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Short Citation:
Office for Coastal Management, 2024: AIS Base Stations, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/73206.

Item Identification

Title: AIS Base Stations
Status: Completed
Publication Date: 2024-08-01
Abstract:

A shore-based station that provides identity, time synchronization, and text messages, which report (message 4) every ten seconds and are identified by a 00MIDxxxxx MMSI. These stations can also transmit AIS ATON Reports (message 21) and Application Specific Messages (ASM, message 6 and message 8) for meteorological or hydrological information, marine safety information, etc. (see the IALA Application Specific Message Collection). The Coast Guard Light List maintains a list of U.S. stations that also act as AIS ATONs or transmit ASMs.

In the United States, these stations are solely operated by the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) in the Nationwide Automatic Identification System, a nationwide network that supports all USCG missions and is designed to enhance the Coast Guards maritime domain awareness of vessels operating in or approaching the nations waterways, ports, and infrastructure. This network, which comprises 130-plus base stations and 150-plus USACE inland stations, collects over 120 million AIS messages daily and shares information with other government agencies, industry, academia, and coastal planners.

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 National Environmental Policy Act, the Rivers and Harbors Act, and the Coastal Zone Management Act.

Supplemental Information:

Bureau Code: 006:48, Program Code: 006:055

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
planningCadastre
ISO 19115 Topic Category
transportation
UNCONTROLLED
None coastal
None planning
None renewable energy

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
UNCONTROLLED
None Exclusive Economic Zone
None Outer Continental Shelf
None Territorial Sea

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)
Entity Attribute Overview:

stationType, stationMMSI, stationName

Distribution Liability:

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

Data Set Credit: U.S. Coast Guard, NOAA Office for Coastal Management

Support Roles

Point of Contact

CC ID: 1343230
Date Effective From: 2018-06
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 Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 1343242
W° Bound: -158.25
E° Bound: 144.75
N° Bound: 61.5
S° Bound: 13.25

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 1343241
Time Frame Type: Discrete
Start: 2024-08-01
Description:

publication date

Spatial Information

Spatial Representation

Representations Used

Grid: No
Vector: Yes
Text / Table: No
TIN: No
Stereo Model: No
Video: No

Vector Representation 1

CC ID: 1343236
Complex Object Present?: No
Composite Object Present?: No
Curve Object Present?: No
Point Object Present?: Yes
Solid Object Present?: No
Surface Object Present?: No

Reference Systems

Reference System 1

CC ID: 1343237

Coordinate Reference System

CRS Type: Geographic 2D
EPSG Code: EPSG:4269
EPSG Name: NAD83
See Full Coordinate Reference System Information

Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Data Use Constraints:

For coastal and ocean planning

Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 1343231
Download URL: https://marinecadastre.gov/data/
Distributor:
Description:

MarineCadastre.gov Data Registry

Distribution 2

CC ID: 1343232
Download URL: https://marinecadastre.gov/downloads/data/mc/AISBaseStation.zip
Distributor:

Technical Environment

Description:

Microsoft Windows, ArcGIS Pro, Azure SQL

Data Quality

Accuracy:

Untested

Horizontal Positional Accuracy:

Compiled to meet 10 meters horizontal accuracy at 95% confidence level

Completeness Report:

Untested

Conceptual Consistency:

These data are logically consistent

Lineage

Sources

Light List Volume I

CC ID: 1343243
Contact Role Type: Publisher
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Publish Date: 2024-07-09
Citation URL: https://msi.nga.mil/Publications/USCGLL
Source Contribution:

Identity and location of NAIS and LOMA base stations

Light List Volume V

CC ID: 1343244
Contact Role Type: Publisher
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Publish Date: 2024-08-01
Citation URL: https://msi.nga.mil/Publications/USCGLL
Source Contribution:

Identity and location of NAIS and LOMA base stations

Process Steps

Process Step 1

CC ID: 1343239
Description:

Source data was extracted from the U.S. Coast Guard publication, transformed, and loaded into the Marine Cadastre information system using a collection of ArcGIS Pro functions.

Corrections were made to multiple records to resolve errors in content, format structure and style.

Process Date/Time: 2024-08-01 00:00:00

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 73206
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:73206
Metadata Record Created By: Daniel Martin
Metadata Record Created: 2024-08-01 20:07+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: Daniel Martin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2024-08-05 13:39+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2024-08-05
Owner Org: OCM
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2019-04-25
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2020-04-25