My view!

[Kalcinator]

Hello ! First of all, thank you for this amazing project. Shadowbroker is a blast to use and the UI is incredibly smooth! I've been using it for a few days and I have a few remarks

1. ⚓ AIS Speed Bug (102.3 kn)

I noticed many vessels show a speed of exactly 102.3 kn when they are moving. After checking the AIS standard, it seems 102.3 (raw value 1023 in a 10-bit field) is the default value for "Speed not available" or "Out of range".

2. 🚢 Missing Vessels

I noticed there are fewer boats than on MarineTraffic. I saw iais_stream.py (lines 186-188) that you're currently skipping vessels of type "other". This excludes many fishing boats, tugs, and pilot vessels. It would be great to have a toggle in the UI to include these vessels, or at least ingest them but maybe give them a smaller icon to avoid cluttering the map.

3. 🔍 Map Zoom & Visibility

Currently, ship icons only appear when zooming in quite close (I saw minzoom={4} for the ships-layer in MaplibreViewer.tsx). When looking at the map from a global perspective, the seas look a bit empty compared to the sky. Maybe scale the icon size based on zoom level to keep them visible but not overwhelming at lower zoom.

Anyway, I really love the tool, it's a game changer for me ! Keep up the great work!
Bonne chance et bon vent o/

[BigBodyCobain]

I will totally work on that in the next update! The missing vessels might be remnants from the beginning of this APP lmao. I think it was because the number of ships that were pinged was melting my computer, I should have just made it a toggled option. I'll double back and check on all these ASAP!