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BarentsWatch AIS API

Open AIS positions and related AIS products for vessels in Norwegian waters, served through the documented AIS category of APIs. The intro pages state no numeric rate limit or refresh cadence beyond describing the AIS host as live, and authentication is mandatory on every call.

Open developer.barentswatch.no
Signal Scoredraft model
86
Access
Account · free client registration + OpenID Connect
9
Licence clarity
NLOD-2.0 · terms linked
20
Evidence
5 source links checked
20
Freshness
verified 2026-11-05
20
Documentation
docs · limits · coverage · attribution
17

// Terms and limits

Access
free client registration + OpenID Connect
Free tier
Open Access AIS APIs are free with a self-registered client; no numeric request quota is stated, but OpenID Connect authentication is mandatory.
Rate limits
Not stated
Licence
NLOD-2.0terms
Licence note
BarentsWatch's API terms and conditions say information from BarentsWatch APIs "are made available by the Norwegian Licence for Open Government Data (NLOD)" unless a dataset's own documentation says otherwise, and that "You may use data from BarentsWatch commercially as long as you follow the guidelines", which include crediting "Data delivered by BarentsWatch" (or the Norwegian form). Free self-registration creates an OpenID Connect client; every request needs that client's access token.
Attribution
"Data delivered by BarentsWatch" (or the Norwegian equivalent)

// Evidence · verified 2026-11-05

  1. 01developer.barentswatch.no/docs/category/ais
  2. 02live.ais.barentswatch.no/
  3. 03www.barentswatch.no/en/articles/api-terms-and-conditions/
  4. 04www.barentswatch.no/en/articles/open-data-via-barentswatch/
  5. 05data.norge.no/nlod/en/2.0

// Good for

osintmaritimeaisvessel-trackingnorway

// The same record, for agents

Request · get_entry
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_entry",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "barentswatch-ais-api"
    }
  }
}
Reply · selected fields
{
  "name": "BarentsWatch AIS API",
  "slug": "barentswatch-ais-api",
  "domain": "OSINT",
  "type": "Dataset",
  "badge": "Free",
  "auth": "free client registration + OpenID Connect",
  "rateLimits": "Not stated",
  "license": "NLOD-2.0",
  "licenseUrl": "https://data.norge.no/nlod/en/2.0",
  "lastVerified": "2026-11-05",
  "evidenceUrls": [
    "https://developer.barentswatch.no/docs/category/ais",
    "https://live.ais.barentswatch.no/",
    "https://www.barentswatch.no/en/articles/api-terms-and-conditions/",
    "https://www.barentswatch.no/en/articles/open-data-via-barentswatch/",
    "https://data.norge.no/nlod/en/2.0"
  ],
  "tasks": [
    "osint",
    "maritime",
    "ais",
    "vessel-tracking",
    "norway"
  ],
  "providerUrl": "https://developer.barentswatch.no/docs/category/ais"
}

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