2008
HMS 2008 Proceeding
Marine traffic: designing a collaborative interactive vessel traffic information system
Authors: Dimitrios Lekkas, Spyros Vosinakis, Charalambos Alifieris, John Darzentas
Abstract
International legislation and current technology provide the tools for better vessel traffic surveillance. Land- based systems are able to collect and process the information transmitted by vessels through the ?Automatic Identification System?. These systems possess a valuable set of information that can be exploited in a variety of useful applications of public interest. The University of the Aegean implemented ?MarineTraffic? as a pilot Vessel Traffic Information System, facing several significant challenges, such as the radio-waves limitations, the establishment and coordination of a large number of stations and the cost- effective processing and storage of a huge amount of collected data. The system design adheres to a set of principles, such as the community efforts to build the stations network, the interactive interfaces and the publicly available information. A large number of interested parties adopted the application, since it exhibits its potential to support many applications, including message notifications, simulation of special scenarios, fleet management, environmental protection and observation of areas of special interest.
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