• 0.39 - 2008-06-18
  • ais.nmea module gone. bbm.py moved to scraps for now. This was causing major bugs.
  • ais-port-forward now might actually work. Exception reporting more better
  • new file: scraps/tideconvert.py for the tide3 station data processing
  • new file: timetest.py
  • ais_normalize.py can now treat A and B AIS channels as the same for USCG feed (-t)
  • ais_normalize.py removed the stripDecimalTime option code
  • ais_normalize.py - better station handling

0.38 - 2008-05-23

• nmea module now being installed. I realize that this needs to be under another namespace to avoid clashes.

0.37 - 2008-05-23

• Add GeoDjango subdir
• setup.py: fixed URLs from a bug report by Joe Healy
• setup.py: switch to using the VERSION file
• VERSION: new file. superseeds version from AIS which made no sense as the home of the master version id
• ais/__init__.py: dropped the version from this file
• Switching to postgresql/postgis 83
• ais_normalize now handles basestations
• serial_send now supports timeout and number of listens

0.36 - 2008-Mar-09

• All AIS messages can now generate a NMEA message
• timed_circular_notice: Released to external development. Minor tweaks and cleanup to the xml for cleanup. Added a few more area types for visibility, AUV, ROV, divers and swimmers. Changed the radius to a Decimal type to allow 10 m increments.
• whalenotice1: this msg is not under consideration, but did some tweaking as a thought experiment
• aisutils/uscg.py: added create_nmea for all AIS messages to use
• django: Added DAC for countries. Added dac.sql with the db entries
• Minor cleanup on the init scripts. Still needs more help
• ais-net-to-postgis: cleanTime can be set
• data/sbnms.kml: added the sanctuary boundaries

0.35 - 2008-Feb-25

• No longer packaging the epydoc html in the tar. Create it locally if you want it.
• Cleanup of IMO met hydro message ice field. Description name fixes for other IMOs
• database.py: more verbose
• uscg.py: add get_station, get_contents
• django: add define_ais for creating AIS binary messages. Lots of work left to do
• doc/ais.bib: lots more references
• doc/templates: now includes python template/boilerplate file
• doc/configure-ais-logging.txt - new howto
• init.d/ais-forward: cleanup messages
• init.d/logais: added -m to mark time with no messages
• ais-db-rebuild-cache-tables: cleanup magicdate usage
• ais-net-to-postgis: add magicdate usage, add periodic clean even if nothing received
• ais-port-forward: minor cleanup, fix SBNMS stations, tweak bounding box
• ais_build_sqlite3.py is not working. why?

0.34 - 2008-Feb-08

• Real-time 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 Maitland 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
• Much improved fink info file. Still needs a lot of work

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