AIS for Google Earth

[conachair]

Originally Posted by Xantusiidae

I can imagine the file size of the earth would be HUGE but I cannot imagine anyone downloading the whole thing! What I'm looking to do is what conachair has done + AIS. From my searching around it can be done by an AIS decoder. Apparently easily but unfortunately for me, it doesn't seem to recognize the AIS I have (groan), despite my laptop receiving it immediately! Thanks for your thoughts and if you have any more ideas- say!

Have a look at opencpn. Computer chartplotter which will display ais and has a google earth plugin. All for free