There seem to be a consistent route of ships travelling overland from Tunis across the top of Algeria.
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A Map Showing Every Cargo Ship
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#12I expected this to be http://marinetraffic.com/ which shows current/recent locations. But I'm not sure if it shows every single cargo ship in the world.
Every ship within range of an AIS receiving station. There are deadspots far out and see and behind obstructions.
Probably not taking subscriptions from Somalia...
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#13The constant exchange between the west coast of the US and Japan is so regular!
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#14A couple of observations I thought were interesting: Very few ships travel around the southern tip of South America A corrupted data point sends it flying across Russia and into Southern Europe. A lone ship travelling to Svalbard. Multiple ships travelling in rivers deep into Russia. Control of the nine-dash-line area would yield huge economic influence to the controller.
The southern tip of South America is known as Cape Horn (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Horn). It's an unpredictable and dangerous area, hence the popularity of the Panama Canal.
Russia is huge, hence a lot of river shipping.
Control of the seas would bring a lot of influence, hence the British control of Gibraltar and the complex history of the Suez Canal.
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#15A couple of observations I thought were interesting: Very few ships travel around the southern tip of South America A corrupted data point sends it flying across Russia and into Southern Europe. A lone ship travelling to Svalbard. Multiple ships travelling in rivers deep into Russia. Control of the nine-dash-line area would yield huge economic influence to the controller.
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#16>> The map is built from data showing ship locations in 2012, so it's not exactly what things look like today, but it's a pretty close approximation.
What were oil prices then? What are they now? What is the state of piracy then? What is is now? Interesting, but I suggest that the really interesting details aren't to be found on this map.
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#17Sweet data eye candy, I would love to have a near live version on a screen on my wall.
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#18I expected this to be http://marinetraffic.com/ which shows current/recent locations. But I'm not sure if it shows every single cargo ship in the world.
Every ship within range of an AIS receiving station. There are deadspots far out and see and behind obstructions.
There is AIS sat or something(, we used to refer to it by that name.)
It scans the entire (?) globe every few hours. I think accrss to those observations is one of the benefits of a paid AIS subscription.
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#19Is there a way to make the map fullscreen?
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#20Dumb question, but what's the term for the moving marker? Or are they just 2x2 px leaflet markers?