this repo is discontinued for now
Solution to access machine readable AIS Data. This solution uses the free web solutions to crawl the data and returns them in json.
As this repo is a successor to the ais-api, lecacy parts are added (see legacy) Those will be removed in future versions.
Requirements: npm & nodejs.
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clone this repo
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run
npm install -
run
npm run dev
All locations are returned in this format: { timestamp: ISO 8601 latitude: longitude: course: in deg speed: in kn source: source_type: e.g. ais raw_data: (contains all the raw data) }
As this repo is a successor to the ais-api, some legacy paths are added. Those will be removed in future versions
Takes position from MT and from VT and returns the newest example: http://localhost:5000/legacy/getLastPosition/211879870
Returns position from VF example: http://localhost:5000/legacy/getLastPositionFromVF/211281610
Returns position from MT example: http://localhost:5000/legacy/getLastPositionFromMT/211281610
Returns all vessels in area, defined by a list of area keywords example: http://localhost:5000/legacy/getVesselsInArea/WMED,EMED
Returns all vessels near me, defined by a location in latitude, longitude, and distance example: http://localhost:5000/legacy/getVesselsNearMe/51.74190/3.89773/2
[{
name: vessel.SHIPNAME,
id: vessel.SHIP_ID,
lat: Number(vessel.LAT),
lon: Number(vessel.LON),
timestamp: vessel.LAST_POS,
mmsi: vessel.MMSI,
imo: vessel.IMO,
callsign: vessel.CALLSIGN,
speed: Number(vessel.SPEED),
area: vessel.AREA_CODE,
type: vessel.TYPE_SUMMARY,
country: vessel.COUNTRY,
destination: vessel.DESTINATION,
port_current_id: vessel.PORT_ID,
port_current: vessel.CURRENT_PORT,
port_next_id: vessel.NEXT_PORT_ID,
port_next: vessel.NEXT_PORT_NAME,
},…]Returns all vessels in a port, named after the MT nomenclature example: http://localhost:5000/legacy/getVesselsInPort/piraeus
Output format identical to getVesselsInArea
find latest position for vehicle for specified sourcetype and source example: http://localhost:5000/ais/mt/211281610/location/latest