Spatial trends in shipping activity (AIS derived shipping activity – data standards).

Abstract

This guideline comprises two pdf files, one is a report entitled ‘AIS Derived Shipping Activity - Data Standards’ and the other is a ‘Draft data guideline for the presentation of AIS Derived Vessel Spatial Data’. These files were the output of work undertaken by ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd (ABPmer) commissioned by The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) to develop approaches for the mapping of shipping activity using Automatic Identification System (AIS) data supplied by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA). The draft guideline provides a suggested definition for the format of AIS derived vessel spatial data and its representation within mapped products and builds on the existing standards for capture and display of AIS raw data.