exactEarth Announces the Availability of New Online Data
Galleries
June 17, 2013
exactEarth Ltd., announced the release of a set of web galleries, to provide an online environment for the exploration of Satellite AIS data. Through this new interactive experience, users are given access to selected subsets from the exactAIS® 3-year global archive through interactive maps, sample web services for use in GIS platforms, and downloadable sample files.
exactEarth Ltd., announced the release of a set of web galleries, to provide an online environment for the exploration of Satellite AIS data. Through this new interactive experience, users are given access to selected subsets from the exactAIS® 3-year global archive through interactive maps, sample web services for use in GIS platforms, and downloadable sample files.
exactEarth Horizon provides an interactive map of a
sampled single day’s position reports for the whole
globe allowing users to gain an understanding of the
breadth of information available from the exactAIS
data service. The exactEarth Gallery™ provides
sample maps, OGC certified web services, and
downloadable files from exactAIS Archive™ and
exactAIS Arctic Archive™ including historical points
and tracks, as well as density maps.
These galleries offer the ability to explore
sampled ship movement information with the full
AIS collected attributes available such as
heading, course over ground, and flag. The
vessel density mapping featured showcases how it
is possible to use the AIS data to analyze
shipping patterns and trends at differing scales
while the data from exactAIS Arctic Archive
gives a complete look into the vessel traffic
patterns of this remote region.
“We have seen a steadily growing awareness
of Satellite AIS and the benefits of
receiving global ship movements over the
past few years and earlier this year we
released our ShipMaps Website
(www.shipmaps.com) to highlight the growing
uses of Satellite AIS data” commented Graham
Stickler, Global Marketing Director at
exactEarth. “We have had a very positive
response to this site, but we recognise that
there are many more potential uses for
Satellite AIS data, especially as our global
archive grows. We have released these
galleries to now provide an interactive
environment where the actual data can be
explored in more detail and to allow
interested parties to experiment and see for
themselves how such data may help across the
whole maritime operations, analysis and
planning domain.”