Eyes at Sea: Tracking System of Rescue Boats in Polillo Group of Islands

This paper describes the design and implementation of a ship tracking and monitoring system using Automatic Identification System (AIS) technology in Polillo Group of Islands. The system is composed of an AIS Transceiver, AIS Base Station and Web Application. The tracking and monitoring system is used by the stakeholders to monitor the utilization of the rescue boats in the different municipalities. Compatibility tests with commercial AIS was performed and field testing was done to validate the operation of the web application.