http://forum.digital-seas.com/ the place for exchanging ideas and opinions on ship-spotting and ship-tracking en Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:52:56 +0000 http://forum.digital-seas.com/topic/imo-number#post-1799 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:32:04 +0000 stureth 1799@http://forum.digital-seas.com/ <p>Dear Rob,<br /> Thank you for en exelent answer on my question. Thank you!!! </p> http://forum.digital-seas.com/topic/who-is-renaming-ships#post-1798 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:30:48 +0000 jannuh 1798@http://forum.digital-seas.com/ <p>@hoogerw</p> <p>Often info in the AIS transponder is garbled, maybe check it out first.. </p> http://forum.digital-seas.com/topic/who-is-renaming-ships#post-1797 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:36:55 +0000 miraflores 1797@http://forum.digital-seas.com/ <p>Hello @hoogerw</p> <p><a href="http://forum.digital-seas.com/topic/imo-number#post-1791" rel="nofollow">http://forum.digital-seas.com/topic/imo-number#post-1791</a></p> <p>Nobody of the Moderators or Admins can rename a vessel.</p> <p>Regards<br /> Juergen </p> http://forum.digital-seas.com/topic/who-is-renaming-ships#post-1796 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:35:39 +0000 hoogerw 1796@http://forum.digital-seas.com/ <p>Dear webmaster,</p> <p>I'm owner of the sailing boat Jan Bart with mmsi-nr. 244250176. Until july this year the information about my ship was correct on your website.<br /> I've now noticed that the name of my ship have changed in JAN D BT and there are two other vesselaccounts made with the shipsname Jan Bart and the same mmsi-nr.. There is nothing changed in my boardcomputer, so I think that can not be the problem. Please delete the two registrations with the vesselname Jan Bart and change de vesselname Jan D BT back into JAN BART. Thankyou for your cooperation. </p> http://forum.digital-seas.com/topic/utf8-chars-are-not-handled-well-in-filenames#post-1795 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:38:34 +0000 MindOpen 1795@http://forum.digital-seas.com/ <p>Yes, and definetily important to get this straight and fixed. The beaty always lays / is in the details :-) </p> http://forum.digital-seas.com/topic/google-earth-crashed#post-1794 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:33:12 +0000 MindOpen 1794@http://forum.digital-seas.com/ <p>@Ian: thanks for the "workflow" description, which really makes sense to me, even though I open GE rather seldom. To have different layers of interest on the map (like best spottingplaces) would be a nice addition also for fleetmon. But then we would need to upload kml files, or edit them in inside "Fleetmon"?</p> <p>To separate the regions with kml output will be a job on the plan then for us. </p> http://forum.digital-seas.com/topic/an-error-occured-in-ports-section#post-1793 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:26:35 +0000 MindOpen 1793@http://forum.digital-seas.com/ <p>@all: this should be solved today, we had inconsistent databases after a powerfailure, shutting down the servers for 3 hours on sunday morning. </p> http://forum.digital-seas.com/topic/imo-number#post-1792 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:07:27 +0000 MindOpen 1792@http://forum.digital-seas.com/ <p>Dear Rob, I could not have explained it any better :-)<br /> In short future we will have the opportunity to add user entered data to the AIS record - precisly the : vessel hull. </p> http://forum.digital-seas.com/topic/imo-number#post-1791 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:24:44 +0000 rob1053 1791@http://forum.digital-seas.com/ <p>I think it is necessary to explain AIS data.<br /> The ais data system is a vhf transmission using two of marine frequencies set aside exclusively for use by ais transponders.In general class A transponders are compulsory on vessels over 300 tonnes,there are however exceptions.The MMSI number for a vessel is issued by the flag country of the vessel along with the call sign.The MMSI number of a vessel is the primary identifier as far as ais is concerned.<br /> The IMO number of a vessel is the identifier of the hull of a vessel and is issued at keel laying of vessels over 300 tonnes and remains with the hull throughout its life and will never change.In terms of ais is a secondary identifier and may often be eronious entered or missed altogether.<br /> The ship name may change at any time regardless of flag,call sign or MMSI number,these are all secondary identifiers.these secondary identifiers together with a number of the other secondary identifiers are used by the digital-seas automated system to generate a detail page.<br /> Always remember that if the primary identifier is incorrectly entered then all other data will be rubbish.<br /> Therefore to sum up<br /> A vessel hull will always have the same IMO number.