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Traffic density

GET/v1/density5 credits

Vessels per grid cell, live or over the past hours, as GeoJSON, wherever we hear. Counts only.

Parameters

NameDescription
cell
degrees
Live: 0.25 to 5, default 1. With hours: 0.1 to 2, default 0.25.
hours
integer
Past traffic over this many hours, 1 to 168.
curl "https://gangwayais.com/v1/density?cell=5" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GANGWAY_KEY"
{
  "type": "FeatureCollection",
  "features": [
    {
      "type": "Feature",
      "geometry": {
        "type": "Point",
        "coordinates": [
          2.5,
          52.5
        ]
      },
      "properties": {
        "n": 14
      }
    }
  ],
  "cell": 5,
  "hours": null,
  "live": true,
  "attribution": {
    "barentswatch": "Gangway AIS (https://gangway.app). Data delivered by BarentsWatch. Contains data under the Norwegian licence for Open Government data (NLOD) distributed by the Norwegian Coastal Administration."
  },
  "notice": "Not for navigation. AIS data can be missing, delayed or wrong. Never use it for navigation, collision avoidance, search and rescue or any safety-of-life decision."
}