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Table of contents
1 INTRODUCTION............................................................................................. 5
1.1 Architecture.........................................................................................................5
1.2 Port database .......................................................................................................7

2 START PAGE (MENU PAGE) .......................................................................8

2.1 Search ..................................................................................................................8

3 EDIT FILTERS............................................................................................... 10
3.1 Make a filter ......................................................................................................11
3.2 Filter operators ..................................................................................................11
3.3 Filter attributes ..................................................................................................12
3.4 Computed attributes .......................................................................................... 16
3.5 Valid checks ......................................................................................................17
3.6 Port filters..........................................................................................................18
3.7 Geometry filters ................................................................................................ 18
3.8 Distance to closest vessel or AtoN....................................................................20
3.9 Weather attributes ............................................................................................. 21
3.10 Special attributes ............................................................................................... 22
3.11 Examples ...........................................................................................................22

4 MAP PAGE .....................................................................................................24

4.1 Main Map menu ................................................................................................ 25
4.2 Animation .........................................................................................................25
4.3 Areas .................................................................................................................25
4.3.1 Edit Area ...................................................................................................................... 26
4.4 Available map servers ....................................................................................... 26
4.4.1 Background map server ............................................................................................... 26
4.4.2 External map servers .................................................................................................... 27
4.5 Server controls ..................................................................................................27
4.5.1 Refresh ......................................................................................................................... 28
4.5.2 Search .......................................................................................................................... 29
4.5.3 Settings ........................................................................................................................ 29
4.5.4 Layers .......................................................................................................................... 32

5 MAP FUNCTIONALITY ..............................................................................33

5.1 Map tools ..........................................................................................................33
5.1.1 Toggle Map Size .......................................................................................................... 33

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5.1.2 Refresh ......................................................................................................................... 33

5.1.3 Display region navigation ............................................................................................ 33
5.1.4 Zoom/Pan ..................................................................................................................... 33
5.1.5 Measure distance.......................................................................................................... 34
5.1.6 Go to position .............................................................................................................. 34
5.1.7 Time control ................................................................................................................. 35
5.1.8 Snapshot ....................................................................................................................... 35
5.1.9 Feature info .................................................................................................................. 35
5.1.10 Tool tip .................................................................................................................... 35
5.1.11 Tracking................................................................................................................... 35
5.1.12 MetOc control .......................................................................................................... 36
5.1.13 Tags ......................................................................................................................... 37
5.1.14 Vessel track ............................................................................................................. 38
5.1.15 Toggle vessel list ..................................................................................................... 38
5.2 Map symbols .....................................................................................................39
5.2.1 Status/Speed/Length .................................................................................................... 39
5.2.2 COG/SOG .................................................................................................................... 40
5.2.3 Track ............................................................................................................................ 40
5.2.4 Ship name/call sign and speed/time ............................................................................. 40
5.2.5 Dimension .................................................................................................................... 40

6 LIST .................................................................................................................42

7 VESSEL DETAILS......................................................................................... 43

8 EXPORT ..........................................................................................................45

9 ALERT MODULE .......................................................................................... 46

10 TRAFFIC ANALYSIS MODULE.................................................................49

10.1 Table Statistics ..................................................................................................49
10.2 Tails................................................................................................................... 51
10.3 Density Plot .......................................................................................................54

11 ADMINISTRATION ...................................................................................... 58

12 SHOW USERS ................................................................................................ 59

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1 INTRODUCTION
The Track Server is a Web based system with map and table display of vessel track
data. The main functionality of the system is to provide simple access to “near” real
time and historical tracking data for vessels either through a list or a map view.
The Track Server includes a variety of functionalities, e.g.
 User defined layers/filters and areas (“bookmarks”)
 Search vessel using name, call-sign, IMO number etc.
 Target tracking with CPA (Closest Point of Approach) calculations
 Integrated database with historical data
 Integrated port database
 “Smart links” to other web applications
 Export data
 Track layers may be integrated into other GIS systems using Web Map Services
This User Guide is based on the online help pages which are delivered as part of the
web application. The online help pages are composed to suit the generic Track display
application, and may differ from this document on a number of instances.
This document will describe the main functionality of the system based on the most
important functionality provided by the top level menu (which is available in all the
major operation modes of the application).
The start page (menu page) of the application is described in chapter 2. Chapter 3
presents the basic building blocks necessary for the application to display and select
information by use of filters. The map functionality is covered in chapters 4 and 5, and
the “List” view of the filtered data in chapter 6. How to display detailed vessel
information is described in chapter 7. Functionality for data export is dealt with in
chapter 8. Finally, the Alert Module (chapter 9), Traffic analysis (chapter 10) and
Administration help (chapter 11) are described.

1.1 Architecture
The Track Server may receive vessel track data from many sources of different kind.
Mostly it uses AIS data as input (IEC format), but it also supports data from Satellite
tracking of fishing vessel (NAF format) and other formats. When it comes to AIS data,
the server supports the following AIS messages:
 Position report
 Extended position report

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 SAR aircraft
 Base station
 Static voyage (class A and class B)
 Aids to Navigation
 Person On Board
 VTS target
 MetHyd (wind, current, waves etc.)
The server also supports the “comment block” (with time stamp) for AIS messages so
that non real-time data can be processed by the system.

source 1

Mobile Google
Web browser
application Earth
source 2

source n
Track Web Map Web
data Server Server

Email

Alert
RSS KML
Module
Module
SMS

Historical
Data Track server
Figure 1.1 Architecture

The data from the different sources (usually of the same type) is collected by different
“connectors” and then merged into a common track table. This table is kept in memory
and at regular intervals a snapshot of the track table is saved. From this collection of
historical snapshots one can go back in time and look at the situation at a given time.
The Track Server serves it clients as web application. Each user has an account with its
own data (filters, areas etc.) and must login in with a user id and password. Which data
a user can see, is controlled by a user filter which might be empty.
The Track Server is also a WMS (Web Map Service) server. The WMS servers supplies
the web application with map layers with track data, but the WMS layers can also be
used by other GIS applications.

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1.2 Port database

The Track Server uses an internal port database with worldwide coverage, which is
regularly updated from the master port database at DataLoy (if an Internet connection is
available). This database contains:
 Name
 UN Locode
 Country
 Position
Sometimes a link to the homepage for the port is also included. The ports can be
displayed on the map, where a port that has a link to a web page is marked with an extra
“star”.

