AIS Vessel Tracks 2016

Published by Office for Coastal Management | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: December 19, 2025 | Last Modified: 2018-10-31T00:00:00.000+00:00

Vessels traveling in U.S. coastal and inland waters frequently use Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) for navigation safety. The U.S. Coast Guard collects AIS records using shore-side antennas. These records have been filtered and converted from a series of points to a set of track lines for each vessel. Vessels can have one or more tracks of any length, and can be separated by gaps due to intermittent loss of the AIS signal. Tracks will not necessarily start or stop at a well defined port, or when a vessel is not in motion. Vessel tracks are an efficient and spatially unbiased indicator of vessel traffic.

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Complete Metadata

describedByType	application/octet-steam
identifier	gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:54204
issued	2018-10-31T00:00:00.000+00:00
landingPage	https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/54204
language	[]
references	[ "https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/ocm/dmp/pdf/54204.pdf" ]
spatial	-60.0,10.7,-132.0,51.5

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