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Office for Coastal Management, 2024: Great Lakes AIS Vessel Tracks 2013, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/48886.

Item Identification

Title: Great Lakes AIS Vessel Tracks 2013
Short Name: GreatLakesVesselTracklines2013
Status: Completed
Publication Date: 2015-12-09
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 Guard's 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:

11044

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: North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 1980

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

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
None AIS
None marine transportation
None track lines
None Vessel Traffic

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
UNCONTROLLED
None Great Lakes
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 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. https://marinecadastre.gov/about/disclaimer.html

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 652616
Date Effective From: 2015-12-09
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: 652618
Date Effective From: 2015-12-09
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: 652619
Date Effective From: 2015-12-09
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: 652617
Date Effective From: 2015-12-09
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: 652622
W° Bound: -93.068705
E° Bound: -72.008612
N° Bound: 48.642031
S° Bound: 38.182086

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 652621
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 2013-01-01
End: 2013-12-31

Spatial Information

Spatial Representation

Representations Used

Vector: Yes

Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Data Access Procedure:

zip download

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: 1121725
Download URL: https://marinecadastre.gov/data/
Distributor:
Description:

Marine Cadastre Data Registry

Activity Log

Activity Log 1

CC ID: 652634
Activity Date/Time: 2016-05-23
Description:

Date that the source FGDC record was last modified.

Activity Log 2

CC ID: 652633
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: 717361
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

2013 United States Automatic Identification System Database

CC ID: 652609
Contact Name: Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office for Coastal Management (OCM)
Publish Date: 2015-11-12
Extent Type: Range
Extent Start Date/Time: 2013-01-01
Extent End Date/Time: 2013-12-31
Citation URL: https://marinecadastre.gov/ais/
Source Contribution:

2013 AIS at 1 Minute Intervals for UTM Zones 15,16, 17, and 18. | Type of Source Media: online

Process Steps

Process Step 1

CC ID: 652610
Description:

1. Download all 2013 geodatabases for UTM zones 15, 16, 17, and 18 from https://marinecadastre.gov/ais/, as well as the AIS Track Builder tool.

2. For all months in Zone 15, 16, 17, and 18 clip data points from the Broadcast feature class to retain only those in the Great Lakes region.

3. Create model for each of the UTM zones to run the track builder tool on each of the monthly Broadcast feature classes. Settings used within the tool include: break track lines using "Maximum Time and Distance"; maximum time value = 30; and maximum distance value = 1. Also include both the Voyage and Vessel attributes. Run Model for each UTM zone.

4. MERGE all monthly track line feature classes per UTM zone. Four feature classes representing total 2013 annual vessel traffic for UTM Zones 15-18 are the end product.

5. Remove superfluous fields.

6. Create model to generate max draught field (in meters) for annual feature class as follows: a) calculate statistics to find the maximum draft value; b) create new field "maxDraught" in the intermediate statistics feature class; c) calculate values for this new field using the field calculator 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.

7. REPAIR GEOMETRY for each of the annual track line feature classes for each UTM Zone.

8. REPROJECT all three UTM zone's annual tracklines into NAD83.

9. MERGE all three UTM zone's annual track lines into one feature class to create 2013 annual Great Lakes track lines feature class.

10. REPAIR GEOMETRY for the merged regional file.

Process Date/Time: 2015-09-01 00:00:00

Child Items

Rubric scores updated every 15m

Rubric Score Type Title
Entity GreatLakesVesselTracklines2013

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 48886
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:48886
Metadata Record Created By: Anne Ball
Metadata Record Created: 2017-11-14 15:56+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: Jesse Brass
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2024-08-21 15:21+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