I have a generic message 8 handler
  • ais-process-day.bash is a start on N-AIS processing
  • noaa_waterlevel_ais.bash pulls the Elizabeth River area and makes the AIS messages. SLOW
• 0.7 - 2007-Jan-04
  • Added OPeNDAP Waterlevel query ability. waterelevel_dap.py
  • Big improvement in the ais generated code with command line args
  • Added ais messages 1-3 (loc) and 8 (binary broadcast message)
  • Started adding Saint Lawrence Seaway Messages. Only waterlevel tested.
  • Added initial prototype for Right Whale notice
  • Started working on N-AIS processing scripts
  • Now includes BitVector.py version 1.3 (with permission) to make deployment easier
  • epydoc docs are now online
• 0.6 - 2006-12-20
• 0.5 - 2006-12-18
• 0.4 - 2006-12-18
• 0.3 - 2006-12-12