Abstract

Predicting Vessel Movement in Open Water
Track: Defense
Authors: James Taysom

Discussion of a maritime time/distance methodology using vector data to predict vessel movement across open water in consideration of all water obstacles. Practical application of this geospatial analysis method can be used for naval based operations such as: search and rescue, distress calls with known last location, counter drug/counter immigration efforts. Utilization of this method improves accuracy of distance predictions by using vector based analysis versus raster based analysis tools.