Metadata : Shipping AIS Density Grid

Identification

Title
Shipping AIS Density Grid
Abstract

This dataset contains the average weekly shipping density for the whole of the UK at a 2km grid resolution. For 2019, Automatic Identification System (AIS) datasets were sampled from the first fourteen days of each month, commencing with January, at monthly intervals. The total value for all 24 weeks was divided by 24 to determine the weekly average, therefore decimal values may occur for certain cells. The weekly average was also multiplied by 52 to provide the estimated annual average.

Ship type groups (STG):
0 - Unknown Vessels
1 - Non-Port service craft
2 - Port service craft
3 - Vessels engaged in dredging or underwater operations
4 - High Speed Craft
5 - Military or Law enforcement
6 - Passenger
7 - Cargo
8 - Tankers
9 - Fishing vessels
10 - Recreational vessels

AIS density grid for 2019 processed by ABPmer on behalf of the MMO using AIS data supplied by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), following a methodology previously developed by ABPmer under MMO project number 1066, entitled ‘Mapping UK Shipping Density and Routes from AIS – Open Source Data and Methods’.

Source: MMO

Copyright: AIS data published under Open Government Licence. Reproduced with permission of the MCA and MMO. © Crown Copyright. ABPmer 2021. © British Crown Copyright 2021.

Licence
Open Government Licence for Public Sector Information (OGL)

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Copyright:

None

Publication date
Type
Spatial data
Category:
Oceans

Features and characteristics of salt water bodies (excluding inland waters). Examples: tides, tidal waves, coastal information, reefs

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Regions
Global
Approved
Yes
Published
Yes
Featured
No
Group
Geography & Technology

Information

Spatial extent
Projection system
EPSG:32630
Extension x0
61480.3770410815
Extension x1
597480.377133502
Extension y0
5518332.31964748
Extension y1
6106332.31971831

Features

Contact

Email
data@gov.wales
Organisation
Welsh Government
Department
Geography & Technology

References

Link online
/layergroups/appdata-wg-marine:ais_density_grid_2019
Metadata page
/layergroups/appdata-wg-marine:ais_density_grid_2019/metadata_detail

OWS endpoints

WMS