AIS and the Costa Concordia, a ship off course

In a BBC News report, “Costa Concordia cruise ship captain ‘went off course'”, this map is presented.

 

It’s credited to the shipping newsletter Lloyd’s List, which on its web site further credits the detail to data from AIS. Here’s a few trackers that keep measure of ship locations from AIS, the Automatic Identification System:

• MarineTraffic.com
• Vessel Finder
• AIS Hub
• VT Explorer
• Sail WX

More detail on AIS from the US Coast Guard, and from the ever-handy Wikipedia.

This animation is credited to data from Vessel Finder.

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