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Originally Posted by No Mast
No. An AIS receiver gets the data realtime and directly from the transmitter on the boat. The app, relays data that ground based antennas receive. You'll need a data connection (wifi or cell) to get it. It's close to real time but can be off by minutes.
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I was under that impression. He called his app his "AIS receiver". That is not a very good way of looking at it. So I asked the question to clarify. So I assume it is the same thing as Marine traffic....