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Written by Andy Hovey
Updated over a week ago

Portions of Starboard use third-party libraries and data. The following licences apply to our software.


Apache License, Version 2.0

Libraries: h3-js, react-ga


BSD 2-Clause License

Libraries: leaflet


BSD 3-Clause License

Libraries: hoist-non-react-statics, source-map


CSIRO Open Source Software Licence Agreement

Libraries: leaflet-velocity


Filtering satellite detections

Fixed marine infrastructure provided from The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence is used to filter vessel detections in Sentinel-1 SAR imagery. ODC-BY license. data source.


Global tags

Each global tag represents an international issue published by an authoritative source. Data sources for global tags.


ISC License

Libraries: idb, json-stringify-safe


Marine protected areas included in Starboard’s basemap

Benthic protection areas protect seabed habitats through the prohibition of bottom trawling and dredging. Note: There are some areas where seamount closures overlap with benthic protection areas. In these cases the seamount closure restrictions apply. Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand, data source.

Seamount closures protect underwater mountain areas through the prohibition of all trawling activity. Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand, data source.

DOC Marine mammal sanctuaries have specific sets of restrictions based on the species that occupy or pass through particular areas. Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand, data source.

DOC Marine reserves are specified areas of the sea and foreshore that are managed to preserve them in their natural state as the habitat of marine life for scientific study. Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand, data source.

Type 2 Marine protected areas are MPAs that are not marine reserves but meet the MPA protection standard that determines which management tool contribute to the 2005 MPA Policy and Implementation Plan. Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand, data source.


Maritime boundaries included in Starboard’s basemap

Territorial Seas (12 nm) are a belt of coastal waters extending at most 12 nautical miles (22.2 km; 13.8 mi) from the baseline (usually the mean low-water mark) of a coastal state. Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, data source.

Contiguous Zone (24 nm) is a band of water extending from the outer edge of the territorial sea to up to 24 nautical miles (44.4 km; 27.6 mi) from the baseline. Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, data source.

Exclusive Economic Zones (200 nm) is an area of the sea in which a sovereign state has special rights regarding the exploration and use of marine resources. Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, data source.


MIT License

Libraries: async, country-list, error-stack-parser, decache, console-polyfill, graphql-request, find, history, isarray, is_js, js-tokens, lodash.debounce, lodash.groupby, lodash.throttle, loose-envify, lodash.difference, lru-cache, moment, moment-timezone, mini-create-react-context, path-to-regexp, point-in-polygon, object-assign, prop-types, react, react-dom, react-is, react-redux, react-hook-form, react-tooltip, redux, react-router, redux-devtools-extension, react-router-dom, regenerator-runtime, redux-thunk, reselect, rollbar, request-ip, scheduler, resolve-pathname, symbol-observable, the-answer, stackframe, tiny-warning, tiny-invariant, traverse-chain, uuid, value-equal, windy-js


Oceanographic map layers

Bathymetry is derived from the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO), data source.

Global seamounts identified using global bathymetric data at 30 arc-second (1km) resolution. License: Public, data source.

Chlorophyll a is derived from the Global Ocean Biogeochemistry Analysis and Forecast, produced by Mercator Ocean International and distributed by the E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information doi:10.48670/moi-00015, data source.

Ice concentration is derived from the Global Ocean Physics Analysis and Forecast, produced by Mercator Ocean International and distributed by the E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information doi: 10.48670/moi-00016, data source.

Sea surface temperature is derived from the Level 4 sea surface temperature analysis produced by the United States’ Naval Oceanographic Office; doi: 10.5067/GHK10-41N01, data source, and the Global Ocean OSTIA Sea Surface Temperature and Sea Ice Analysis produced by MetOffice (UK) and published by the E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information, data source.

Total wave height is derived from the Global Ocean Waves Analysis and Forecast model. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information; doi:10.48670/moi-00017, data source.

Wind velocity is derived from the NCEP GFS 0.25 Degree Global Forecast Grids Historical Archive by the National Centers for Environmental Prediction/National Weather Service/NOAA/U.S. doi: 10.5065/D65D8PWK, data source.


Third party suppliers for data

When you access or use features offered by a third party supplier, that third party supplier’s terms will govern your access or use, including products and services provided by Spire and S&P Global Market Intelligence.


User interface icons

Some icons in Starboard are from Font Awesome by Dave Gandy, data source.


Vessel attributes

Combined corruption perceptions index scores are derived from the Corruption Perceptions Index (2012–2023) by Transparency International. Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 4.0 Licence, data source.


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