It is equipped to collect vast streams of data from satellites, buoys, and other platforms; crunch it in computer models; and then distribute the results to users that include the U.S. military and The Weather Channel. (sciencemag.org)
Deputy general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers Martin Johnson said: «Requiring vast streams of data to be collected will add to the paperwork produced by schools and increase the bureaucracy in education. (bbc.co.uk)
You can learn how Global Fishing Watch works in more detail below, but essentially the system uses algorithms, which are steadily being refined, to identify and home in on fishing vessel activity amid the masses of public data flowing in vast streams from Automatic Identification System technology installed on nearly all substantial commercial vessels as a safety and tracking tool. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)