Figure 1.2 Ports

The port database is also used to “decode” destination and record which port a vessel
stays at and departs from.

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2 START PAGE (MENU PAGE)

This page is the main page in this web application. The page displays information about
status for the data connectors and contains a list of all defined filters for the current user.
For each filter there are options to access the data either through a list interface or a
map.

Figure 2.1 Main Page

All Track data are accessible through filters. A filter defines which of the vessels you
want to handle through definition of one or more filter constraints. If a vessel satisfies
all constraints in a filter (or at least one depending on the setting), it is accepted and can
be handled further.

From this page you can "create filter", and "edit" or "delete" existing filters. You can
also "list" all vessels for a filter; look at them on a "map" or "export" data from a filter.
If you want to look at track data over a time period, you can choose "tails" or “density
plot”. “Statistics” will display table statistics for this filter. Apart from accessing data
through filters, you can access all vessels through the "list all" or "map all" buttons.

From this page you can also reach the “Administrator” page, which is visible if the user
has an admin role. The "support" page gives access to an email-address to send
messages to support.

2.1 Search
It is possible from this page to search directly for vessels. One can search either by:

 Name
 IMO Number
 Call sign

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 MMSI number
 Destination
 Country
 To Port Name
 In Port Name
 From Port Name

For "Name", "Call sign", "Destination", "Country" and the port filters, wildcards ("*")
can be used to "broaden" the search. Wildcards can be placed either in front and/or
behind the search string, e.g. "fjord*", "*knutsen". Search strings are case insensitive.

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3 EDIT FILTERS
When selecting “Edit Mode Menu” on the Start (Menu) Page, the list of filters will
change to display extended filter options.

Figure 3.1 Filter list

By clicking on “Edit Filter” the page which enables the user to edit the selected filter
will be displayed.

With a filter you can choose which vessels to display. By using a filter when looking at
vessels (either on the map or as a list) or exporting vessel data, only the vessels that
either satisfy all the filter constraints (AND) or one of the filter constraints (OR) of the
filter will be visible.

Figure 3.2 Filter definition

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When you have added or edited a filter, you can go directly to view the result as a list or
on a map, or export the data to another application (the filter must be saved first with a
name). You can also go back to the main menu.

3.1 Make a filter

When you want to make a filter, you start by adding a filter constraint. For this
constraint you choose a filter attribute, an operator (either "=", "!=", "<", "<=",">",">=",
"exist" or "valid") and a value. The value is either entered by using the keyboard or
chosen from a list. When one filter constraint is defined, you can add more filter
constraints. A vessel will then be visible only when the vessel satisfies all filter
constraints (by choosing AND operator) or one of the filter constraints (by choosing OR
operator). If an attribute (e.g. rate of turn) is not present for a vessel, a filter constraint
that checks this attribute will not accept this vessel. It is also possible (for most for the
constraints) to check explicitly for existence ("exist"="true") or nonexistence
("exist"="false") of a value. For some constraints you can also check whether the value
is "valid". A value is valid if it exists and the value is valid for that parameter. Special
kinds of filters are the "Geometry filters". With geometry filters you can either select
the vessels "inside" or "outside" a region.

When all constraints are added, you can save the filter using a "filter name". With this
filter name you can view the vessel(s) on a map, list all vessels or export data from the
vessels.

If you want to change the filter you can:

 Edit constraint values

 Add new constraints
 Delete constraints
 Change operator

When all editing is done, you must save the filter again in order to make the changes
available. Filters can also be deleted.

3.2 Filter operators

For a constraint you specify attribute, operation and value. Different types of attributes
take different types of values, which again use different types of operations.

If you have a list of values to choose from, you can use the "equal" ("="), "not equal"
("!=") or "exist" ("exist") operation. With a decimal value type, you can use the "greater
than" (">"), "less than" ("<") or "equal" ("=") operation. You can also choose the "exist"
operator and sometimes the "valid" operator. A decimal value may contain a decimal
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("=") or "not equal" ("!=") operation. You can also use a "wildcard" ("*") in front of
and/or behind the value (for some of the constraints) to allow more vessels to match the
constraint. Another type of value is an identifier or id. An id is a value that identifies a
vessel such as MMSI number or IMO number. With an id you can use the "equal" ("="),
"exist" and "valid" operation. Another value type is Boolean. Here you can only choose
from "true" or "false". For the geometry filters, the operations are "inside" and
"outside". Here it is also possible to add a name for the geometry after colon (":")
character.

Most of the constraint values are single values, but sometimes you can define multiple
values. This means that a vessel satisfies the constraint if it matches one of the values
defined. The different values are separated by comma (",") and the operation available
only the "equal" operation.

3.3 Filter attributes

When you make a filter constraint you choose a filter attribute. This attribute is usually
a vessel attribute, but can also be a computed attribute or other types of attributes. Some
attributes indicate that something is wrong with the data. This is a list of attributes you
can choose from. Some attributes may not be supported by all track data systems. Some
attributes are special and are discussed in more detail below.

Attribute Value type Value unit Remarks

Name String (with valid check
wildcard)
Call sign String (with valid check
wildcard)
IMO number Id, integer valid check
MMSI number Id, integer valid check

Country List of countries Extracted from MMSI number

and/or Call sign. AIS_SART,
AIS-MOB and EPIEB_AIS are
“special” countries
Ship type List of ship types
Cargo List of cargoes
Vessel List of ship
operation operations

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Attribute Value type Value unit Remarks

Navigational List of
status navigational
statuses
Position Either "< 10m" or
accuracy "> 10m" (list)
RAIM flag Either "in use" or
"not in use" (list)
ETA diff Decimal (ETA hour valid check
time - now time)

To Port String (with UN Locations codes

LoCode wildcard)
In Port LoCode String (with UN Locations codes
wildcard)
From Port String (with UN Locations codes
LoCode wildcard)
To Port Name String (with
wildcard)
In Port Name String (with
wildcard)
From Port String (with
Name wildcard)
On Route Port String (with
Name wildcard)
To Country List of countries
In Country List of countries
From Country List of countries
To Country Multiple strings
List
From Country Multiple strings
List

Time Halted Decimal hour

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Attribute Value type Value unit Remarks

