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Shipspotters all over the world => Help and Advice => Topic started by: stevo on June 30, 2010, 12:33:11 PM

Title: AIS name
Post by: stevo on June 30, 2010, 12:33:11 PM

how long can be the name in an AIS system??

On AIS you read the DC VLAANDER 3000 and correct vessel name is DC VLAANDEREN 3000

Title: Re: AIS name
Post by: stevo on June 30, 2010, 12:34:28 PM

hope you al understand what I try to say because I can't understand my own words sometimes.

Title: Re: AIS name
Post by: Phil English on June 30, 2010, 12:41:48 PM

Stevo, the AIS system relies on ship-board personnel inputting the ship details correctly. Hence, there are sometimes spelling mistakes and various data transmission errors.

Brgds
Phil

Title: Re: AIS name
Post by: Dmitry Rostopshin on June 30, 2010, 02:00:02 PM

By AIS technical standard (ITU 1371) it could be not more than 20 ASCII characters.

Title: Re: AIS name
Post by: Bob Scott on July 02, 2010, 08:02:18 PM

Just as well, then, that FLIEGERKOSMONAUT DER DDR SIGMUND JAHN or PYATIDYESYATILYETIYE SOVIETSKOY GRUZII are no longer around!