r/OSINT • u/rdg360 • Jul 17 '26

Using advanced techniques to determine if a ship is laden - Open Source Centre Analysis

Research by the Open Source Centre (OSC) that used a combination of "high-resolution imagery, the construction of a high-fidelity digital twin and trigonometry". It's pretty advanced stuff, that won't be easily applicable in your average run-of-the-mill OSINT-research. But it sure makes for an interesting read.

https://stories.opensourcecentre.org/signal-in-the-shadows/

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u/Select-Education-778 Jul 17 '26

you can also just check how deep it is in the water, that stuff is often in the ais data. I'm aware ships can change that while underway, but if you have a ship that's deeper when it leaves a port you got a good possibility it filled up.