In the era of e-Navigation, it is important to deliver maritime traffic information from a shore based station to all navigating vessels. However, in a vessel boarding system, there is a limit to the amount of raw traffic data that can be processed. In this paper, we used the Automatic Identification System (AIS) data as metadata to build up the maritime traffic gridded database by projecting traffic data on a geographic coordinate system. In order to apply this database to the image layer for transferring to the ship efficiently, we have developed a maritime traffic display layer and route traffic information layer. All simulated data was collected and analyzed with the AIS in a Vessel Traffic Service(VTS) center.

Abstract
I. Introduction
II. Automatic Identification System and its Data
III. Gridded Maritime Traffic DB
IV. Maritime Traffic Information Layer
    4.1. Maritime traffic display layer
    4.2. Route Traffic information layer
V. Conclusions
VI. Acknowledgements
References

• Kwang-Il KIM(Dept. of Maritime Transportation Mokpo National Maritime University)
• Jung Sik JEONG(Dept. of International Maritime Transportation Science, MMU) Corresponding Author
• Gyei-Kark PARK(Dept. of International Maritime Transportation Science, Mokpo National Maritime University)