I am researching open-source projects for marine weather radar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The weather radar hardware manufacturers are proprietary. I understand why, and I’m not against it. But I would like to have my data in one place if I can. To do that, I need integration. That will affect my choice in purchasing hardware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hardware manufacturers of marine radar for pleasure craft. Do they provide an API? What equipment is necessary?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Open-source projects used for integration of systems in the marine environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
OpenCPN<\/a> seems to be the open-source software of choice for chart plotter navigation. It seems they have AIS (traffic) integrated among others. I have also seen integration with older radomes as part of the radarpi<\/a> project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The industry standard for networking devices together is NMEA2000, which is a protocol far too slow for radar data, but seems to work well for things like wind speed, gps position, depth, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Signal K<\/a> is an open source project for integration of NMEA2000 stuff into the PC. From what I’ve seen so far, they’ve put a lot of work into it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A PC connecting to the boat’s WiFi network that connects to a server (perhaps running on a Raspberry Pi) that talks to boat systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n GnuRadar<\/a>: Need to explore<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cruiser’s Forum<\/a>: Post about someone wanting to do the same, but dated.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Ultimate:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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