Transas Test

[Major Catastrophe]

Anybody know what this is?

How did it cross the country from Mansfield and why is it now going around in circles?

Zoom in to see its track and zoom out to see its origin.

 

[strakeryrius]

UFO with AIS? There's always a first time.

 

[hlb]

Dunno, It says it has no draught, so I suppose it can go anywhere.

 

[sarabande]

anchored to a very long scope in very little wind ?

Is it anything to do with this ?
http://www.transas.com/telematics/products/ssas/


EDIT the swing radius is about 2 km, so that puts a long chain out. ooops !

 

[MapisM]

why is it now going around in circles?

Not really. If you zoom in you'll see it's actually jumping inside a circle.
Clearly a computer generated signal, but don't ask me by whom ad why...

 

[Major Catastrophe]

Not really. If you zoom in you'll see it's actually jumping inside a circle.
Clearly a computer generated signal, but don't ask me by whom ad why...

To be really pedantic, the AIS signals are received from the circumference.

Just realised that since I first posted the starting point has changed to Ashbourne.

Just in case it disappears:

 

[Major Catastrophe]

I see the track has disappeared altogether this morning.

 

[strakeryrius]

Just like a UFO then!