Time to Decimal hour
Destination
Distance to Decimal Nautical
Destination miles
Rate of turn Decimal degrees per
minute
Speed over Decimal knots
ground
Course over Decimal degrees
ground
Heading Decimal degrees
Destination String (with
wildcard)
Cog heading Decimal Degrees
diff angle
Length Decimal meter valid check
Width Decimal meter valid check
Max draught Decimal meter valid check
Longitude Decimal decimal longitude of vessel position
degrees
Latitude Decimal decimal latitude of vessel position
degrees
MMSI number Multiple ids
list (integer)
IMO number Multiple ids
list (integer)
Call sign list Multiple strings
Destination list Multiple strings
(with wildcard)
Source type E.g "AIS" (list)
Source name String
Active Boolean
Inactive time Decimal minutes

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Attribute Value type Value unit Remarks

Max speed Decimal knots
Distance sailed Decimal nautical
miles
Missing Boolean Missing COG, SOG, Heading,
dynamic data ROT or Navstatus
Missing static Boolean Missing Name, Call sign, Vessel
data type, Dimension, Max draught
or Posfix device
Missing Boolean Missing ETA or Destination
voyage data
Consistent Boolean COG is consistent with Heading

Rectangle Decimal(4) decimal min-long, min-lat, max-long,

degrees max-lat
Polygon Decimal (2n) decimal long1, lat1,...,longn, latn
degrees
Polyline Decimal (2n) decimal long1, lat1,...,longn, latn
degrees
Circle Decimal(2+1) decimal centre-long, centre-lat, radius
degrees,
meter
Corridor Decimal (2n +1) decimal long1, lat1,...,longn, latn, width
degrees,
meter
Passline Decimal (2n) decimal long1, lat1,...,longn, latn
degrees
Histogram Decimal (2n +1) decimal long1, lat1,...,longn, latn,
degrees, <width>
meter
HarbourHalt Decimal (2n) decimal long1, lat1,...,longn, latn
degrees
QuayHalt Decimal (2n +1) decimal long1, lat1,...,longn, latn,
degrees, <widtht>
meter

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Attribute Value type Value unit Remarks

Bounding box Decimal (4) decimal min-long, min-lat, max-long,
degrees max-lat
Closest vessel Decimal meter Check the distance to the closest
distance vessel
Closets AtoN Decimal meter Check the distance to the closest
distance (AIS) AtoN

Wind speed Decimal meter/second

Current speed Decimal meter/second
Wave Height Decimal meter
Wave period Decimal second

Colour List of colours

VDOvessel Boolean

3.4 Computed attributes

These are attributes that are computed from other attributes and as such not part of the
original recorded data.

Active

The vessel data is updated continuously. But if the vessel is not updated within the
system defined inactivity time (usually 15 minutes) , the vessel becomes "inactive".

Inactive time

When using the active attribute, the system defined inactivity times are used to control
whether the vessel will be shown or not. With this attribute, you can choose your own
inactivity time to control whether the vessel will be displayed.

Max speed

For each vessel the media speed over ground is recorded. Using this attribute you can
select high speed crafts even if they currently are not moving so fast.

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ETA diff

The difference between ETA time and now time is computed (ETA - now). With the
attribute you can e.g. find which vessel that will arrive at a port within the next 12
hours.

Distance sailed

The distance sailed by the vessel since the beginning of the month

Cog heading diff angle

This is the difference between COG and heading minus 90. This value can be used to
check whether a vessel is drifting or not. Setting this value to e.g. < 30, means that the
constraint is triggered if the angle between COG and heading is between 120 and 60
degrees. If sea current is available (see weather attributes), course through water (CTW)
is also calculated and the minimum value of the difference between heading and COG
and heading and CTW is used.

Sun altitude

The altitude of the sun is computed from position and time. The color scheme used
when coloring the track with this attribute corresponds to the sun altitude settings for
dark (less than -18), astronomical twilight (-18 to -12), nautical twilight (-12 to -6) and
civil twilight (-6 to -0.83) and several choices of bright (day).

3.5 Valid checks

Some attributes has a valid check operation available. These attributes are:

Attribute Invalid if
MMSI number A corresponding country is not found
IMO number Number of digits are wrong
Call sign A corresponding country is not found or the country found using
MMSI number is not the same
Ship name A ship name has prefixes such as M/T, M/F etc.
ETA diff The difference between "now" and ETA is greater than 1 month or
less than - 6 if ship is moving
Max Draught Max draught is less than 0.1 meter
Length Invalid length is less than 2 meter and width/length ratio less than
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Attribute Invalid if
Width Width is less than 1 meter and width/length ratio less than 1

3.6 Port filters

Several constraints use different kinds of port information. Filters exist both for the port
and for the country associated with this port. This includes the following information:

 Decoded destination (To Port, To Country, To Country List)

 In which port is the vessel now staying (In Port, In Country)
 Decoded destination and not the port the vessel is staying now (On Route Port)
 From which port did the vessel depart (From Port, From Country, From Country
List )

This filter uses a port list. This list is compared with destination to find the best
matching port (To Port). The position of the ports is used to find in which port the
vessels are staying (In Port) and when the vessel leave port, the current port becomes
the departure port (From Port).

3.7 Geometry filters

With the geometry filters you can select vessels "inside" or "outside" a geometry region
or you can choose to just draw the geometry (no filtering at all). If you specify several
regions, these regions are added together either with an "or" operator or an "and"
operator. Adding geometry with an "or" operator select the vessels inside the union of
the regions and with the "and" operator select the vessels inside the intersection of the
regions. Adding with "and" and using the "outside" operator, you can make "holes" in a
geometry. The different geometries are:

 Rectangle - Longitude/latitude min/max

 Polygon - Longitude/latitude list
 Circle - Point and radius (in meter)
 Corridor - Longitude/latitude list and width of corridor (in meter)

Some geometry filters are a little different. The Polyline filter allows only for drawing
of lines. The "Passline" allow you to filter ships which are passing a line (polyline), i.e.
when the track from the vessel intersects the line. You can look at vessel passing from
left to right, right to left or both. These filters use the following parameters:

 Polyline - Longitude/latitude list (drawing only)

 Passline - Longitude/latitude list
 Histogram - Longitude/latitude list with optional column width (in meter)

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All geometries are specified by longitude/latitude coordinate pairs in decimal degrees

separated by comma (","). (Also comma between longitude and latitude.) Distances are
specified in meter (radius, width). You can also attach a name to each geometry. This
name is optional and is added at the end separated by the rest of the values with a colon
(":"). The regions (with names) may be plotted ("geometry") on the map (in blue
colour).

