Data sources:
- Live AIShub data
5min interval if in terrestrial range. Data source and antenna setup on my balcony - Australian AMSA
monthly AIS data dump - 6-8 weeks delayed - Paid API calls to data provider
One datapoint per month for selected few vessels - no satellite data.
Good to know:
- Customize a starting location and zoomlevel by bookmarking the URL with parameters. e.g. https://www.pfau.no/rigtracker/index.html?lat=56.5&lon=3.2&zlevel=8
Current features
- Displays the current position of vessels in the database
- Displays basic information about the rig
Planned features
- show past track of selected vessel
- expand vessel database to the offshore wind sector
- identify locations of longer duration and likely task (transit, yard stay, development drilling, exploration drilling)
- provide data as a webservice so it can be loaded into ArcGIS etc.
- export as shapefile
Rigtracker tracks and displays vessels related to the oil and gas industy on a map.
Currently it is light on features and focuses on a low-maintenance setup and getting more data sources. If you have a good idea for additional data sources or a feature request please get in contact with me.
MotivationI work in the O&G industry and I've always been fascinated by rigs, platforms and drillships. Recently I was lucky enough to get to travel out to some as part of my job.
Always thought there should be a public and convenient interface to display where rigs are and what they're doing at the moment.
Use-cases are for entirely personal reasons such as following your favorite rig. There are no commercial intentions with rigtracker, although it can be a seen as a useful data source for the industry.
How it worksData from the AIShub site is regularly downloaded and stored in a local database where it is analyzed and converted into GeoJSON format (current solution). The webmap works with the LeafletJS fork from Esri. Additional data layers like known platforms and offshore boundaries are available.
The main data source is live AIS data shared by www.aishub.net. I contribute to this same database myself by running an AIS receiver which reads AIS signals via a VHF antenna plugged into a Raspberry Pi. If you live close to the sea and have a great location where you can run a similar setup please consider doing so. The setup costs are under 100$ and altitude beats proximity to the sea.
