This course aims to build the skills for acquiring and performing simple analysis of AIS data via the UN Global Platform. It includes an introduction to the UN Global Platform AIS data, procedures to request access to the platform, methods of acquiring both AIS and Ships Register data, an introduction to their data structures, and samples of reading and filtering AIS data using PySpark.
Note: Access to this course is restricted. If you are interested, send a request to support@officialstatistics.org.