exactEarth describes its close work with Safe to allow the seamless integration of exactAIS global vessel data that is managed and processed through FME 2014.

1. CONNECT. TRANSFORM. AUTOMATE.
Using Safe FME to ETL Near Real-
Time Global Ship Tracking Geodata
Taylor Nicholls
Product Manager, exactEarth Ltd.

2. exactEarth Tracks Ships
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3. How Do We Track Ships?
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4. What Data is Collected?
! NMEA v.4 Automatic Identification System (AIS)
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c:1376505330*5A!AIVDM,1,1,,B,15BVJ@001UImQG1i3cS:g`Vt1W3h,0*10
c:1376505331*5B!AIVDM,1,1,,B,13F;ER7Oh9ImjK3hFw10A1i008Bm,0*04
c:1376505332*58!AIVDM,1,1,,A,13EWsr000tIiR25h;oRSL2k206B<,0*64
c:1376505332*58!AIVDM,1,1,,B,34WN660viTG<dVcm<c7cG93000wh,0*6E
c:1376505333*59!AIVDM,1,1,,B,33F86P7P0Rq8;@uf>ucM3gw42C9C,0*60
c:1376505334*5E!AIVDM,1,1,,A,33F;ER7Oh9ImjK3hFw2P7Ai60200,0*43
MMSI
Msg
Type
Time
Channel
SOG
Longitude
La9tude
355048000
1
20130814_183530
B
10.1
-­‐86.1752
-­‐26.1139
224581000
1
20130814_183531
B
0.9
-­‐86.11695833
-­‐27.33439333
224001000
1
20130814_183532
A
6
-­‐87.04671667
-­‐27.63795667
309823000
3
20130814_183532
B
10
-­‐123.0554317
-­‐18.87781667
224528000
3
20130814_183533
B
3.4
-­‐96.08101667
-­‐31.04867167
224581000
3
20130814_183534
A
0.9
-­‐86.11695833
-­‐27.33438333

5. How Much Data is Collected?
! 5,000,000 satellite and coastal messages / day
! > 100,000 ships
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6. Customer Challenges &
Solution
! TCP/IP data stream
! NMEA v.4 binary format
! Millions of messages
! How to decode and transform
! How to store and use data
! Enter… FME 2014
! Supports NMEA Automatic Identification System
(AIS Data)
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7. FME & AIS How-to 101
! Connect
! TCP/IP
! Transform
! AIS to 325 different formats
! Automate
! Workspace w/ WorkspaceRunner loops main
Workspace
! … Repeat 5,000,000 times / day
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8. Demo
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9. Thank You!
! Questions?
! For more information:
! Taylor Nicholls, taylor.nicholls@exactearth.com
! exactEarth Limited
! www.exactearth.com
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