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Description

Objective: Create a single source reference source to coordinate the deployment, routing, and loading of trans-oceanic shipping.

I. Navigation information

1. Base map
2. Routes between ports
3. Routes within ports (to slip level)
4. Weather (Current & Forecast)
5. Currents
6. Hazards and Warnings

II. Port information

1. Configuration of each slip
   1. Size, shape, orientation (map)
   2. Loading capabilities (Fixed & Available)
2. Outgoing cargo information
   1. Type
   2. Number of units
   3. Destination (Port & slip)
   4. Desired delivery time
3. Fees
4. Pilot availability

III. Ship information

1. Cargo
   1. Type
   2. Units
   3. Destination
2. Available space
3. Loading capabilities
4. Location
5. Size and performance data
6. Storage capabilities for various types of cargo
7. Running costs

Data

Likely useful web sites for a one-stop oceanic shipping GIS:

Links to mapfinder home page and nautical charts
http://www.websites.noaa.gov/guide/sciences/ocean/map.html

Digital chart of the world
http://www2.shef.ac.uk/~lib/cdfiles/dchart.html

Index to UC Berkeley maps
http://ww.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/digital/nautic.html

Homepage for nautical imagery & mapping agency
http://www.nima.mil/

Oceanic trade links
http://www.rogers-brown.com/html/trade_related_www_links.html

Multi-track software to track containers on any ship
http://www.isaweb.com/f_m_trk.htm

Non-Internet Information Sources

I. Paper publications

1. World Port Index
2. Commerce Business Daily
3. Pacific Shipper

II. People

1. Jerry Skalky, planner for the port of Long Beach (925 Harbor Plaza, 437-0041x5319)
2. ??, planner for the port of Los Angeles

ADDENDUM:

Preliminary Tables for Project