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Summary

Short Citation
Office for Coastal Management, 2024: East Coast AIS Vessel Tracks 2011, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/48880.
Full Citation Examples

Abstract

Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) are a navigation safety device that transmits and monitors the location and characteristics of many vessels in U.S. and international waters in real-time. In the U.S. the Coast Guard and industry collect AIS data, which can also be used for a variety of coastal planning purposes. NOAA and BOEM have worked jointly to re-task and make available some of the most important records from the U.S. Coast Guards national network of AIS receivers. Information such as location, time, ship type, length, width, and draft have been extracted from the raw data and prepared as track lines for analyses in desktop GIS software.

Distribution Information

Access Constraints:

None

Use Constraints:

These data are intended for coastal and ocean use planning. Not for navigation.

Controlled Theme Keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT, oceans, transportation

Child Items

Type Title
Entity EastCoastVesselTracklines2011

Contact Information

Point of Contact
NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
coastal.info@noaa.gov
(843) 740-1202

Metadata Contact
NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
coastal.info@noaa.gov
(843) 740-1202

Extents

Geographic Area 1

-83.999994° W, -66.000002° E, 48.740183° N, -2.644679° S

Time Frame 1
2011-01-01 - 2011-12-31

Item Identification

Title: East Coast AIS Vessel Tracks 2011
Short Name: EastCoastVesselTracklines2011
Status: Completed
Publication Date: 2013-12-20
Abstract:

Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) are a navigation safety device that transmits and monitors the location and characteristics of many vessels in U.S. and international waters in real-time. In the U.S. the Coast Guard and industry collect AIS data, which can also be used for a variety of coastal planning purposes. NOAA and BOEM have worked jointly to re-task and make available some of the most important records from the U.S. Coast Guards national network of AIS receivers. Information such as location, time, ship type, length, width, and draft have been extracted from the raw data and prepared as track lines for analyses in desktop GIS software.

Purpose:

To support coastal and ocean planning and other activities pursuant to the Energy Policy Act, Coastal Zone Management Act, Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, National Environmental Policy Act, Rivers and Harbors Act and the Submerged Lands Act.

Notes:

11038

Supplemental Information:

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.00001

Longitude_Resolution: 0.00001

Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: D WGS 1984

Ellipsoid_Name: WGS 1984

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257223563

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT
ISO 19115 Topic Category
oceans
ISO 19115 Topic Category
transportation
UNCONTROLLED
MarineCadastre AIS
MarineCadastre track lines
MarineCadastre Vessel Traffic

Temporal Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None 2011

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
UNCONTROLLED
None Atlantic Ocean
None East Coast
None United States

Physical Location

Organization: Office for Coastal Management
City: Charleston
State/Province: SC

Data Set Information

Data Set Scope Code: Data Set
Maintenance Frequency: None Planned
Data Presentation Form: Map (digital)
Distribution Liability:

NOAA makes no warranties or representations whatsoever regarding the availability, quality, accuracy, content, completeness or suitability for the user's needs of such information. The services, information, and data made available on the Multipurpose Marine Cadastre web site are provided "as is" without warranties of any kind. These data are intended for coastal and ocean use planning. Not for navigation.

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 652407
Date Effective From: 2013-12-20
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
Address: 2234 South Hobson Ave
Charleston, SC 29405-2413
Email Address: coastal.info@noaa.gov
Phone: (843) 740-1202
URL: https://coast.noaa.gov

Distributor

CC ID: 652409
Date Effective From: 2013-12-20
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
Address: 2234 South Hobson Ave
Charleston, SC 29405-2413
Email Address: coastal.info@noaa.gov
Phone: (843) 740-1202
URL: https://coast.noaa.gov

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 652410
Date Effective From: 2013-12-20
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
Address: 2234 South Hobson Ave
Charleston, SC 29405-2413
Email Address: coastal.info@noaa.gov
Phone: (843) 740-1202
URL: https://coast.noaa.gov

Point of Contact

CC ID: 652408
Date Effective From: 2013-12-20
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
Address: 2234 South Hobson Ave
Charleston, SC 29405-2413
Email Address: coastal.info@noaa.gov
Phone: (843) 740-1202
URL: https://coast.noaa.gov

Extents

Currentness Reference: Ground Condition

Extent Group 1

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 652413
W° Bound: -83.999994
E° Bound: -66.000002
N° Bound: 48.740183
S° Bound: -2.644679

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 652412
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 2011-01-01
End: 2011-12-31

Spatial Information

Spatial Representation

Representations Used

Vector: Yes

Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Data Access Constraints:

None

Data Use Constraints:

These data are intended for coastal and ocean use planning. Not for navigation.

Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 1121656
Download URL: https://marinecadastre.gov/data/
Distributor:
Description:

MarineCadastre.gov Data Registry

Distribution 2

CC ID: 1121655
Download URL: https://marinecadastre.gov/downloads/data/ais/ais2011/EastCoastVesselTracklines2011.zip
Distributor:

Activity Log

Activity Log 1

CC ID: 652426
Activity Date/Time: 2016-05-23
Description:

Date that the source FGDC record was last modified.

Activity Log 2

CC ID: 652425
Activity Date/Time: 2017-11-14
Description:

Converted from FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (version FGDC-STD-001-1998) using 'fgdc_to_inport_xml.pl' script. Contact Tyler Christensen (NOS) for details.

Activity Log 3

CC ID: 717301
Activity Date/Time: 2018-02-08
Description:

Partial upload of Positional Accuracy fields only.

Data Quality

Accuracy:

The attributes in this dataset are believed to be accurate.

Horizontal Positional Accuracy:

Maximum scale of intended use is 1:80,000.

Completeness Report:

Spatial and attribute properties are believed to be complete, although attribute information has been simplified. Geometric thresholds from original data are preserved. No tests have been completed for exhaustiveness.

Conceptual Consistency:

These data are believed to be logically consistent. Geometry is topologically clean.

Lineage

Sources

2011 United States Automatic Identification System Database

CC ID: 652400
Contact Name: Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office for Coastal Management (OCM); Department of Interior (DOI), Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)
Publish Date: 2013-01-07
Extent Type: Range
Extent Start Date/Time: 2011-01-01
Extent End Date/Time: 2011-12-31
Citation URL: https://marinecadastre.gov/ais/
Source Contribution:

2011 AIS at 1 Minute Intervals for UTM Zone 17, 18 and 19 | Source Geospatial Form: vector digital data | Type of Source Media: online

Process Steps

Process Step 1

CC ID: 652401
Description:

1 Download all 2011 geodatabases for UTM zones 17, 18, and 19 from https://marinecadastre.gov/AIS/default.aspx as well as the AIS Track Builder tool.

2 Create model for each of the UTM zones to run the track builder tool on each of the monthly Broadcast feature classes. Settings used for the tool was to break track lines using "Maximum Time and Distance", maximum time value = 30 and maximum distance value = 1. Also included both the Voyage and Vessel attributes. Ran Model for each UTM zone.

3 For months April through December in Zone 18 deleted data points from the Broadcast feature class falling outside the United States UTM 18. Used Esri's World UTM Grid from ArcGIS online for reference.

4 CLIP Broadcast points for each of these months that fell within the Esri's World UTM Grid for New York. Renamed these "Broadcast_NY" for data sets not containing these points renamed to "Broadcast_NonNY"

5 Create relationship classes between each of these new Broadcast_NY and Broadcast_NonNY with their respective Vessel and Voyage tables per month.

6 Create model to run the track builder tool for Zone 18's months April - December Broadcast_NY and Broadcast_NonNY feature classes. Using same settings as detailed in Process Step #2.

7 MERGE all Zones 18 NY and NonNY track lines together per month.

8 MERGE of all monthly track line feature classes for each of the UTM zones. Now have 3 feature classes representing total 2011 annual vessel traffic for each UTM Zone 17, 18, and 19.

9 Removal of superfluous fields

10 Create model to create max draught in meters field for annual feature class, calculate statistics to find the maximum draft value, create new field "maxDraught" in this statistics result intermediate feature class, add values to this new field using field calculator in expression: [max draught statistic] *0.1. This calculation converts the draught values form 1/10th meter units to meter units. Join this field to the annual feature class based on the MMSI field.

Process Date/Time: 2013-10-01 00:00:00
Source: 2011 United States Automatic Identification System Database

Child Items

Rubric scores updated every 15m

Rubric Score Type Title
Entity EastCoastVesselTracklines2011

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 48880
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:48880
Metadata Record Created By: Anne Ball
Metadata Record Created: 2017-11-14 15:56+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2023-05-30 18:09+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2019-01-24
Owner Org: OCM
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2019-01-24
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2020-01-24