Evaluating models for classifying movement of whale-watching vessels data

Automatic Identification System (AIS) marine vessel data used in partial completion of Andrea Nesdoly's Master of Science in Geography thesis titled: Modelling Marine Vessels Engaged in Wildlife-viewing Behaviour using Automatic Identification Systems (AIS). The data in this repository includes cleaned AIS data for a marine vessel stationed out of the Victoria Harbour, all unique vessel identifiers have been removed, and the results of various classification models for model comparison. These data were collected for the Whale-watching AIS vessel movement evaluation (WAVE) project through the CORAL group at the University of Victoria, and provided by Ocean Networks Canada and the Canadian Coast Guard, and University of Victoria graduate Molly Fraser (2021).