{"name": "AIS Watchkeeper", "package_name": "ais_nmea_source", "description": "Receive, decode and plot live AIS vessel traffic from serial or TCP sources, with guard-zone alarms and coverage mapping.", "about": "AIS Watchkeeper turns QGIS into a live maritime traffic console. It\nconnects to an AIS receiver over USB/serial or a raw TCP stream, decodes\n!AIVDM/!AIVDO sentences, and plots vessels live on the map with trails,\nspeed vectors and a learned vessel registry. The built-in AIS Guardian\nraises alarms on guard-zone entry/exit and navigation-status changes, maps\nClass A/B reception coverage, and lists nearby vessels with CPA/TCPA.\nRequires pyserial and pyais (bundled).", "homepage": "https://gitlab.com/foss4maritime/aiswatchkeeper", "repository": "https://gitlab.com/foss4maritime/aiswatchkeeper", "tracker": "https://gitlab.com/foss4maritime/aiswatchkeeper", "author": "CaptainAhab and Cosmo", "tags": ["nmea", "tcp", "maritime", "navigation", "marine", "realtime", "vessel", "ship", "ais", "serial"], "downloads": 20, "latest_version": "0.43.0", "versions": [{"version": "0.43.0", "experimental": false, "qgis_min": "3.22.0", "qgis_max": "3.99.0", "downloads": 20, "uploaded_by": "CaptainAhab", "upload_datetime": "2026-07-05T09:27:55.500360"}]}