Vessel Density Grid 2015

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Marine Management Organisation
Last updated:
13 June 2017
Topic:
Environment
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Open Government Licence
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Summary

This dataset contains the average weekly shipping density for the whole of the UK at a 2km grid resolution. For 2015, AIS datasets were sampled from the first seven days of each month, commencing with January,at monthly intervals.The total value for all 12weeks was divided by 12to determine the weekly average, therefore decimal values may occur for certain cells. The weekly average was also multiplied by 52 to provide the estimated annual average. Ship type groups (STG):0 - Unknown Vessels1 - Non-Port service craft2 - Port service craft3 - Vessels engaged in dredging or underwater operations4 - High Speed Craft5 - Military or Law enforcement6 - Passenger7 - Cargo8 - Tankers9 - Fishing vessels10 - Recreational vesselsThe field headings in the attribute table are as follows: CELLID - ID of grid cellAvgSTG0 - Weekly average number of transits of Unknown Vessels AvgSTG1 - Weekly average number of transits of Non-Port service craft AvgSTG2 - Weekly average number of transits of Port service craft AvgSTG3 - Weekly average number of transits of Vessels engaged in dredging or underwater operations AvgSTG4 - Weekly average number of transits of High Speed Craft AvgSTG5 - Weekly average number of transits of Military or Law enforcement vesselsAvgSTG6 - Weekly average number of transits of Passenger vesselsAvgSTG7 - Weekly average number of transits of Cargo vesselsAvgSTG8 - Weekly average number of transits of Tankers AvgSTG9 - Weekly average number of transits of Fishing vessels AvgSTG10 - Weekly average number of transits of Recreational vessels AvgTotalSTG - Weekly average number of all vessel transits WeeklyAvgSTGTotal - Weekly average number of all vessel transits YearlyAvgSTG_Total - Estimated annual density of all vessel transits

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Added to data.gov.uk
2017-06-13
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Harvest GUID
9281c0707a10eb1e2805621ffb324898
Extent
Latitude: 61.9834° to 47.5612°
Longitude: -12.8454° to 7.1603°
Spatial reference system
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4258
Dataset reference date
2017-06-05 (publication)
Frequency of update
notPlanned
Responsible party
Marine Management Organisation (originator, custodian)
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Metadata language
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