Development Of Web-Based Application Using RESTful API As Utilization Tool Of AIS Data LAPAN Satellite

Abstract

Automatic Identification System (AIS) is a system that able to provide ships informations and exchange them from ship to another ship, ship to receiving station, or from receiving station to another receiving station by utilizing VHF communication frequency automatically. The exchanged ship Informations contain ship's unique Identity (ID), ship's position, navigational status, and speed of the ship. All those Informations can be used for several maritime monitoring purposes such as ship tracking, navigational purpose, Vessel Traffic Service (VTS), search and rescue, and accident investigation. LAPAN Satellite Technology Center has two satellites, LAPAN-A2 and LAPAN-A3 which carry AIS receiver as one of their payloads. LAPAN-A2 operates in the low Equatorial orbit and LAPAN-A3 operates in the low Polar orbit. Hundreds of thousands of AIS data can be acquired every day by utilizing AIS payloads from those two satellites. To optimize the use of AIS satellite data, a web-based application using RESTful API was made. This application helps it's user to find, search and displaying ship's information on webbased application. It can be concluded that the less optimal use of AIS data and the absence of a system to map the AIS data of the LAPAN-A2 and LAPAN-A3 satellites can be overcome by the development of this system.. And this system will help BRIN in general or Research Center For Satellite Technology in particular to disseminate the results of the AIS data obtained by LAPAN-A2 and LAPAN-A3 in an informative and interactive manner to the general public.