Re: [gpsd-dev] AIS NMEA TAG Blocks

[Roy Barkas]

ok, as time allows I'll see about updating the section.

I'll gather the sample data and related info and send it to you in a few days.

On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Eric S. Raymond <address@hidden> wrote:

Roy Barkas <address@hidden>:
> I have several million examples of real-world tag block usage and a pretty
> good handle on the tag block meaning.
>
> Would you like me to send the info and a sample of actual messages with tag
> blocks to you?

Yes, test sentences *with explanations of how they decode* are always useful.
Without, not so much.

If you think you can rewrite the section on tag blocks to be more complete
and correct, please do.

Now would be a good time to add those fields to the AIS structure, since
we have a libgps compaibility break happening anyway for other reasons.
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