At the server some geometries are already defined. You can choose from them using a
"named inside", "named outside" and some similar options for named Passline filtering.

The “Histogram” filter also calculates a histogram of the passages across a passage line
in the directions set in the filter. As a default, the number of columns used is dependent
of the scale in which the histogram is shown (with a default width for each column of
15 pixels). One can however also set the width of each column (in meter) as an extra
parameter at the end of the filter values. When vessel data from this histogram is
exported, one can add extra parameters to be included. These parameters are:

 Pass direction (left to right or right to left)

 Pass position (distance in meter from first position of line)
 Column index (index of column in which the vessel pass)

Note that the pass direction (left to right or right to left) is defined as the direction a
vessel pass looking from the first position in the pass line (or histogram) to the next.

There are also some special kind of filters which are used to filter out vessels which are
at a quay or in a harbour.

 HarbourHalt - Longitude/latitude list

 QuayHalt - Longitude/latitude list and width (in meter)

The “HarbourHalt” filter is a regular polygon filter with some added constraints, namely
that the vessel has halted for more than five minutes. With this filter it is also sufficient
that some part of the vessel (defined by position, the dimension and heading) is inside
the polygon.

The “QuayHalt” filter is similar and also checks whether the vessel has halted for more
than five minutes. This filter however is defined by a polyline and checks whether at
least 55% of the vessel is inside a polygon defined by this line and a width (defined by
<width> or a default value defined by the length of the line segment) and that the vessel
is alongside the quay (minimum difference is 30 degrees).

The geometric attributes may also be drawn by the user. When “Draw” is pressed, a
new map windows pops up where one can draw the shape.

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Figure 3.3 Draw geometry filter

To start drawing, press the “add point” button . One can then continue to add

points until one is finished with the drawing and can press “done” . The
coordinates are then shown as attribute values. Sometimes one then has to add an extra
parameter such as width or radius to complete the drawing (polygons are automatically

closed). To clear the drawing, press “Clear drawing” .

3.8 Distance to closest vessel or AtoN

The Track server can be set up to compute the distance to the closest vessel and the
closest Aids to Navigation (which transmit their positions using AIS). This calculation
is done at regular intervals and checks the distance between different vessel tracks or
vessel tracks and AtoN positions. The distance is only computed for vessels that are
within 20 nm distance of each other, for vessels that are moving and for track segments
(line between two positions) where the distance between the positions are less than 10
nm and less than 10 minutes. When the vessels are close, the dimensions of the vessels
are also taken into account in the calculation.

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The shortest distance and the related time stamp is saved and can be displayed with
different colors or used in traffic analysis. One could i.e. filter out all pilot boarding
operations by making a filter which combines “closest vessel distance” and “ship type”
(equal pilot). The closest vessel to vessel distances are also stored for each position in
the track.

Figure 3.4 Distance to closest vessel

3.9 Weather attributes

If the Track server is set up to store weather data along with other data, one can also
filter the tracks based on these attributes. The attributes available for filtering are:
 Wind speed - meter/second
 Current speed - meter/second
 Wave height - meter
 Wave period - second

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The attributes can also be used for coloring the tracks. The color scheme for wind is
based on the limits used in the Beaufort scale and with corresponding settings for wave
height. If COG and SOG is defined, Course Through Water (CTW) and Speed Through
Water (STW) is calculated.

3.10 Special attributes

These constraints are not constraints in a general sense.

Bounding box

This "constraint" defines the default map region (minimum longitude, minimum
latitude, maximum longitude, and maximum latitude) to be displayed when this filter is
used.

Colour

This "constraint" defines the color for which the vessel is plotted.

VDO vessel

If a VDO message is used for a vessel (not VDM), this constraint is triggered. A VDO
message is an AIS messages from “own” ship meaning that vessels with this constraint
triggered are vessels which transmit the AIS messages they receive.

3.11 Examples
These are some examples of some constraints.

Attribute Operation Value Description

Name = Berge* Vessels where ship name
start with "Berge"
Speed over > 5 Vessels with speed over
ground ground greater than 5
knots
Country != Norway Vessels which are not
from Norway
Latitude > 62 Vessels north of 62
degrees
MMSI = 259629000,259347000, Vessels with one of the
number list 257274500,257316500 given MMSI numbers

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Attribute Operation Value Description

Circle Inside 10.0,60.0,5000:Oslo Vessels inside circle
named Oslo with radius
5000 meter
MMSI Valid false Vessels with invalid
number MMSI number
Colour = red Vessels in this filters are
plotted with red colour
Pass Line left to right 12_mil_line Vessels passing 12 mile
named line left to right

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4 MAP PAGE
The Map Page is available from the Start Page, either by clicking on “Map All” or by
clicking “Map” for a filter. The Map Page can also be reached from the List Page for a
filter.

From the Map Page you can do the following:

 Set region to display

 Select background map
 Select map layers from external map servers
 Set refresh rate for map
 Generate a list of vessels
 Search vessels by name, call-sign, etc.
 Select presentation style for vessel map layer
 Select attribute to be used by coloring
 Show base stations, ports, graticule, AtoN and MetHyd messages
 Select which filters to use

Figure 4.1 Overview of the Map Page

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4.1 Main Map menu

This is a menu providing basic navigational functionality for the application. From this
menu it is possible to navigate to the "list" page or the "export page". Some of the
settings for this page will be remembered, such as which filter or time used. You can
also go back to the "menu" page or the "statistics" page or generate an “animation”

4.2 Animation
From this page you can create a GIF animation of vessel movements for a specified
time period. When generating the animation, the currently selected background map and
layers are used. By selecting "from date" and "to date" the system will calculate the
number of frames the animation will contain (maximum is 50). You can also specify a
value for "image delay" which is the delay in seconds between each frame and how
many time steps to skip between each frame.

Figure 4.2 Generate GIF animation

To start processing, choose "Start". When the processing is finished, 100 % will show
up as status and a link to the generated file will appear.
Press "stop" to stop the generation process. If you want to create an animation for
another period before the previous is done, you must press "stop" before you can start
creating a new one. Pressing "stop" will also delete the generated file.

4.3 Areas
It is possible to quickly navigate (zoom/pan) to a set of predefined areas. An area is
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saving this area under a name. To select an area, choose the named area in the combo
box. The "default" area is the area computed when "map" page is entered.

