= Welcome to Ocean Visuals Documentation =

This documentation will give an overview of OV's main user interface, its
concepts and features; of the onboard installation and its administration.

== Terminology ==

  * AIS - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_Identification_System Automatic Identification System]
    is used to provide information of nearby (to an Observer) vessel information 
  * Device - a device represents a physicial grouping of Observation Types e.g. a LIDAR
    which measures: oil pollution, CDOM, water transparency etc.
  * Incident - a collection of Observations where a specified Observation Type is
    out of the normal range(s) for that specified Observation Type
  * Observation - a group of measurements for one or several Observation Types
    at a specific time and location (latitude, longitude)
  * Observation Type - a single measurable entity - an instrument / a sensor -
    providing a scalar value e.g. temperature, oil pollution, water transparency etc.
  * Observer - a vessel or a stationary platform carrying one or several Devices for Observation gathering.

== Web UI ==

At the highest level the Web UI functionality at https://web.oceanavisuals.no is
divided into 2 groups: anonymous users, public data; authenticated users, enhanced data.

Anonymous users have access to the public data and the aggregated statistics of
that data.

Authenticated users have access to additional information regarding:

  * Observers
  * Maps with an AIS Layer
  * Detailed Incident Reports with AIS history
  * Device monitoring and management

== Onboard Installation Administration ==