About the Association
A free association,
kept open on purpose.
We are a free association of researchers, port workers, dispatchers, customs analysts, and amateur cartographers who believe the movements of the world ought to be legible to the people inside it.
Five principles
- I.
Public by source
We index only data that is already legally public.
- II.
Open by license
Every release is offered under permissive licenses, in plain formats.
- III.
Free by association
Membership costs nothing. There is no premium tier.
- IV.
Slow by design
We choose accuracy over latency. The archive is a record, not a feed.
- V.
Quiet by default
We do not host advertising. We do not sell access. We do not lobby.