GHA
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It's free to set up a receiving station in marinetrafic then you can send AIS sentences to a ip address/ UDP port. Doesn't have to be data received from a receiver, you can make your own ais messages. Signalk has an app to do this among other options. Simple to make marinetraffic think a boat is anywhere.Tracks their phone ??? Never heard that one ... not saying it doesn't - just saying I've never heard of it ...
The Network is a combination of Official, Professional and Amateur stations ... along with satelite.
GitHub - SignalK/aisreporter: Signal K Node server plugin to report the vessel's AIS data to MarineTraffic
https://help.marinetraffic.com/hc/e...-Can-I-report-my-own-positions-by-other-means