Excerpt
from U.S. Coast Guard Proceedings of the Marine Safety & Security Council magazine by Mr. Bill Cairns,
F.R.I.N., IALA e-Navigation Committee chairman.
International
Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities
The IALA e-Navigation Committee is
structured specifically to support the IMO:
The
e-Nav Position, Navigation, and Timing Working Group
identifies and examines technologies that may contribute to effective position,
navigation, and timing, including radar and associated aids to navigation,
terrestrial positioning systems, global navigation satellite systems
augmentation, visual and optical techniques, echo sounders, inertial
navigation, and alternative uses of existing systems.
The
Portrayal Working Group evaluates new proposals for displaying
e-Navigation-related information, including AIS application-specific messages,
virtual AtoN, and marine information overlays.
The
Automatic Identification System Technical Working Group focuses
on efforts including AIS aids to navigation, satellite detection, terrestrial
long-range AIS, and the next generation of AIS.
The
Communications Working Group studies operational and technical
requirements for communications and information systems in e-Navigation.
The
Architecture Technical Working Group harmonizes sensor and architecture
integration. In addition to creating the conceptual and technical framework for
a shore-based e-Navigation system, the architects are developing a data model
and an “e-Navigation stack” analogous to the International Organization for
Standardization open systems interconnection stack.
International
Hydrographic Organization
The International Hydrographic
Organization is at the heart of the
development of electronic navigational charts. IHO has built electronic
navigational chart data presentation and transfer standards leading to a
template for a new data model known as S-100: IHO Hydrographic Geospatial
Standard for Marine Data and Information.
Committee
on the Marine Transportation System
The Committee on the Marine
Transportation System is a federal inter-departmental committee chaired by the
Secretary of Transportation to create a partnership of federal departments and
agencies with responsibility for the marine transportation system.
The committee works to develop
and implement national marine transportation system policies that are
consistent with national needs and reports its views and recommendations to the
president.
Full article is available at http://www.uscg.mil/proceedings/spring2011/.
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