Method: NMEAPlus::Message::AIS::VDMPayload::MMSIInfo#category_description

Defined in:
lib/nmea_plus/message/ais/vdm_payload/mmsi_info.rb,
lib/nmea_plus/message/ais/vdm_payload/mmsi_info.rb more...

#category_description ⇒ String (readonly)

The MMSI category as defined by ITU-R M.585-7

Returns:

  • (String) —

    the human-readable description the MMSI category

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# File 'lib/nmea_plus/message/ais/vdm_payload/mmsi_info.rb', line 50

def category_description
  case category
  when :individual_ship then "Individual ship"
  when :coast_station then "Coast station"
  when :harbor_station then "Harbor station"
  when :pilot_station then "Pilot station"
  when :ais_repeater_station then "AIS repeater station"
  when :sar_aircraft then "SAR aircraft"
  when :sar_aircraft_fixed then "SAR fixed-wing aircraft"
  when :sar_aircraft_helicopter then "SAR helicopter"
  when :aton_physical then "Physical AIS AtoN"
  when :aton_virtual then "Virtual AIS AtoN"
  when :aton then "AIS Aid to Navigation"
  when :auxiliary_craft then "Auxiliary craft"
  when :handheld then "Handheld transceiver"
  when :sar_transmitter then "AIS-SART"
  when :man_overboard then "MOB (Man Overboard)"
  when :epirb then "EPIRB"
  else
    category.to_s
  end
end