The tracks of line-fishing boats off the coast of Cornwall
One of my favorite real-time vehicle tracking maps is Marine Traffic, which shows the alive positions too tracks of boats some the world. It is ever fascinating to explore the major transportation lanes inwards too some coastal waters that emerge on Marine Traffic. One matter that never occurred to me when using Marine Traffic is that dissimilar types of marine vessels manifestly purpose dissimilar routes too engage inwards dissimilar types of marine journeys.
The dissimilar types of routes too journeys taken past times dissimilar types of marine vessel tin move seen inwards a novel serial of maps past times Alasdair Rae. In Watching the Ships Go By Alasdair has created a serial of static maps showing the vessel tracks of dissimilar types of vessel inwards the coastal waters some the UK. These include maps showing the dissimilar type of marine traffic too transportation routes taken past times cargo ships, rider ships, line-fishing boats, high speed craft, military machine vessels, tankers too recreational craft.
Each of these private vessel maps is fascinating (and beautiful) inwards its ain right. For event the line-fishing vessel map reveals non alone where British waters are existence fished precisely the ports some the U.K. which are nevertheless active centers for marine fishing.
Also See
Shipmap.org - an animated map visualizing the movements of the global merchant transportation fleet over the shape of 2012.
Global Fishing Watch - tracks over 35,000 commercial line-fishing vessels some the basis inwards well-nigh real-time inwards companionship to assistance monitor global line-fishing too protect fish stocks, which are threatened past times over-fishing, illegal line-fishing too habitat destruction.
Billionaires on the Sea - Forbes's interactive map shows the journeys some the basis taken past times a publish of super-yachts owned past times the super-rich during 2017.
