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1990: Vol. LXVII, No. 2

Updating the Electronic Chart — the Seatrans Project —

Submitted
July 31, 2015
Published
2015-05-15

Abstract

As a follow-up of the North Sea Project, which called for realistic tests of International Maritime Organization (IMO) Provisional Performance Standards (PPS) for Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) systems and routines for chart updating, the Norwegian Hydrographic Service (NHS) is exercising a new venture known as the Seatrans Project during the spring and summer of 1990. The objective of the project is to test the first shipboard ECDIS which complies with the provisional IMO code in confined waters and under different weather conditions. The effect on workload and operational safety will also be analyzed and evaluated. The use of differential GPS (Global Positioning System) in the inner leads along the Norwegian coast will be examined by transmitting differential GPS corrections using existing radio beacons. Automatic and continuous updating of the Electronic Navigational Chart (ENC) using recommended satellite telecommunication will be undertaken and analyzed.