54957 Data Set Published / External 55360 Automatic Identification System (AIS) Project Completed 2018-12-12 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. This dataset represents annual vessel transit counts summarized at a 100 m by 100 m geographic area. A single transit is counted each time a vessel track passes through, starts, or stops within a 100 m grid cell. To support ocean planning activities pursuant to the Executive Order Regarding the Ocean Policy to Advance the Economic, Security, and Environmental Interests of the United States, the Energy Policy Act, the Rivers and Harbors Act, and the Coastal Zone Management Act. Design, development, and processing provided by: The Baldwin Group Inc. and RPS Group Inc. Bureau Code: 006:48, Program Code: 006:055 Theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT Theme ISO 19115 Topic Category environment Theme ISO 19115 Topic Category oceans Theme ISO 19115 Topic Category planningCadastre Theme ISO 19115 Topic Category transportation Spatial Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Theme Military Theme coastal zone management Theme ocean planning Theme planning Spatial Exclusive Economic Zone Spatial Outer Continental Shelf Spatial Territorial Sea Spatial United States of America Office for Coastal Management Charleston SC Data Set None Planned Map (digital) https://www.marinecadastre.gov/about/disclaimer.html U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Center, NOAA Office for Coastal Management, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Point of Contact 2018 Organization NOAA Office for Coastal Management NOAA/OCM coastal.info@noaa.gov 2234 South Hobson Ave Charleston SC 29405-2413 (843) 740-1202 https://coast.noaa.gov NOAA Office for Coastal Management Home Page Online Resource Publication Date -132 -60 51.5 10.7 Range 2016-01-01 2016-12-31 Unclassified None For coastal and ocean planning. https://marinecadastre.gov/data Marine Cadastre Data Registry https://ocmgeodatastor1.blob.core.windows.net/marinecadastre/ais/aistransit/ais-transit-count-2016.tif Content was acquired from original sources – no additional testing was done to cross reference or confirm otherwise the field or geometry values from other sources. Maximum scale of intended use is 1:80,000. Positional accuracy reflects the specifications and methods of the original data producer and has not been modified for the generation of this product. All known records acquired from the Nationwide Automatic Identification System which includes approximately 58 U.S. ports and 11 coastal areas out to 24 nautical miles offshore. For further information on vessel reporting requirements and participation in the AIS, see carriage requirements in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 33. Significant null values exist in some fields principally as a result of vessel operator practices. Tested through visual inspection and through the analysis of summary statistics on field values. AIS Vessel Tracks 2016 2016-12-31 https://marinecadastre.gov/ais Source Online Linkage URL where the source data were originally accessed. Annual vessel tracks built using the Track Builder Pro 1.0 tool with time and distance parameters of 30 minutes and 1 nm. Vessel type definitions derived from the original NMEA record and the Authoritative Vessel Identification Service (AVIS) Vessel Catalog 1 1. Select tracks for each vessel type from the 2016 AIS Vessel Tracks geodatabase by groups as defined in the AIS Vessel Type and Group Codes, Marine Cadastre 2018-05-23. 2. Calculate transit count grids using the MarineCadastre.gov AIS Vessel Transit Counter tool for each month of tracks and for each ocean basin. 3. Merge monthly transit count grids into an annual transit count grid. 2018-01-02T00:00:00 AIS Vessel Tracks 2016 2 1. Merge all 4 ocean basin/regional rasters into one raster using the mosaic to new raster tool. 2018-11-20T00:00:00 Organization NOAA Office for Coastal Management NOAA/OCM coastal.info@noaa.gov 2234 South Hobson Ave Charleston SC 29405-2413 (843) 740-1202 https://coast.noaa.gov NOAA Office for Coastal Management Home Page Online Resource gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:54957 Anna Verrill 2018-11-27T16:39:14 Jesse Brass 2026-07-23T18:23:55 2019-01-24 Office for Coastal Management OCM 1002 Public No No 2019-01-24 1 Year 2020-01-24