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Dataset Title:	AIS2018, Automatic Identification System (AIS) data
Institution:	NOAA/OAR/PMEL (Dataset ID: AIS2018_AIS)
Range:	time = 2018-01-01T00:00:04Z to 2018-12-31T23:59:58Z
Information:	Summary \| License \| Metadata \| Background \| Data Access Form

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Things You Can Do With Your Graphs

Well, you can do anything you want with your graphs, of course. But some things you might not have considered are:

Web page authors can embed a graph of the latest data in a web page using HTML <img> tags.
Anyone can use ERDDAPs Slide Sorter to build a personal web page that displays graphs with the latest data (or other images or HTML content), each in its own, draggable slide.

The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
 s {
  MMSI {
    String ioos_category "Identifier";
    String long_name "Maritime Mobile Service Identities";
    String source_name "mmsi";
    String standard_name "mmsi";
  }
  time {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Time";
    Float64 actual_range 1.514764804e+9, 1.546300798e+9;
    String axis "T";
    String ioos_category "Time";
    String long_name "Date Time";
    String source_name "basedatetime";
    String standard_name "time";
    String time_origin "01-JAN-1970 00:00:00";
    String units "seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z";
  }
  Lat {
    Float64 actual_range 1.2e-4, 89.96335;
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Latitud";
    String source_name "lat";
    String standard_name "latitude";
  }
  Lon {
    Float64 actual_range -179.99912, -60.00229;
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Longitude";
    String source_name "lon";
    String standard_name "longitude";
  }
  SOG {
    Float64 actual_range -51.2, 51.1;
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "Speed Over Ground";
    String source_name "sog";
    String standard_name "sog";
  }
  COG {
    Float64 actual_range -204.8, 204.7;
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "Course Over Ground";
    String source_name "cog";
    String standard_name "cog";
  }
  Heading {
    Float64 actual_range 0.0, 511.0;
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "Heading";
    String source_name "heading";
    String standard_name "heading";
  }
  VesselName {
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "Vessel Name";
    String source_name "vesselname";
    String standard_name "vesselname";
  }
  IMO {
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "International Maritime Organization";
    String source_name "imo";
    String standard_name "imo";
  }
  CallSign {
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "Call Sign";
    String source_name "callsign";
    String standard_name "callsign";
  }
  VesselType {
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "Vessel Type";
    String source_name "vesseltype";
    String standard_name "vesseltype";
  }
  Status {
    Int32 actual_range 0, 15;
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "Status";
    String source_name "status";
    String standard_name "status";
  }
  Length {
    Int32 actual_range 0, 894;
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "Length";
    String source_name "length";
    String standard_name "length";
  }
  Width {
    Int32 actual_range 0, 126;
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "Width";
    String source_name "width";
    String standard_name "width";
  }
  Draft {
    Float64 actual_range -12.8, 25.0;
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "Draft";
    String source_name "draft";
    String standard_name "draft";
  }
  Cargo {
    Int32 actual_range 0, 255;
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "Cargo";
    String source_name "cargo";
    String standard_name "cargo";
  }
  TransceiverClass {
    String ioos_category "Other";
    String long_name "Transceiver Class";
    String source_name "transceiverclass";
    String standard_name "transceiverclass";
  }
 }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String cdm_data_type "Other";
    String Conventions "COARDS, CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3";
    String creator_email "pmel.info@noaa.gov";
    String creator_name "NOAA/OAR/PMEL";
    String creator_type "institution";
    String creator_url "https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/";
    String history 
"2025-06-29T21:24:15Z (local files)
2025-06-29T21:24:15Z https://data.pmel.noaa.gov/pmel/tabledap/AIS2018_AIS.das";
    String infoUrl "https://coast.noaa.gov/htdata/CMSP/AISDataHandler/2018/";
    String institution "NOAA/OAR/PMEL";
    String keywords "BaseDateTime, CallSign, Cargo, COG, Draft, Heading, IMO, LAT, Length, LON, MMSI, SOG, Status, TransceiverClass, VesselName, VesselType, Width";
    String license "These data were produced by NOAA and are not subject to copyright protection in the United States. NOAA waives any potential copyright and related rights in these data worldwide through the Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication (CC0-1.0).";
    String sourceUrl "(local files)";
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v29";
    String summary "Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) RUIDCS DATA. NOAA/OAR/PMEL data from a local source.";
    String testOutOfDate "now-1day";
    String time_coverage_end "2018-12-31T23:59:58Z";
    String time_coverage_start "2018-01-01T00:00:04Z";
    String title "AIS2018, Automatic Identification System (AIS) data";
  }
}

Using tabledap to Request Data and Graphs from Tabular Datasets

tabledap lets you request a data subset, a graph, or a map from a tabular dataset (for example, buoy data), via a specially formed URL. tabledap uses the OPeNDAP (external link)

Data Access Protocol (DAP) (external link)

and its selection constraints (external link)

The URL specifies what you want: the dataset, a description of the graph or the subset of the data, and the file type for the response.

(easy) You can get data by using the dataset's Data Access Form or Subset form. They make the URL for you.
(easy) You can make a graph or map by using the dataset's Make A Graph form. It makes the URL for you.
(not hard) You can bypass the forms and get the data or make a graph or map by generating the URL by hand or with a computer program or script.

Tabledap request URLs must be in the form
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/datasetID.fileType{?query}
For example,
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/pmelTaoDySst.htmlTable?longitude,latitude,time,station,wmo_platform_code,T_25&time>=2015-05-23T12:00:00Z&time<=2015-05-31T12:00:00Z
Thus, the query is often a comma-separated list of desired variable names, followed by a collection of constraints (e.g., variable<value), each preceded by '&' (which is interpreted as "AND").

For details, see the tabledap Documentation.

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