<br /> A vessel may change its flag which will generaly cause its MMSI Nimber and call sign to change<br /> A vessel may change its name but unless it changes flag nothing else will change.<br /> In theory,and in practice with shore based transponders,a vessel need only have a MMSI number,call sign and name.,and may not even transmit its call sign if it is acting as a static identification point(for instance a light house)<br /> The MMSI number is the primary identifier</p> <p>Rob </p> http://forum.digital-seas.com/topic/imo-number#post-1790 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:32:46 +0000 IanJohn 1790@http://forum.digital-seas.com/ <p>The information displayed by DS is transmitted by the vessels AIS system. It only transmits what has been entered by the captain, or on his behalf. Some vessels transmit 'Garbage' others make the odd mistake and some, including most fishing vessels of all nationalities, omit IMO numbers and/or other details. </p> http://forum.digital-seas.com/topic/imo-number#post-1789 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:25:33 +0000 Stevo 1789@http://forum.digital-seas.com/ <p>Dear stureth,</p> <p>What you see on the website is what DS is receiving from the vessel.<br /> At this moment it's not possible to edit the information, but the supporteam is working on this issue </p> http://forum.digital-seas.com/topic/imo-number#post-1788 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:28:52 +0000 stureth 1788@http://forum.digital-seas.com/ <p>Example: Tronderkari<br /> Why is it that the IMO-number is not shown in the info about the ship. In the Norwegian shipping register she is listed with IMO: 9277670. </p> http://forum.digital-seas.com/topic/an-error-occured-in-ports-section#post-1787 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:33:00 +0000 konstantins.galimovs 1787@http://forum.digital-seas.com/ <p>Moreover, there is no updated list of the expected vessels arriving at any port of German State. The situation appears at any port of any country. </p> http://forum.digital-seas.com/topic/owner-of-mv-easy-development#post-1786 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:54:06 +0000 IanJohn 1786@http://forum.digital-seas.com/ <p>The Ship Manager is ADANI SHIPPING CHINA CO LTD., 29-2, Xinglin Jie, Zhongshan Qu, Dalian, Liaoning, 116001, China. </p> http://forum.digital-seas.com/topic/owner-of-mv-easy-development#post-1785 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:45:41 +0000 moussalhadj 1785@http://forum.digital-seas.com/ <p>Is anyone would know who is the owner or operator of Easy Development with Hong Kong as registration?</p> <p>Thx to inform.</p> <p>Regards,<br /> Moussa LHADJ </p> http://forum.digital-seas.com/topic/an-error-occured-in-ports-section#post-1784 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:27:41 +0000 konstantins.galimovs 1784@http://forum.digital-seas.com/ <p>Dear moderators, </p> <p>Please kindly be advised that approximately 4 or 5 day ago I have faced to the problem / error on the site. When I click on "Ports" in my profile and for example choose Hamburg port, so there are a lot of vessels (as usually), but would like to pay your kind attention that all those vessels are sailing under the German Flag.<br /> When I click on any other port the same situation appears also there. All the vessels in each port of German State are sailing under the German Flag. Suppose that it's impossible.<br /> Please advise your feedback and when do you expect to make any corrective actions? </p> <p>Thank you indeed for your attention and prompt reply. </p> http://forum.digital-seas.com/topic/google-earth-crashed#post-1783 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:29:48 +0000 VisualDigits 1783@http://forum.digital-seas.com/ <p>@MindOpen: As I knwo KML is a XML dialekt. Would it be possible to modularize the contents of the global.kml to contain subsections for all the regions. So generating the inner structures for all regions separatly and then wrapping them once for each single region and then completely in one global kml. This way it would not be neccessary to generate all the code multiple times. </p> http://forum.digital-seas.com/topic/utf8-chars-are-not-handled-well-in-filenames#post-1782 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:54:38 +0000 VisualDigits 1782@http://forum.digital-seas.com/ <p>@MindOpen: Yeah I know exactly what you mean ;) I only stumbled over this because one gets lazy about checking correct chars when using windows long enough... For us oldschool guis it would not be that problem - if you know you have to care about filenames, you jsut do. But for nowadays users I guess it would be mor confident to not have to care about. Technically I know about hte difficulties to get a clean encoding workflow. At least I posted the bug only for documentary reasons and don't think this is a showstopper - the most guys willl use english filenames anyway. </p> http://forum.digital-seas.com/topic/google-earth-crashed#post-1781 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:42:41 +0000 IanJohn 1781@http://forum.digital-seas.com/ <p>@MindOpen In the context of Ship spotting I find Google Earth a huge help especially when intending to visit to a new place. On opening GE showing ship locations and tracking it is easy to determine where shipping channels are and the frequency of use. I can then access where I would wish to be to get the best photographs.