4.3.1 Edit Area

By choosing “Edit Area”, you can edit areas. If you want to save the area (map region)
that you are currently using, you can specify a name and press "Save". If you want to
delete an already defined area, just select the area and push "Delete selected area"

Figure 4.3 Edit area

4.4 Available map servers

This part of the page starts with a listing of the available map servers. In order to change
the settings for a server use, click on the “folder” icon in front of the server name. Data
for the server is presented under server controls for manipulation.

(Notice: After one has changed some settings, one must press the "refresh" button
in order for the updates to take effect.)

A set of different map servers are available. For each of those map servers, one can
choose which layers to display.

The map server which is currently open (selected) is automatically selected as the server
used for GetFeature (WMS) requests ("Info" button, ).

4.4.1 Background map server

The Track server has one or more background map servers available. If you have more
than one, you can choose which to use. This is very useful in case the default
background map server is not working.

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4.4.2 External map servers

A set of map servers for foreground maps can be configured for this application. These
layers can contains information such as:

 Meteorological data (forecast or observations)

 Fairway information

Layers in these servers can be turned on and off.

4.5 Server controls

With the selected server, it is possible to set the refresh rate, change presentation style
and attribute used for coloring. One can also generate a vessel list and search for vessels
using name etc. It is possible to select to display additional layers such as: TimeScale,
Legend, Geometry, Graticule, Ports, Base stations, MetHyd and AtoN.

Figure 4.4 Detail view of server controls

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4.5.1 Refresh
4.5.1.1 Refresh rate

The map layer is updated at regular intervals. With this field you can set how often the
map will be updated (in seconds). You cannot set this interval lower than 5 seconds. If
set to 0, the map does not update automatically.

4.5.1.2 Refresh

By pressing the refresh button the map image is regenerated.

4.5.1.3 Centre map

This button allows you to center the map on those vessels that satisfy the filters
which are chosen.

4.5.1.4 Vessel list

By pressing the "Make vessel list" button , a list of the vessels that are included in
the selected filters is generated. This list is either shown on the right side of the map, as
a floating window on top of the map or in a new tab.

Figure 4.5 Vessel list

When the vessel list is shown, one can press one of the vessel names, and the map will
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When you are done with the vessel list, just press "Delete" and the vessel list is removed
and you are back to normal filter operation.

4.5.2 Search
The search frame allows you to search for vessels using name, call sign etc. Choose
which attribute to use in the search, type the search criteria and press "Search". The map
will then display those vessels which satisfy the search criteria. At the same time the
map will be centered on those vessels.

Figure 4.6 Search

4.5.3 Settings
4.5.3.1 Presentation style

You can choose a presentation style for the vessel map layer:

 Default
 Basic
 Small
 Minimal
 No text
 Always text
 Always track
 Always text and track
 No inactive
 Track only
 Track only, no inactive
 Track only, color track
 Track Call sign
 Call sign timestamp
 Time Stamp
 Always track and time
 Icons

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The "Basic" presentation style is similar to the "Default" style with the following
differences: It does not show COG/SOG vector and track. It uses a smaller font, and the
text display is turned on at lower zoom level. The "Small" style does display track, but
the text is small and without any frame and the "Minimal" style does only display the
vessel symbol.

When using "Always text", the text for each vessel is shown in all scales. The "Always
track" presentation is similar to "default" styles but the track is displayed for all scales.
“Always text and track” shows text and track in all scales. The "No inactive" is similar
to the "Always track", but does not show the parts of the track where the ship was not
active (red color). In the same way "Track only", "Track only, color track" and "Track
only, no inactive" only show the track. The two first, "Track only" and "Track only,
color track", show the inactive parts of the track where the ship was not active and the
last, "Track only, no inactive" does not. However, "Track only, color track" shows the
inactive parts colored by the same colors as the previous active position.

“Track callsign” is similar “Always text”, but shows call-sign instead of name.
“Timestamp” is similar to “Small”, but with the text style of “Default”. In addition it
shows the time for the vessel if the time for the last position compared to the time of the
display is more than one hour old. If the position is on another day compared to the
“current time”, the date is also added. “Call sign timestamp” is similar to “Timestamp”
but also shows the call-sign for the vessel. “Always track and time” is similar to
“Always track”, but add time on positions when long tracks are shown.

4.5.3.2 Color by

Vessel (the triangle displayed at the vessels position) and vessel tracks may be colored
by different attributes. In case the attribute is a continuous value (e.g. speed, length
etc.), the vessel is colored by a color for different ranges of this attribute using a
"rainbow" color range. If the attribute is discrete, the values with the highest counts are
colored by different discrete color. If the vessel does not have this value, it is colored by
“Not defined”. The rest of the values are colored by a common color, as "Various”. The
default color scheme uses “blue” for moving vessels, “yellow” for halted vessels and
“red” for inactive vessels.

For the available selections for “Color by”, the continuous attributes are marked with
“c” and the discrete with “d”. For some attributes that are available for each position,
each segment of the track may have different colors. These are marked with “t”.

 Default
 Cargo (d)
 Closest AtoN distance (c, t)
 Closest vessel distance (c ,t)
 Country (d)
 Current Speed (c, t)

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 From Country (d)

 In Country (d)
 Length (c)
 Max Draught (c)
 Name (d)
 Navigational status (d)
 Ship type (d)
 Source name (d)
 Speed over ground (c, t)
 Sun altitude (c, t)
 To Country (d)
 Transponder (d)
 Vessel operation (d)
 Wave Height (c, t)
 Wave Period (c, t)
 Width (c)
 Wind Speed (c, t)

4.5.3.3 TimeScale

This layer shows time in the upper left corner and a scale in the lower right corner.

4.5.3.4 Legend

When the vessels and tracks are color coded, the legend shows the value or value range
for each color. The number inside the color tells how many vessels that have this color
(and value of attribute).

Figure 4.7 Legend

4.5.3.5 Geometry

Some filters contain geometry such as polygon, rectangle or similar. This geometry can
be displayed with this option.

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4.5.3.6 Graticule

Graticule (lines with constant latitude or longitude) can be displayed.

4.5.3.7 Ports

This system has a worldwide port list from DataLoy. This list of ports can be shown
with this option.

4.5.3.8 Base stations

Data is received from so called base stations. These base stations do also send out
messages. When checked, you can see the location (and a 50 nm ring) of all base station
from which another base station receive a signal. That means that you can see base
station in other networks even if you don't receive any signal from them. If this signal
from the base station is lost (not active), the color turns red.

