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ShipPlotter - A colour illustrated user guide
by Lionel K Anderson MSc.

ShipPlotter is a unique piece of software that enables a user to have a live radar type display of shipping in their local coastal region or other regions and waterways around the world. The software decodes radio signals, received using a VHF radio receiver or scanner, from ships transmitting digital data using the marine Automatic Identification System (AIS). The book provides an excellent description of the AIS system and messaging.
ShipPlotter visually displays the position and identification of each ship either as radar view or on a chart created from a graphic image file, a satellite image download or a downloaded Open Street Map.
Whilst mariners, small boat owners and yachtsmen can use the ShipPlotter software this book is written for and intended solely for the hobbyist and ship-spotting enthusiast. Its contents therefore should not be used as any sort of guidance or advice for those who are not firmly fixed to their seats in the comfort of their homes on dry ground!

ShipPlotter - A user guide
with greyscale images
by Lionel K Anderson MSc.

As above but with black & white images to make the book more affordable.

ShipPlotter User Guide - Download Version
Colour illustrated.
by Lionel K Anderson MSc.

A downloadable electronic version of the book.

Note:
Download instructions will be emailed on recipt of a Paypal payment.

The Early Days of Digital Computing in the British Army
By Ken Anderson MSc. ISBN: 978-0955675355

The story of the first British Army battlefield digital computer then called FADAC and later to become known as FACE.

A fascinating insight into the development of digital computers in the 1960's.

A History of GreathamA History of Greatham
by Peter Gripton. ISBN: 978-0955675317

The present-day Parish of Greatham lies in the county of Hampshire, on either side of the old Farnham (Surrey) to Petersfield Turnpike. The ‘Domesday Book’ of 1086 recorded Greatham as being ‘Terra Regis’, a Latin term meaning ‘Land of the King’, indicating that this was once a Royal manor belonging to William the Conqueror himself. In later years, the manor passed through many families by marriage and by purchase, including the Devenish, Marshall, Norton, Freeland, Love, Chawner and Coryton families. The name of the village has changed many times, however slightly, over the years. Greteham, Grietham, Gretham, Grutham, Gratham all derived from two separate words, the ‘Old-English’ (Anglo-Saxon) ‘ham’, meaning ‘village, estate, manor or homestead’ and an old Scandinavian word ‘griot’ or ‘gryt’, meaning ‘stones or stony ground’. Thus the name ‘Greotham’ came into being, literally a ‘stony estate’ or ‘farm on gravel’

Korea 1950-53 Recounting REME Involvement
by John Dutton. ISBN: 978-0955675300The Forgotten Punch in the Army's Fist

The story of the War in Korea and of the part played by the REME from 1950 to 1953 as told by various individuals of that Corps, makes fascinating reading. The support and devotion to their colleagues is most apparent, but typical of the British soldier, these experiences are balanced with a sense of sympathy for the unfortunate Korean civilian population caught up in the conflict, and it wouldn't be a true story of the British soldier without its sprinkling of 'squaddie' humour.