ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a holistic view of the uses of Geographic Information System (GIS) to monitor, analyzes and disseminates knowledge pertaining to maritime geospatial data during the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic are showcased. COVID-19 pandemic has been disrupting human movement, travel and trade patterns on air, land and sea. Impacts of the current pandemic on maritime traffic offers challenges and opportunities to quantify the level of supply chain disruption, delineate high-risk sea routes and provide a proxy for the intercontinental spread of COVID-19. Location intelligence becomes even more critical when the outbreak can no longer be contained through contact tracing and quarantine. The maritime community is wide and includes many different sectors, all connected in one way or another, and all suffering the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The transport of goods and hydrocarbons appear to have been operating consistently, which is true in some respects.