4.5.3.9 MetHyd

With this option on, you can display AIS messages with meteorological and
hydrological data.

4.5.3.10 AtoNo

This option enables the display of Aids To Navigation AIS messages.

4.5.4 Layers

Each defined filter is available as a map layer. The layers are listed in alphabetical order
in the “Layers” section. Each layer can be turned on or off by using the check box in
front of the layer name. In addition, borders or other layers that are defined on the server
may be listed here.

Figure 4.8 Filter layers

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5 MAP FUNCTIONALITY
In this chapter we describe the functionality and presentation available in the map view.
The map view is linked to the map page as shown in figure 4.1.

5.1 Map tools

The map commands are activated by pressing the different map buttons. Some
commands are activated immediately and other commands require you to click (or drag)
in the map first.

Figure 5.1 Map Toolbar

5.1.1 Toggle Map Size

This command toggles the display of the left size of the map window

5.1.2 Refresh

This command refreshes the map content

5.1.3 Display region navigation

With these commands you can choose which of previously defined regions to display.
The region is changed immediately after the button is pressed. The list of regions visited
will be reset when the size of the map is changed, e.g. by using the "Toggle Map Size"
button.

Display next region

Display previous region
Go to home region

5.1.4 Zoom/Pan

With these tools you can change the region to display. After the button is pressed, the
command is activated and you must click (or drag) in the map to perform a command

Zoom to region (drag region to display)

Zoom in (click at position to zoom in to)

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Zoom out (click at position to zoom out from)

Set center (click at new center position for map)
Pan (click and drag to new position)

5.1.5 Measure distance

This tool makes is possible to measure distances on the map. Move cursor to first
position and press and drag to next position to measure distance. Distance display is
removed when a new tool is selected.

5.1.6 Go to position

With this tool you can go to a specified position and the map is then centered at
this position. You can specify the position in either longitude/latitude (decimal degrees)
or in east/north UTM coordinates (UTM zone 32, 33, 34 or 35). After the position is
entered, you press "OK" and the map is centered and a marker is displayed at the given
position. When you are finished using this tool press "Close", and the position input
dialog will disappear.

Figure 5.2 Go to position

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5.1.7 Time control

Normally real-time data is displayed, but with these controls, one can choose to display
previously saved data. One can step back and forward a time step at a time, select date
and time using a calendar tool or go back to real-time display. If historic data is
displayed, the time of the displayed data is shown in the map if the TimeScale layer is
checked.

Select date/time using a calendar tool

Step one time step back
Step one time step forward
Set real-time mode

5.1.8 Snapshot
With this command you can take a snapshot (image) of the currently displayed map.
When the command is activated, a new window or tab pops up containing both
background and foreground maps. This map is rendered with a higher color resolution,
with anti-aliasing on and annotated with date and time for the data shown.

Take a snapshot

5.1.9 Feature info

With this tool you can show additional information for vessel (see Vessel Details) or
other items in the map

Feature info (click at vessel to show more information in new window)

5.1.10 Tool tip

With this tool you can turn tool tip on or off. With tool tip on, a tool tip will be shown
for a couple of seconds if the cursor is positioned near a vessel.

Set tool tip on or off

5.1.11 Tracking
With these commands you can start and stop tracking of a vessel. When a vessel is
tracked, the display region for the map will be automatically adjusted to contain the
tracked vessel if the refresh rate is set. The name of the tracked vessel will be displayed
in the upper right corner.

Start tracking vessel (click at vessel to be tracked)

Stop tracking vessel

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Figure 5.3 Tracking

If the destination of the vessel is recognized and the time to the destination is less than
24 hours, a dotted line is drawn from the tracked vessel and to the destination. At the
destination, the direct distance and time to go with the current speed of the vessel are
displayed.

When a vessel is tracked and “Feature info” is used, the Time to Closest Point of
Approach (TCPA) and the distance between the tracked vessel and the object selected
(which also can be a screen position) at the Closest Point of Approach is shown. A solid
line is also drawn between the tracked vessel and the CPA and a dotted line between the
CPA and the other object (or where the other object will be at CPA)

5.1.12 MetOc control

If a MetOc layer is available and displayed, the following new controls are available:

Display time series of present visible MetOc parameters

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Figure 5.4 Time series

Display "GraFix" applet (if Java is installed) with time series

5.1.13 Tags

A sticky label is displayed for each of the selected vessels. The labels are removed
if the map region is changed or the map is refreshed.

Figure 5.5 Tags

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5.1.14 Vessel track

With the “Vessel Track” tool one can select vessels and display those vessels with
long tracks. The vessels are displayed with long tracks until one select the “Vessel
Track” tool once more. The length of theses long tracks can be set by the administrator.

Figure 5.6 One vessel with long tracks

5.1.15 Toggle vessel list

When the vessel list is visible, pressing this button will hide the list. Pressing once
more, will make the list visible again.

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5.2 Map symbols

5.2.1 Status/Speed/Length

The vessel is displayed on the map as a colored triangle. The size of the triangle
indicates how big the vessel is. A small triangle indicates a small vessel and a large
triangle a large vessel.

The triangle can have different colors. As default a vessel gets the following color:

 Blue: Vessel is moving (speed > 0.8 knots)

 Yellow: Vessel is not moving (speed < 0.8 knots)
 Red: Vessel is inactive, i.e. it has not received any updates for a system
defined time period.

Figure 5.7 Map symbols

Also shown for the vessel is a black heading vector if heading is defined. If the vessel is
turning (and rate of turn is defined), a line perpendicular to the heading vector is shown.
This vector points in the direction the vessel is moving, is proportional to the rate of
turn and is red if the vessel is turning to port or green if turning to starboard.

The triangle can also be colored by an attribute such as country, SOG, etc.

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5.2.2 COG/SOG

When you zoom further in you will also see the COG/SOG vector The COG/SOG
vector is magenta and shows how far the vessel will travel with the current speed and
course in 10 minutes.

5.2.3 Track

You will also see the track. The track shows the distance travelled by the vessel for the
last 10 minutes (configurable on server). If the speed is above an operator set limit
(usually 5 knots), the track is blue; if the speed is below, and the track is yellow. If the
delta times between the positions is greater than the maximum inactive time (usually 15
minutes but configurable on server), the track has a red color. The track can also be
colored by an attribute (e.g. country, SOG, etc.).

