Welcome to Wave-Scout

Your ultimate maritime intelligence platform. Real-time vessel tracking, route management, and advanced maritime data at your fingertips.

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What you can do

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Real-time Tracking

Explore the global fleet on our interactive map. View real-time positions, vessel details, and historical paths for thousands of ships.

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Route Management

Plan and manage maritime routes. Track origin, destination, and estimated arrival times for your favorite vessels.

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Personalized Fleet

Create your own vessel lists in "My Ships". Get notifications on vessel movements and status changes automatically.

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Environmental Data

Stay informed with live weather updates and maritime conditions directly on the dashboard for better planning.

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Advanced Search

Quickly find ships, users, or specific routes using our powerful multi-filter search engine.

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Interactive Dashboard

A centralized hub showing your fleet's activity, recent notifications, and relevant maritime feeds.

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Public API Access

Integrate Wave-Scout data into your own applications. Our public API provides developers with access to core maritime information.

directions_boatVessel Information

Retrieve detailed specifications and data for any vessel.

GET /api/ship/{id}

GET /api/ship/identifier/{identifier}

location_onPosition Data

Get the latest reported positions for vessels across the globe.

GET /api/position/ship

System Architecture

A technical deep-dive into the Wave-Scout maritime engine and distributed system design.

Core Technologies

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Backend Core

.NET 8.0 ASP.NET Core MediatR

Built on a modern microservices-ready architecture using the Mediator pattern for clean separation of concerns and decoupled command/query handling.

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Data Layer

PostgreSQL Repository Pattern Dapper/EF Core

Highly optimized spatial and relational data storage. Leveraging PostgreSQL for robust maritime data management and historical position tracking.

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Processing Pipeline

Background Workers AIS Processing Real-time Events

Distributed workers handle high-frequency AIS data ingestion, ship details updates, and automated event notifications.

Architecture Overview

Wave-Scout utilizes a layered approach to ensure scalability and maintainability.

webWeb Public Site (V2)

apiPublic API Host

inputPrivate API Client

hubPrivate API Host (Internal)

sync_altMediatR (Handlers/Commands)

storageData Repositories (Postgre)

cloudGeo/Mail Services

Background Services

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AIS Worker

Ingests and parses NMEA/AIS streams. Handles real-time position updates and decodes vessel static data.

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Ship Worker

Enriches vessel data with technical specifications, fleet classification, and image metadata.

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Geo Service

Provides spatial calculations, route distance estimation, and maritime zone (EEZ) lookups.

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Technical Implementation

settings_input_componentCommand & Query Handling

Every request follows a strict pipeline ensuring logging, validation, and performance monitoring:

Pipeline LoggingBehavior -> ValidationBehavior -> RequestHandler

search_insightsSearch Engine

Multi-domain search utilizes parallel repository queries for optimal performance:

Task.WhenAll UserRepo.Search + ShipRepo.Search + RouteRepo.Search