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Summary

Short Citation
Office for Coastal Management, 2024: 2015 Vessel Transit Counts by Type, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/55361.
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 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.

This record represents the metadata for each of these vessel types: Cargo, Fishing, Passenger, Pleasure Craft and Sailing, Tanker, and Tug and Towing.

Distribution Information

Access Constraints:

None

Use Constraints:

These data are intended for coastal and ocean planning

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://www.marinecadastre.gov/about/disclaimer.html

Controlled Theme Keywords

environment, ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT, oceans, planningCadastre, transportation

Child Items

No Child Items for this record.

Contact Information

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

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

Extents

Geographic Area 1

-132° W, -60° E, 51.5° N, 10.7° S

Time Frame 1
2015-01-01 - 2015-12-31

Item Identification

Title: 2015 Vessel Transit Counts by Type
Status: Completed
Publication Date: 2019-02-06
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. 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.

This record represents the metadata for each of these vessel types: Cargo, Fishing, Passenger, Pleasure Craft and Sailing, Tanker, and Tug and Towing.

Purpose:

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.

Notes:

This record represents the metadata for each of these vessel types: Cargo, Fishing, Passenger, Pleasure Craft and Sailing, Tanker, and Tug and Towing.

Other Citation Details:

Design, development, and processing provided by: The Baldwin Group Inc. and RPS Group Inc.

Supplemental Information:

Reference System: Web Mercator Auxiliary Sphere

Horizontal Datum: D_WGS_1984

Linear Unit: Meter (1.0)

Angular Unit: Degree (0.0174532925199433)

Geographic extent: 132W to 60W, 10.7S to 51.5N

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT
ISO 19115 Topic Category
environment
ISO 19115 Topic Category
oceans
ISO 19115 Topic Category
planningCadastre
ISO 19115 Topic Category
transportation
UNCONTROLLED
None AIS
None Automatic Identification System
None Cargo
None coastal zone management
None Fishing
None Military
None ocean planning
None Passenger
None planning
None Pleasure Craft
None position report
None Sailing
None static data report
None Tanker
None Tow
None transportation
None Tug
None vessel
None vessel traffic
None voyage

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 Exclusive Economic Zone
None Great Lakes
None Gulf of Mexico
None Outer Continental Shelf
None Pacific Ocean
None United States
None UTM Zone 1
None UTM Zone 10
None UTM Zone 11
None UTM Zone 14
None UTM Zone 15
None UTM Zone 16
None UTM Zone 17
None UTM Zone 18
None UTM Zone 19
None UTM Zone 2
None UTM Zone 20
None UTM Zone 3
None UTM Zone 4
None UTM Zone 5
None UTM Zone 6
None UTM Zone 7
None UTM Zone 8
None UTM Zone 9
None West Coast

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:

Users must assume responsibility to determine the appropriate use of these data. DATA SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR LEGALLY BINDING APPLICATIONS.

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://www.marinecadastre.gov/about/disclaimer.html

Data Set Credit: CREDIT: MarineCadastre.gov, NOAA Office for Coastal Management, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management ORIGINATORS: NOAA Office for Coastal Management, NOAA Office for Coastal Management;

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 815345
Date Effective From: 2018
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: 815348
Date Effective From: 2018
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: 815347
Date Effective From: 2018
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: 815346
Date Effective From: 2018
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: Publication Date

Extent Group 1

Extent Description:

Spatial Representation: Grid

Dimension Count: 3

Cell Geometry: Point

Transformation Parameters Available: No

Axis1 Dimension Type: Row

Axis1 Size: varies

Axis2 Dimension Type: Column

Axis2 Size: varies

Axis3 Dimension Type: Vertical

Axis3 Size: 1

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 815343
W° Bound: -132
E° Bound: -60
N° Bound: 51.5
S° Bound: 10.7

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 815342
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 2015-01-01
End: 2015-12-31

Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Data Access Constraints:

None

Data Use Constraints:

These data are intended for coastal and ocean planning

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://www.marinecadastre.gov/about/disclaimer.html

Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 1121557
Download URL: https://marinecadastre.gov/data/
Distributor:
Description:

Marine Cadastre Data Registry

Distribution 2

CC ID: 815349
Download URL: https://marinecadastre.gov/downloads/data/ais/ais2015/VesselTransitCounts2015.zip
Distributor:
File Name: Vessel Transit Counts 2015

Data Quality

Accuracy:

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.

Horizontal Positional Accuracy:

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.

Completeness Report:

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.

Conceptual Consistency:

Tested through visual inspection and through the analysis of summary statistics on field values.

Lineage

Sources

AIS Vessel Tracks 2015

CC ID: 815357
Publish Date: 2015-12-31
Citation URL: https://marinecadastre.gov/ais
Citation URL Name: Source Online Linkage
Citation URL Description:

URL where the source data were originally accessed.

Source Contribution:

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

Process Steps

Process Step 1

CC ID: 815358
Description:

1. Select tracks for each vessel type from the 2015 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.

Process Date/Time: 2018-01-02 00:00:00
Source: AIS Vessel Tracks 2015

Process Step 2

CC ID: 815359
Description:

1. Merge all 4 ocean basin/regional rasters into one raster using the mosaic to new raster tool.

Process Date/Time: 2018-11-20 00:00:00
Process Contact: NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
Phone (Voice): (843) 740-1202
Email Address: coastal.info@noaa.gov

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 55361
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:55361
Metadata Record Created By: Anna Verrill
Metadata Record Created: 2019-01-22 17:12+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: Jesse Brass
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2024-08-21 13:19+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