At the track the different positions are also shown at regular screen intervals. For
different styles and scales, the time in hours and minutes is also displayed. If the date is
changed between the two positions, the date is also displayed. The direction of the track
is shown with arrows.

5.2.4 Ship name/call sign and speed/time

Attached to the vessel position is a text box. This text box will show the name of the
ship, if it is available. Otherwise it will show the call sign. Depending of the status for
the vessel, the following information will also be shown in the text box:

 Vessel moving Speed in knots

 Vessel not moving Time the vessel has not been moving
 Vessel inactive Time the vessel has been inactive

5.2.5 Dimension

When you zoom in even closer, the outline of the ship will be shown if the dimensions
of the ship are known. If the heading of the ship is known the outline of the ship will be
oriented after the heading and shown in black (heading color). If only course over
ground is available, the color of the outline will be magenta.

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Figure 5.8 Display of ship dimension

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6 LIST
One can navigate to this page either by clicking on the “List” link of a filter in the
“Menu page” or from the “Map Page” by clicking on the “List” link.

From this page you can go directly to view all vessels for this filter on the map, export
all vessels for this filter or you can go directly to the main menu.

At this page you can list all vessels that satisfy the current filter. Only some vessels
(approximately 15) are presented simultaneously. To view the other vessels (if there are
more), you can press "next", "previous", "first", "last" or go to a numbered page. If you
want to refresh the content for this filter, press the "refresh" button.

Figure 6.1 List Page

Vessel information

If you want more detailed information for a vessel, press the "detail" link in the action
column and the "detail" page will be presented. If you want to look at the vessel in map,
press the "map" link and the vessel will be presented centered on the map in the "map"
page.

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7 VESSEL DETAILS
When the user clicks on the “Details” link of a vessel in a list of vessels, this page will
be displayed. The page shows detailed information about each vessel.

From this page you can go directly to view this vessel on the map, list all vessels for the
current filter or you can go directly to the main menu.

Figure 7.1 Vessel details

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If you want to update information about this vessel, press the refresh button.

Links to other sites

At the end of the attribute list, there are some links to other web sites with additional
information concerning this vessel. These web sites may be protected by a "username"
and "password" and you must yourself supply these data in order to enter the site. Some
of the web sites use standard authentication mechanisms which makes it possible for
you to store the "username" and the "password" for this site in the browser. This makes
it more easy to use these sites.

A site may or may not have information about this ship and this system does not (for the
moment) check whether the site has some information. You may therefore sometimes
encounter "blank" pages when you try to enter a site.

Figure 7.2 Links to other sites

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8 EXPORT
One can navigate to this page either by clicking on the “Export” link of a filter in the
“START/Menu page” or from the “MAP page” by clicking on the “Export” link.

From this page you can export data to a "tab" separated file (tsv). This file contains a
header line with the name of all attributes and a line for each of the vessels exported.
Each attribute is separated by a "tab" character. On this page you can select the
attributes you want to include in the export. By default only IMO number is selected.

When you have selected the attributes you want to export, you press the "Export" button
and then you can download a file containing the data.

To export all the positions for one vessel, use the field “Long Lat Time”. This column
will then contain a comma separated list of Longitude, Latitude and Date/time.

Attributes exported

Figure 8.1 Export of data

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9 ALERT MODULE
The alert module makes it possible to send alerts by e-mail or SMS if certain conditions
are valid. The alerts are connected to the filters and may be added at the filter page.
The alerts are defined by filters. A filter defines at set of vessels and an alert may be
sent if a new vessel is included in this set (e.g. a vessel entering a region), is excluded
from this set (e.g. leaving the region) or both. (For the first condition we say that the
vessel is going from false to true and for the second we say the vessel is going from true
to false.) To create an alarm for a filter one chooses “edit filter” for the filter one wishes
to add an alarm for and presses “Add Alarm”, or if an alarm is already defined, press
“Edit” on the alarm you want to change.

Figure 9.1 Filter with alert

The following page then shows up:

Figure 9.2 Alert definition

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Here one can add the name of the alarm and what to be included as subject for the e-
mail sent by this alarm.
Where this alarm should be sent, can be set by adding a list of comma separated e-mail
addresses or a list of mobile telephone numbers (SMS). If one wants the alarm only to
be valid for some vessels (within the filter chosen), one can select a set of MMSI
number for which the alarm should be valid for. One can also restrict the time range
(from date/time and to date/time) for when the alarm should be valid.
As mentioned before, one can select whether one wants the alarm to be sent when the
vessel is included in the filter set (false to true), is excluded from it (true to false) or
both. Finally one can also select whether the alarm is a “one off” or is “recurrent”.
When the alarm is set up, e-mails and SMS’s are sent when the alarm conditions is
triggered. The alarm conditions are checked at regular intervals and if several vessels
fulfil the condition, all the vessels are listed in the e-mail sent to the recipient. A typical
e-mail will then look like this:

Figure 9.3 Alert e-mail

Here the subject of the e-mail is put together from the subject specified in the alarm and
the name of the vessel. Together with information of the vessel and the alarm condition,
information on last departed port, current port (if any) and destination port is included.
A link is also included which makes is possible to see the vessel at the time (snapshot
time) just after the event occurred. Pressing this link, will for this e-mail result in the
following map.

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Figure 9.4 Map link displayed

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10 TRAFFIC ANALYSIS MODULE

This module enables the following analysis to be performed:

 Analyze traffic with regard to
o Traffic patterns
o VTIS coverage
o Traffic density
o Crossings traffic
o To and from different countries/harbors
o Ship type / length / width / depth / sun inclination etc.
o Weather and light conditions (wind, current, waves and sun inclination)
 Investigate
o Trawling activity
o Near collisions
o Compliance with ISPS code…
 Provide statistics over
o Pass lines
o Vessels in or out of harbors
o Vessels in different areas…

10.1 Table Statistics

The Table Statistics page is available from the start page and from the “Tails” page. In
this page you can view statistics as a table on selected attributes for the chosen filter.
One view statistics for the following attributes:

 Country
 Ship Type
 Cargo
 Name
 Vessel Operation
 Navigational Status
 RAIM Flag
 Destination
 To Port Name
 In Port Name
 From Port Name
 On Route Port Name
 To Country
 In Country
 From Country

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 Time Halted
 Distance Sailed
 Length
 Width
 Max Draught
 Sun Altitude
 Speed Over Ground
 Max Speed
 Course Over Ground
 Heading
 Rate Of Turn
 Source Name

Figure 10.1 Attributes for table statistics

If the statistics is collected over time, it is possible to display the distribution of the
statistics over time such as

 Month
 Week Of Year
 Day Of Year
 Day Of Week
 Hour Of Day

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Figure 10.2 Statistics over time

If the number of time periods for a given time distribution is greater than 24, it will not
be possible to use this distribution. If you e.g. collect statistics for 30 days, the "Day Of
Year" will not be available.

