Would you mind linking to a few of the startups you've come across?
Also, do you know of any databases of MMSI ship registration numbers or similar? Presuming this should be open access, even if very static.
Also, do you know of any databases of MMSI ship registration numbers or similar? Presuming this should be open access, even if very static.
Only commercial data providers can load you up with good historical AIS data and registers, so you can create MMSI table or whatever.
This again depends of what do you want to achieve. Something like 3 months of amateur worldwide AIS feed can give you a pretty good snapshot with MMSIs, names etc.
We've processed about 40 million AIS sentences so far (and really just getting going). More details on that here:
https://support.floathub.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001334348-...
(edited because I always forget the indent = code convention on HN).
* https://shone.com [SF] - $4.5M raised - watch assistance and navigation
* https://nautiluslabs.co [NYC] - $13M raised - commercial optimization
* https://cargometrics.com [Boston] - $22M raised - fleet management
All are hiring if I'm not mistaken. If you're interested in Nautilus you can shoot me a message. (disclaimer: I'm an engineer there, great company)
[no affiliation - we're not even on the list yet!]