Simon 420
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Just had our AIS transponder fitted today. Does anybody know how we go about displaying a photo of the boat please?
AIS Photo
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Mistroma
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Not a feature of AIS as such. You need to go to MarineTraffic , VesselFinder, etc. You can add a picture on these sites.
You need to register for an account but it has been ages since I added a picture. Find your vessel by name or MMSI and upload a photo. Should be simp!e if your AIS has been picked up recently by the relevant site. Coverage varies from site to site. Best to register with a site giving good coverage of your normal cruising area but nothing wrong with using multiple sites.
I've registered with both sites I mentioned but Marine Traffic gives better coverage where I'm sailing.
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blush2
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Somebody took a couple of pictures of us going into St Vaast and uploaded them to our AIS info when we first had an AIS transceiver.
KompetentKrew
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Daverw
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As per #2 this is a function of the AIS reporting sites not within AIS, when using on your own boat you will see the data list report only, the web based sites such as marine traffic continue to confuse people as to their function
Stemar
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I'm reminded of the guy who got into all sorts of trouble because Google Street View showed his car parked outside his wife's best friend's house 
Spirit (of Glenans)
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Urban myth. Google Street View pixilates faces and reg numbers.I'm reminded of the guy who got into all sorts of trouble because Google Street View showed his car parked outside his wife's best friend's house
Hermit
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But I can recognise my car without seeing the number plate...
(and sometimes my wife!)
(and sometimes my wife!)
Stemar
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I'm happy to be proved wrong, but my understanding was that this incident, right at the beginning of Street View is why they now pixelate number plates. Still not much help if you have a distinctive car, though
AntarcticPilot
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Well, it tries to and mostly succeeds. But the algorithms fail sometimes. I think there are examples where someone is pixelated in the view taken next to them but not in one looking back at them. Of course, if such views are brought to their attention they are fixed, but it's an automated process that isn't fool-proof.
Daydream believer
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I have had people do this & I email them to remove them. There is one chap in boulogne who insists on doing it & I have to keep telling him not to. I object to people taking pictures of my boat like this. I did post a picture myself & it was blocked as it included some people walking along the dock side. That is good. I re took the photo.
However, one photo the chap in Boulogne took showed a picture of a friend of mine & it would have caused some embarrassment if seen. We had it removed
Spirit (of Glenans)
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We boat owners should resign ourselves to the fact that we are merely moving components of what someone else considers to be scenery.
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