Maritime · industry standard

AIS

The Automatic Identification System (AIS) is a shipboard broadcast transponder system operating in the VHF maritime band that transmits and receives vessel identification, position, speed, heading, and other navigational data to enhance maritime situational awareness and safety.

www.navcen.uscg.gov/automatic-i...The standard

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18providers in the catalog

Also known as Automatic Identification System, AIS Transponder, Vessel AIS.

Providers that carry AIS 18

These providers' own APIs.json profiles carry AIS as a tag — the provider's statement that the standard is part of what it does. APIs.io has not verified the implementation on this page; the de facto profiles on this site are where that measurement exists. Ordered by Kin Score.

Kontomatikdeveloping · 52.3 VesselFinderdeveloping · 48.8 ShipFinder AIS Data APIdeveloping · 47.7 MarineTrafficdeveloping · 43.2 Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agencythin · 37.0 Kplerthin · 36.5 AISStreamthin · 35.8 Sinaythin · 35.5 Datalasticthin · 33.1 Searoutesthin · 32.6 AISHubthin · 31.8 MyShipTrackingthin · 31.5 Klarna Kosmaemerging · 24.6 Spire Maritimeemerging · 22.6 Spire Globalemerging · 15.8 Vakeminimal · 8.7 Windwardminimal · 6.2 Orbital Insightminimal · 4.2

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