<br /> Wishing to be some were is not always possible, however by carefully inspecting the chosen area in close-up I frequently find likely places to which I would have access.<br /> By adding place marks and making a hard copy I can save many hours, when on holiday, of wandering around aimlessly, much to the annoyance of my wife.<br /> Also by plotting the routs of boat trips and local ferries through the shipping lanes I am able to access which would give me best value both in ships per cost and ships per time.<br /> I also believe it would be a help to us all if that within DS there were the ability to share our spotting places with each other. This can be easily done using GE and I for one would be more than willing to upload my places for the benefit of others. </p> http://forum.digital-seas.com/topic/utf8-chars-are-not-handled-well-in-filenames#post-1780 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:09:52 +0000 MindOpen 1780@http://forum.digital-seas.com/ <p>I am one of this old guys, using computers for too long, to even think about "Umlaute", white space in filenames and any character outside the HEX room...</p> <p>So I did not stumble over this yet. Functionality is not influenced, the routine for storing the image has to deal with UTF8 better. Since the uploader is Flash (made multiuploads possible three years ago), strings have to go from pc to flash to php to mysql. quiet a long way to get scrambled... :-) </p> http://forum.digital-seas.com/topic/why-no-eta-in-fleetmon#post-1779 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:57:41 +0000 MindOpen 1779@http://forum.digital-seas.com/ <p>@suarsg: which stream you are looking at? ETA should be visible at default inside the detail view of the vessel. </p> http://forum.digital-seas.com/topic/google-earth-crashed#post-1778 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:56:07 +0000 MindOpen 1778@http://forum.digital-seas.com/ <p>I also would like to know from you guys, "what makes GE attractive to you" and where do you use it (want to use it:-) ? </p> http://forum.digital-seas.com/topic/google-earth-crashed#post-1777 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:52:56 +0000 MindOpen 1777@http://forum.digital-seas.com/ <p>@rob1053: It is a real nice thing to access all covered vessels at the same in GE. Fleetmon V2 will deliver exactly that and we are almost finished... yes Rob, we did not really change the kml file yet, because it is a bit unclear what to do with it.<br /> to create the kml with the 3d structures inside (vessel 3d objects) is quiet an expensive operation for the server (in terms of calculation time). It has to be done every three minutes to be fresh. So simply to extend that procedure for ten times (regions) made me think sensible.<br /> With now around 12.000 permanent included objects, I guess one solution would be, to reduce the actual detail information inside the GE file, get rid of the 3d stuff and try again - planned for next week.... </p> http://forum.digital-seas.com/topic/grand-race-ship#post-1776 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:40:20 +0000 MindOpen 1776@http://forum.digital-seas.com/ <p>last tracking has been in Tanabe, Japan three days ago. Dest: JP Moj , No idea, when it will go to African waters.</p> <p><a href="http://www.digital-seas.com/vessel_search/vessel_details/on/grand%20race_q28270.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.digital-seas.com/vessel_search/vessel_details/on/grand%20race_q28270.html</a> </p> http://forum.digital-seas.com/topic/picture-counter-does-not-vanish#post-1775 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:35:19 +0000 MindOpen 1775@http://forum.digital-seas.com/ <p>@VisualDigits: you are right, it's a bug indeed. Since we are ready (and deep in testing) with the new client in the moment, I wll just make sure, this one won't come up again :-) Thanks for posting and keep it up like that. Lars </p> http://forum.digital-seas.com/topic/ratings-and-comments-ships#post-1774 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:32:32 +0000 MindOpen 1774@http://forum.digital-seas.com/ <p>@CX9AAW: to encourage members to be active and exchange info with each other is a good thing. We have a good ratio in our community between active and passive users. Usually around 10 out of 1000 are willing to contribute and a bit less does actually write and post comments etc.