Marinetraffic uploads

[sailingharry]

So I have gotten all of my ship's data on the wi-fi. I also have a dedicated ship's hotspot. Finally, my Android phone is linked to both systems.

I am currently on the Erie Canal, where I see that there is essentially zero Marinetraffic data. I'm sure there are other places that are similar.

It seems to me that I should be able to take the AIS data and pump it to the Marinetraffic servers using my Android phone. I've just spent an hour or more trying to find solutions, and can't find any. This should be a nearly background app that reads the data from the data port and pumps it to Marinetraffic.

Anybody have any easy answers to this? I believe openCPN can do it. I have openCPN installed, but rarely turn it on, and it seems a bit of a resource hog just for this purpose.

Thoughts? You'd think Marinetraffic would have this app already written and published!