[ddj] AIS ship tracking data

Thu Oct 5 13:09:27 UTC 2017

Hi everyone,

In case anyone is interested how this worked out -- it was pretty much
impossible to get comprehensive data for free! But i reached out to a few
companies and in the end one agreed to give me a snapshot of one day's data
for all the ships of the ocean, as long as I credited them. So if you find
you want anything like this in future, it would be worth asking the
companies who sell it.

All the best,
Josh

On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 7:03 PM, Chris Dodds <chris.dodds at factivated.com>
wrote:

> I have a friend who built a whole business around the AIS data - it's
> *very* expensive to get the (near) real time data you'd need to track all
> the ships accurately
>
> On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 2:51 PM, Ronnie Wonder <ronniewonder at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello Joshua,
>>
>> Thanks for the interest but would advise you do a scan over maritime
>> and ports resources
>>
>> Regards.
>>
>> Ronnie
>> Freelance Writer & Accountant
>> Uganda
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 8:38 PM, Peter Weenink <petergeo at xs4all.nl> wrote:
>> > Hi Josh,
>> >
>> > Free shipdata might be very difficult to get. Do also have a look at:
>> >
>> > https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:20.2/cente
>> ry:37.2/zoom:7
>> > http://www.maritime-database.com
>> > http://www.openseamap.org/index.php?id=61&L=1
>> > https://www.fleetmon.com/vessels/
>> > https://www.ihs.com/products/ais-live-ship-tracker.html
>> >
>> > If you need any help II ‘ll try.
>> >
>> > Cheerio, Peter Weenink
>> > Working on: mapvision.eu
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > From: Joshua Howgego
>> > Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2017 5:43 PM
>> > To: List about Data Driven Journalism and Open Data in Journalism.
>> > Subject: [ddj] AIS ship tracking data
>> >
>> > Hello all,
>> >
>> > I'm an editor at New Scientist magazine in London. I'm enthusiastic
>> about
>> > data journalism,but don't have a lot of experience.
>> >
>> > At the moment, I am thinking about a story I have coming up about the
>> > shipping industry. I'd love to create a map that shows the locations of
>> all
>> > the ships on the ocean at one specific (recent) point in time and
>> classifies
>> > them according to class. Actually this interactive does exactly that
>> > https://www.shipmap.org/ But I'd like to make my own version so I can
>> > customise it.
>> >
>> > But my main issue is finding the data!
>> >
>> > There is lots of AIS data out there, but I'm struggling to find a
>> > comprehensive and free source.
>> >
>> > I just wonder if anyone on the list has worked with shipping data has
>> any
>> > advice (or even might be interested in working with me to develop
>> > something)?
>> >
>> > Josh
>> >
>> > --
>> >
>> > Josh Howgego
>> > Science journalist
>> >
>> > www.joshuahowgego.co.uk
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>> >
>> >
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