Vessel Density Mapping of 2019 AIS Data in the Northwest Atlantic

The Automatic Identification System (AIS) is a global, satellite-based and terrestrial-based ship tracking system that uses shipborne equipment to remotely track vessel identification and positional information and is typically required on vessels of 300 gross tonnage or more on an international voyage, of 500 gross tonnage or more not on an international voyage, and passenger ships of all sizes. AIS tracking technologies are primarily used in support of real-time maritime domain awareness and for maritime security and safety of life at sea. This report describes a geographic information system (GIS) analysis of 2019 AIS data to produce yearly and monthly vessel density maps of all vessel classes combined and yearly density maps of each vessel class. The year 2019 was selected to portray shipping densities in a pre-COVID 19 pandemic depiction of the maritime transport sector in the Northwest Atlantic. Vessel density map applications include use in spatial analysis and decision support for marine spatial planning.

Date ( RI_367 ): 2023-03-23

Date ( RI_366 ): 2023-03-23

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Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Tyler Veinot ( )

Dartmouth , Nova Scotia , B2Y 4A2 , Canada

Status: completed; complété RI_593

Maintenance and update frequency: asNeeded; auBesoin RI_540

Keywords ( RI_525 )

Atlantic Canada

Keywords ( RI_528 )

Automatic Identification System
Vessel Density
Shipping
Transportation
Cargo
Fishing
Tanker

Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )

Shipping
Fishing ships
Vessels
Marine safety
Transport

Classification: unclassified; nonClassifié RI_484

Use limitation: Open Government Licence - Canada (http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)

Access constraints: license; licence RI_606

Use constraints: license; licence RI_606

Spatial representation type: grid; grille RI_636

Metadata language: eng; CAN

Character set: utf8; utf8 RI_458

Topic category

Oceans
Transportation

Begin date: 2019-01-01

End date: 2019-12-31

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Reference system identifier: ESRI:102001 Canada Albers Equal Area Conic / unknown /

Distribution format

FGDB/GDB ( 10.7 )
TIFF ( 5.0 )
ESRI REST ( 2.8.8 )

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Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Marine Planning and Conservation - Marine Planning and Conservation ( )

OnLine resource: Vessel Density Mapping of 2019 Automatic Identification System (AIS) Data in the Northwest Atlantic ( HTTPS )
Supporting Document;PDF;eng

OnLine resource: Vessel Density Mapping of 2019 Automatic Identification System (AIS) Data in the Northwest Atlantic ( HTTPS )
Dataset;GeoTIF;eng,fra

OnLine resource: Vessel Density Mapping of 2019 Automatic Identification System (AIS) Data in the Northwest Atlantic ( HTTPS )
Dataset;FGDB/GDB;eng,fra

OnLine resource: Vessel Density Mapping of 2019 AIS Data in the Northwest Atlantic ( ESRI REST: Map Server )
Web Service;ESRI REST;eng

OnLine resource: Vessel Density Mapping of 2019 AIS Data in the Northwest Atlantic ( ESRI REST: Map Server )
Web Service;ESRI REST;fra

OnLine resource: Data Dictionary Vessel Density Mapping of 2019 Automatic Identification System (AIS) Data in the Northwest Atlantic ( HTTPS )
Supporting Document;PDF;eng,fra

File identifier: 0af975f1-bb45-40e6-b8d8-9ae4909f1dc6 XML

Metadata language: eng; CAN

Character set: utf8; utf8 RI_458

Hierarchy level: dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622

Date stamp: 2023-12-12T18:21:41

Metadata standard name: North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata

Metadata standard version: CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009

RI_418

Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Marine Planning and Conservation - Tyler Veinot ( )

Bedford Institute of Oceanography, 1 Challenger Drive, PO Box 1006 , Dartmouth , Nova Scotia , B2Y 4A2 , Canada

Overviews

thumbnail_AIS2019.JPG

Spatial extent

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