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Author Message   Ted Lavino Senior Member Username: Tlavino Post Number: 414 Registered: 01-2004 Posted on Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 10:26 am:    If you want to try Coastal Explorer, Rose Point has a fully functional trial version at: www.rosepointnav.com/CoastalExplorer/Trial/default.htm   Ted Lavino Senior Member Username: Tlavino Post Number: 413 Registered: 01-2004 Posted on Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 10:09 am:    Greetings folks, the technology that Mark and I were discussing in class that gives you real time tracking of other vessels is called AIS (Automatic Identification System), not AES. The software I mentioned in class that supports AIS is Rose Point Navigation System's Coastal Explorer-a great chart plotting program, with several advanced features-support for the free NOS S-57 format vector as well as Maptech's BSB format raster charts (now also free). General info at: http://www.rosepointnav.com/CoastalExplorer/default.htm and AIS support info at http://www.rosepointnav.com/CoastalExplorer/AIS.htm Nobeltec's Admiral also supports AIS, but you pay through the nose for it ($1,200 MSRP). Their Visual Navigation Suite doesn't support it. A good overview of AIS on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_Identification_System