2011 West Coast Cargo Vessel Density

Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) are a navigation safety device that transmits and monitors the location and characteristics of many vessels in U.S. and international waters in real-time. This dataset represents the density of cargo vessel traffic in 2011 for the US West Coast from vessels with AIS transponders in 100 meter grid cells. The dataset is best interpreted using a high to low density scale and does not represent actual vessel counts.

Data and Resources

Field Value
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accrualPeriodicity irregular
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identifier 2011 West Coast Cargo Vessel Density
language {en-US}
modified 2014-02-01
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publisher NOAA Office for Coastal Management (Point of Contact)
resource-type Dataset
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temporal 2011-01-01T00:00:00/2011-12-31T00:00:00
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • 2011
  • ais
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • atlantic-ocean
  • cargo
  • ckan
  • east-coast
  • geo
  • geoss
  • national
  • north-america
  • ship-traffic
  • united-states
  • vessel-density
  • vessel-traffic
isopen False
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license_title License not specified
maintainer NOAA Office for Coastal Management
maintainer_email coastal.info@noaa.gov
metadata_created 2025-11-19T21:49:49.671337
metadata_modified 2025-11-19T21:49:49.671342
notes Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) are a navigation safety device that transmits and monitors the location and characteristics of many vessels in U.S. and international waters in real-time. This dataset represents the density of cargo vessel traffic in 2011 for the US West Coast from vessels with AIS transponders in 100 meter grid cells. The dataset is best interpreted using a high to low density scale and does not represent actual vessel counts.
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num_tags 16
title 2011 West Coast Cargo Vessel Density