Fast boats entering a protected area
Fast boats entering a protected area, sent to enforcement at once.
What it does
Every 15 minutes: high-speed craft entering your protected marine area (live AIS), each sent at once to the enforcement team on WhatsApp with where it was seen.
In one sentence: Every 15 minutes, in Muscat, watch the ships, see which enter the zone, sort them by speed_kn and keep the top 10, then send message in WhatsApp Business and email the list to you.
Why it is useful
Speeding in protected waters harms wildlife and divers. The team is told within minutes.
Who it is for
Ports, shipping & maritime. Port operators, ship agents, marine suppliers, terminals and marinas following vessels, weather and the business around the water. Every use case for ports & shipping
Best use cases
- A marine park authority
- A coast guard
- A dive site operator
What each run gives you
- A WhatsApp message
The time it saves
Every 15 minutes. Doing the same work by hand takes about 10 minutes each time; it runs about 2880 times a month, so it saves about 40 hours a month (an estimate). It is medium: 7 blocks.
The flow, block by block
- Every 15 minutesTrigger · ScheduleStarts the flow on a timetable.
- The protected areaWhere · Area of interestSets where the flow looks: countries, cities or specific places, or areas you draw on a map.
- Moving boats nearbyxMap data · Ships (AIS)Ships at sea or in port right now, from AIS (the signal ships send with their position, speed and heading; live from AISStream): every vessel heard in the Area of interest before this block, or around a point.
- Entered the protected areaLogic · Zone alertReports items (ships, for example) that entered, crossed, are inside or left a zone.
- Best 10 firstLogic · Sort and limitPuts the items in order, and can keep only the first ones: the 10 best rated, the 20 nearest, the highest fit scores.
- Alert the enforcement teamApp · WhatsApp BusinessSend text, media and template messages from your WhatsApp Business number.
- Email me the resultsAction · EmailSends one email per run with all the items, or one email per item.
Every block can be changed after you use the template: the city, the type of place, the score, where the results go.
Use it now
Answer a few questions, enter your work email, and it runs in your own account, kept running until you pause it. Use this template.
How to set it up
- Zone alerts: know when something enters an area: Ships, vehicles or any moving item crossing your zone.
- Ships (AIS): Ships in a sea area, their type, speed and destination.
- Draw your areas and points: Shapes, circles and points with a distance around each.
- Get messages on WhatsApp: Add your number once; your AI employees write to you from xMap’s WhatsApp, nothing to connect.
- Geofencing: A virtual boundary that triggers something when an item enters or leaves it.
- AIS (ship tracking): Radio messages ships send with their identity, position and course.
- How to be alerted when ships enter a port area: A zone, a live AIS stream and an alert.
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