Shipview
A modern, web-based global vessel application and your new porthole into the world’s shipping
Shipview is an easy-to-use viewing tool that allows users to see all the ship positions produced by their AIS data service and then plots them on a familiar set of map layers to enhance the viewing experience.

Using Shipview and AIS data you can:
- Find vessels anywhere in the world using single line searching
- Make faster decisions using built-in filtering tools
- Configure any ships map layer to automatically generate alerts
- Add external map layers from any OGC WMS or Esri ArcGIS servers
- Download data sets to improve offline review, analysis, and reporting
Ship Tracking
- Plot and visualize latest ship positions, view critical ship information, and gain access to historical track data for each ship back to July 2010
- Improves maritime monitoring of ship activities in the world or your area of interest by providing dynamic and up-to-date ship information
- Look back on a ship’s track over a 3-year period or choose a date range with the ship track toolkit to specify the timeline of interest
- Longer ship track history allows for easier trend analysis and provides a comprehensive picture of patterns and behaviors to save users valuable time and effort when performing in-depth analyses into global shipping traffic
- Download data sets to improve offline review, analysis, and reporting
Modern, Web-based Application
- Access the web application anywhere, anytime, and on any modern platform from mobile to desktop
- Improved efficiencies as exactEarth now “hosts” the data and the application (SaaS), saving users money and time setting up and managing an in-house application and database
Map Navigation
- Familiar navigational tools standard in mapping applications
Searching
- Single line searching to find ships by name, IMO, MMSI, Flag, or destination while also returning the ship’s photo from our expansive library
- Search by drawn area, circle, or EEZ, or import in your own polygon files from your existing systems for easier navigation and analysis
- Simplifies the process for finding a ship of interest anywhere in the world, saving users significant time
Filtering
- Add, edit, or delete filters to subset the current view to only those ships that match the input criteria selected from any attribute available
- Create easy-to-define rules that can be shared with other Shipview users
- Choose from an expansive list of detailed ship types to narrow your search results even further
- Efficient analysis process as ships that meet the criteria asked are returned quickly, building accurate situational awareness in very little time
Add OGC or Esri External Map Layers
- Load any OGC WMS or Esri Map, Feature, or Tiled Map Service to Shipview as either map layer or base map
- Ease of interoperability, either using in-house or external map services to view alongside exactAIS
Bookmarks and Gazetteer
- Quickly zoom to user-defined areas of interest
- Saves time and effort when trying to view frequently visited areas when time is of the essence
Alerting
- Configure any ship’s map layer to automatically generate alerts whenever a ship matches or no longer matches specified criteria
- Alerts can be sent via e-mail to allow for quicker response time to situations in an area of interest
- Instant delivery of critical updates for improved decision-making and responsiveness using the most up-to-date and accurate information
Download and Save Data
- Easily download a data set of either all ships or the ships currently in view
- Improves offline review, analysis, and reporting by loading ship information into software or databases of choice