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Distribution Diagram of Ship Tracks Based on Radar Observation in Marine Traffic Survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2009

Cai Yao*
Affiliation:
(Dalian Maritime University, China)
Liu Zhengjiang
Affiliation:
(Dalian Maritime University, China)
Wu Zhaolin
Affiliation:
(Dalian Maritime University, China)

Abstract

Marine traffic survey is a fundamental part of marine traffic engineering. In the assessment of the safety or effectiveness in particular water areas, the distribution of ship tracks is always included as one of the most significant results of a marine traffic survey. In this paper, methods of marine traffic survey are discussed and an appropriate method is selected to obtain the traffic data considering the available research circumstances in China. A semi-automatic artificial way of plotting a distribution diagram of ship tracks is presented with illustrations. Details of the diagram plotted by using the collected traffic data are described for reference.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 2009

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