10.2 Tails
In order to enable access to this page, the user must choose “Edit Mode Menu” in the
main page followed by clicking “Tails” for a filter.

From this page you can prepare to view vessel data for a specified time period. By
selecting "from date" and "to date" and pressing "start", the system will collect vessel
data for the selected time period and process them into one dataset. You can also set the
from-time by specifying "Number of days back". If you set the "minimum time
difference" greater than 0 (zero), vessels with the same identification (i.e. the same
vessel) with non-overlapping tails where the time difference between the first and the
last position of the two vessels are greater than this difference, will be counted as two
vessels. This is useful when one wants to "count" the same vessels several times (e.g.
when passing a line).

From the "menu" page you have already chosen a filter to use for the processing. In this
page you can change this and choose other filters as well.

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Figure 10.3 Tails generation

To start processing you choose "Start". When the processing is finished, 100 %
complete will show up as status and you can continue to "map", "list" or "statistics" for
viewing the result. If you want to look at another period, you must press "stop" before
you can start collecting data for the new period. Pressing "stop" will also delete the file
which is created when the data is collected. Previously generated "tails" can also be
deleted by pressing "Delete tail".

Figure 10.4 Tails with histogram

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In this dataset the vessel will have "tails" (tracks) which covers the time period. To save
space and processing time, the "tails" are thinned using the well-known "Douglas-
Peucker” line simplification algorithm". With this algorithm "unnecessary" points
where the vessel travels along a straight line at a constant speed are removed whereas
points where the vessel is turning or changing speed are preserved.

Figure 10.5 Tails from Coastal steamer colored by wave height

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10.3 Density Plot

In order to enable access to this page, the user must choose “Edit Mode Menu” in the
main page followed by clicking “Density Plot” for a filter.

From this page you can prepare to view vessel density data for a specified time period,
set of filters, grid resolution and area. The following density data is generated (field
marked * is normalized to a value per square kilometer if “Normalized” is set):

 Number of passages (*)

 Distance sailed (*)
 Average no of vessels (*) (1)
 Average no of moving vessels (*) (2)
 Average speed
 Meeting traffic (*)(3)
 Crossing traffic (*)(4)
 Traffic in same direction (*)
 Average length
 Average width
 Total DWT (*)(5)
 Average no of persons (*)(6)
 No inactive passages(*) (7)
 No active passages (*)
 Percent of inactive passages

Comments:

1. Average no of vessels is calculated by accumulating the time vessels are

spending in a cell and dividing it by the total time.
2. When calculating average no of moving vessels, only vessels with speed
greater than 1 knot is used.
3. Meeting traffic is calculated by counting how many passages are in the
opposite direction (180 +- 45 degrees).
4. Crossing traffic is when vessels are either coming from port or starboard (90
+- 45 and 270 +-45).
5. The total DWT is calculated using length, width and draught.
6. Person time is move time (time when vessel is moving) multiplied with
expected number of persons on board (passengers are included for passenger
vessels) dived by total time.
7. Inactive passages are when there are more than 15 minutes between two
positions.

By selecting "from date" and "to date" and pressing "Start", the system will collect
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You can also set from time by specifying "Number of days back". By setting the
"Minimum time difference", vessel tracks from the same vessel will be concatenated if
the time difference between the first and the last position of the two vessel tracks are
less than this difference.

Figure 10.6 Density plot generation

From the "Menu" page you have already chosen a filter to use for the processing. In this
page you can change this and add or change other filters as well.

To specify the grid resolution you can either specify:

 Number of cells in grid

 Size of cell in meter
 Size of cell in nautical miles
 Size of cell in delta latitude (decimal degrees)

However, whatever method you choose to set the cell size, no more than 1.000.000 cells
can be used

To choose which area to process, you select one of the areas in "Select area". This will
select a previously saved area.

To start processing you choose "Start". When the processing is finished, 100 %
complete will show up as status and you can continue to "Map" for viewing the result.

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When viewing the result, you select which variable to view and a style to present the
data. The style is divided into 3 different parts:

 Color scheme (yellow - red, blue - red or "rainbow")

 Linear or logarithmic scale
 Selection of min/max values: 10 - 90 % or 5 - 95 % (wide)

Figure 10.7 No of passages (yellow-red)

The density grid can also be exported as a NetCDF file by choosing "Download
NetCDF File".

If you want to look at another period, you must press "Stop" before you can start
collecting data for the new period. Pressing "Stop" will also delete the file which is
created when the data is collected.

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Figure 10.8 Average length (rainbow)

The vessel data collected with density plot can also be exported from the map display
page (use “Export”) as a tab separated and can later be imported into an excel
spreadsheet. For the density plot, the average speed, total time and distance is also
computed for each vessel and can be exported.

Figure 10.9 Data imported into excel

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11 ADMINISTRATION
Admin help is available for the system administrator. When logging in as system
administrator, “Administration” will be available in the main menu. From the Admin
Help page you can:

 Set administrator message

 Set speed limit between high speed or low speed track colour
 List status and message throughput for all connectors
 Restart data connectors
 See the version number

The administrator message is displayed on all pages except the Map page and is
activated when this "page" is saved.

The speed set is the limit between the "low speed color" and the "high speed color" for
the vessel track. This color setting is only effective for data from "Satellite tracking of
Fishing Vessels". The setting is activated when the "page" is saved.

At the bottom of the page, all "connectors" are listed with status. Information about
number of messages per second and kilobits per second is shown for most connectors.
These figures are updated every minute.

Selecting "Restart Connectors" will close and reconnect the data connectors of the
system.

Figure 11.1 Administration

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12 SHOW USERS
If you have problem logging into your account because the limit for number of
concurrent users has been exceeded or you just want to see who is using your account,
you can select “Show users” from the main menu (this is dependent that this feature is
available in your system). The screen will then show all the users (IP addresses) that are
using your account.

Figure 12.1 Show users

If you select “who is”, a page will show has registered this IP address.

Figure 12.2 Who is

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