</p> <p>I rather enjoy few members, giving quality input, then crowded groups with lots of noise (facebook is good for that :-)<br /> So, me always will be patient and have a good time with all those great images from people, taking shipspotting a bit more serious. And Javier is one of em :-) </p> http://forum.digital-seas.com/topic/picture-counter-does-not-vanish#post-1773 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:05:16 +0000 VisualDigits 1773@http://forum.digital-seas.com/ <p>@Rob: Hej Rob, no it does not bother me at all, I've seen this and just put it here - okay severity is "nice to have"... but it's a bug ;) </p> http://forum.digital-seas.com/topic/ratings-and-comments-ships#post-1772 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:09:11 +0000 CX9AAW 1772@http://forum.digital-seas.com/ <p>Hello to all members of Digital Seas<br /> Well, my comments are that should encourage members to go beyond photographs of ships it is easy to see that, it is up and that's it, really is not complicated, it also costs nothing doing a vote of these magnificent vessels that some went up, I do not ask for my vote if not for some who are more alone than a fish on the high seas, this is not a criticism to anyone or anything, is just one way that people will be happy for a few shots that really are beautiful, and why not? Why can vote and it's even easier to upload the shots.<br /> A if I encourage you to vote and also to express in image comments, if you like making or anything that you would like to write, I make this comment because I see people is becoming very passive in some ways, up and and this and now that they managed and or comments, which costs a lot to write, because I do not think that we must also express, which is free and does not cost a penny, and so we know it.<br /> A greeting and now I'll have to translate it is.</p> <p>Xavier </p> http://forum.digital-seas.com/topic/picture-counter-does-not-vanish#post-1771 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:23:48 +0000 rob1053 1771@http://forum.digital-seas.com/ <p>@VisualDelights.<br /> I have noticed this as well but it does not bother me as it does not affect the way the info section works but if it bothers you here is a simple fix.<br /> After viewing the detail of a vessel click on any area where there is no vessel and the image and the detail of the viewed vessel will disappear,then select the vessel you wish to view in detail-if there is no image then the picture counter from the previous viewed vessel will not be there.</p> <p>Rob </p> http://forum.digital-seas.com/topic/picture-counter-does-not-vanish#post-1770 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:46:59 +0000 VisualDigits 1770@http://forum.digital-seas.com/ <p>In Fleetmon: When you click on a vessel which has pictures you'll see the pictures and the n/x counter on the right hand. When you then click on a vessel which has no pictures, the counter stays on top of the empty picturebox. This behaviour can be reproduced. </p> http://forum.digital-seas.com/topic/grand-race-ship#post-1769 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:06:31 +0000 sekamatte 1769@http://forum.digital-seas.com/ <p>when is his ever going to mombasa </p> http://forum.digital-seas.com/topic/google-earth-crashed#post-1768 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:10:37 +0000 rob1053 1768@http://forum.digital-seas.com/ <p>@MindOpen,Just to reinforce what VisualDelights says whenever I try to use the Google Earth global display it never manages to load and always crashes.I no longer even attempt to use it.We did discuss this briefly at Antwerp.</p> <p>Rob </p> http://forum.digital-seas.com/topic/google-earth-crashed#post-1767 Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:27:00 +0000 miraflores 1767@http://forum.digital-seas.com/ <p>Try this link, it works very, very often, but not allways.</p> <p><a href="http://www.shippos.dk/shippos001.kmz" rel="nofollow">http://www.shippos.dk/shippos001.kmz</a></p> <p>Rgds.<br /> Juergen </p> http://forum.digital-seas.com/topic/google-earth-crashed#post-1766 Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:01:53 +0000 IanJohn 1766@http://forum.digital-seas.com/ <p>Could we have the option to have separate 'AIS Tracking Regions' in Google Earth as was available in the past? </p> http://forum.digital-seas.com/topic/utf8-chars-are-not-handled-well-in-filenames#post-1765 Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:24:27 +0000 VisualDigits 1765@http://forum.digital-seas.com/ <p>When I upload an image with utf8 chars in the name, those files are dispplayed with criplled names on the site - for example the filename scharhörn.jpg becomes scharh¶?rn.jpg This seems to be an encoding problem. The meta info on your site states out utf8 encoding - but I guess the database or the software which renders the site uses the wrong encoding. At least the description is processed correctly. </p>