This app enables users to explore U.S. maritime activity, analyze spatial patterns, and efficiently extract manageable subsets from large-scale vessel traffic datasets. The underlying data is an invaluable public resource provided to the community by the U.S. Coast Guard, NOAA, and BOEM via the Marine Cadastre.
To begin, clone this repository to your computer:
https://github.com/Esri/vessel-traffic.gitFrom the project's root directory, install the required packages (dependencies):
npm installNow you can start the webpack dev server to test the app on your local machine:
# it will start a server instance and begin listening for connections from localhost on port 8080
npm run startTo build/deploye the app, you can simply run:
# it will place all files needed for deployment into the /build directory
npm run build- ArcGIS Blog - Introducing the U.S. Vessel Traffic application from Living Atlas
- Access vessel traffic data
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