This article is Level 3 in the Filtering training series →
Tags as filters
You can use global tags, or your organisation's tags, as filters to isolate specific fleets of interest for analysis. You can then apply more filters (such as risk indicators or vessel activity) to further highlight noteworthy events within the tagged fleets. This is particularly useful for daily monitoring of large global fleets for new activity of interest.
Tip: Many of the filters can also be used as exclusions, by toggling from ‘Any’, to ‘None/not'. For tags, this means you can exclude a list of vessels that you are not interested in seeing in your results.
Areas as filters
You can apply advanced filtering methods to vessel or fleet activity within specific areas of interest–often referred to as geo-fencing. There are two different options for area-based filtering in Starboard.
Vessel-based filtering is the default setting when filtering by area. It returns all vessels that exhibited the filtered behaviour(s) within the set timeframe, even if the behaviour occurred outside the selected area—as long as those vessels entered the area at some point during the specified timeframe.
Events-based filtering can be enabled from the Vessel activity filter menu, and returns only the vessels with events that occurred inside the selected area during the specified time frame.
Filtering on events within a set area and timeframe is enabled by selecting a Vessel activity filter and ticking the box that says “Only show activity within the set area”. This feature enables analysts to focus on high risk behaviours in very specific areas such as known smuggling routes, ship to ship transfer hotspots, loitering zones, and protected areas.
Learn more: Managing and creating your custom areas →
Try it out: Quickly narrow down 15,000 vessels to only 100 by combining events-based area filtering with additional filters on high risk flags and behaviours.
Filtering training series
Follow our Filtering training continuum to learn more advanced techniques:
Level 1: Using the filter toolbar →
Level 3: Combining filters, tags, and areas →