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Roboat

A summer day in Amsterdam's canals

(August 12th, 2017)

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August 2017

◉ All of Amsterdam

◎ Canal Ring traffic only

Type of boats

● Tourism

● Ferry

● General

● Pleasure craft

● Cruise

Data from Marine Traffic

See how the boats sailed in the canals on August 12th, 2017

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A summer week in the canals

As part of the Roboat project, this visualization shows the boats, ferries, and cargo ships sailing in Amsterdam during the week of 06-12 August 2017. Explore the different types of vessels in the water and their speeds, and watch the traffic ebb and flow as the day progresses —a few key events and areas where clear patterns emerge are highlighted.

About the project

Number of boats in the canal

Every two hours

Average speeds of boats (Km/h)

Nº of boats

■ Speed higher than limits

— Avg. speed

Description

This project visualizes the boat traffic in Amsterdam's canals using data from MarineTraffic. This visualization is part of the ongoing project Roboat, a collaboration between the Massachusetts Institute for Technology and AMS —the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions— that seeks to design and test the world's first fleet of autonomous boats in the city of Amsterdam.