Mapping Marine Traffic Density by Using AIS Data: An Application in the Northern Aegean Sea

Automatic Identification System (AIS) data is used for monitoring the movements of vessels live movements through instant transmission of vessel information while, at the same time, historical AIS data is used for marine traffic analysis by researchers. There are several methods and computer program...

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Main Authors: Kundakçi Burak, Nas Selçuk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2018-12-01
Series:Polish Maritime Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/pomr-2018-0131
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description Automatic Identification System (AIS) data is used for monitoring the movements of vessels live movements through instant transmission of vessel information while, at the same time, historical AIS data is used for marine traffic analysis by researchers. There are several methods and computer programs developed for the analysis of marine traffic by the use of AIS data. Combining the intersection algorithm proposed by Antonio (1992) and distance calculation method, this study develops a method to analyse vessel distribution on a selected cross sectional line (SCS) in the Northern Aegean Sea. As a complementary to the new methods proposed, a desktop application is developed in C# programming language to visualize the vessel distribution on the SCS line. SQL server is used for AIS data storage and analysis. The study is conducted over 7-day AIS data, specifically 2.382.469 rows and 42.884.442 data in total, belonging to the Northern Aegean Sea marine traffic. As a result, the mapping of the movements of different types of vessels in the Northern Aegean Sea is effectively performed and Frequency-Distance, Draught-Distance, SOG-Distance, SOG-COG distributions on the SCS line are successfully analysed by the new method introduced.
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spelling doaj.art-044402d8bad84570aca9ba84e59196482022-12-21T22:53:41ZengSciendoPolish Maritime Research2083-74292018-12-01254495810.2478/pomr-2018-0131pomr-2018-0131Mapping Marine Traffic Density by Using AIS Data: An Application in the Northern Aegean SeaKundakçi Burak0Nas Selçuk1Dokuz Eylul University, Maritime Faculty, Buca, 35160,Izmir, TurkeyDokuz Eylul University, Maritime Faculty, Buca, 35160,Izmir, TurkeyAutomatic Identification System (AIS) data is used for monitoring the movements of vessels live movements through instant transmission of vessel information while, at the same time, historical AIS data is used for marine traffic analysis by researchers. There are several methods and computer programs developed for the analysis of marine traffic by the use of AIS data. Combining the intersection algorithm proposed by Antonio (1992) and distance calculation method, this study develops a method to analyse vessel distribution on a selected cross sectional line (SCS) in the Northern Aegean Sea. As a complementary to the new methods proposed, a desktop application is developed in C# programming language to visualize the vessel distribution on the SCS line. SQL server is used for AIS data storage and analysis. The study is conducted over 7-day AIS data, specifically 2.382.469 rows and 42.884.442 data in total, belonging to the Northern Aegean Sea marine traffic. As a result, the mapping of the movements of different types of vessels in the Northern Aegean Sea is effectively performed and Frequency-Distance, Draught-Distance, SOG-Distance, SOG-COG distributions on the SCS line are successfully analysed by the new method introduced.https://doi.org/10.2478/pomr-2018-0131automatic identification systemmarine trafficmarine traffic analysis
spellingShingle Kundakçi Burak
Nas Selçuk
Mapping Marine Traffic Density by Using AIS Data: An Application in the Northern Aegean Sea
Polish Maritime Research
automatic identification system
marine traffic
marine traffic analysis
title Mapping Marine Traffic Density by Using AIS Data: An Application in the Northern Aegean Sea
title_full Mapping Marine Traffic Density by Using AIS Data: An Application in the Northern Aegean Sea
title_fullStr Mapping Marine Traffic Density by Using AIS Data: An Application in the Northern Aegean Sea
title_full_unstemmed Mapping Marine Traffic Density by Using AIS Data: An Application in the Northern Aegean Sea
title_short Mapping Marine Traffic Density by Using AIS Data: An Application in the Northern Aegean Sea
title_sort mapping marine traffic density by using ais data an application in the northern aegean sea
topic automatic identification system
marine traffic
marine traffic analysis
url https://doi.org/10.2478/pomr-2018-0131
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