U.S. Vessel Traffic Data from Automatic Identification System, 2010

United States coastal waters vessel traffic data from 2010, collected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The dataset is composed of 204 File Geodatabases, each representing one month of data for a single UTM zone. Each geodatabase contains a point feature class for position reports and tables for voyage, vessel, and base station information.

Use Cases

• Model vessel traffic density and patterns based on one-minute time step position reports.
• Analyze voyage-specific characteristics based on static data in the Voyage table.
• Study vessel-specific attributes and identification based on data in the Vessel table.
• Map the coverage and activity of data collection infrastructure based on the BaseStations table.

Strengths

• Data is structured into 204 self-contained geodatabases for monthly and zonal organization.
• Contains multiple related data components: a point feature class, four tables, and two relationship classes.
• Position reports have been pre-filtered to a consistent one-minute time step.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is from 2010; freshness should be verified for current applications.

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Likely collected via the nationwide Automatic Identification System network.

Time Range

2010

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-10 19:48:27.358301; freshness should be verified

Geography

United States coastal waters, covering specified UTM zones 1-11 and 14-19.