readLocalAIS {PAMscapes} | R Documentation |
Read AIS Data Near GPS Track
Description
Reads in AIS data downloaded from Marine Cadastre of ship tracks that come within a certain distance of a given GPS track. Also calculates the distance to the GPS track for each AIS point
Usage
readLocalAIS(gps, aisDir, distance = 10000, timeBuff = 0)
Arguments
gps |
a dataframe with columns |
aisDir |
directory of AIS CSV files to read from |
distance |
distance in meters around the GPS track to read AIS data for |
timeBuff |
extra time (seconds) before and after the GPS points to read AIS data for. This can help create a better picture of ship activity surrounding the GPS |
Value
a dataframe of AIS data, with additional columns related to distance to provided buoy GPS track
Author(s)
Taiki Sakai taiki.sakai@noaa.gov
Examples
gps <- data.frame(Latitude=c(33.2, 33.5,33.6),
Longitude=c(-118.1, -118.4, -119),
UTC=as.POSIXct(
c('2022-04-28 05:00:00',
'2022-04-28 10:00:00',
'2022-04-28 20:00:00'),
tz='UTC'))
ais <- readLocalAIS(gps, aisDir=system.file('extdata/ais', package='PAMscapes'), distance=20e3)
str(ais)
[Package PAMscapes version 0.6.0 Index]