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(Kazimierskiiin.,2015).Inthisresearchthefocusis
laidonassistingtheuserinfollowingplannedroute.
The paper first undertakes the issue of route
assistanceinexistingnavigationalsystems,presenting
the most popular approaches. Then the basics of
MOBINAVsystemaregiven,includingtheconceptof
voyage
assistant. The assumptions of this module
implementation are presented in the next chapter,
describing main challenges. Finally the
implementationanditsverificationaredescribed.The
paper is wrapped up with the summary and
conclusion.
2 VOYAGEASSISTANTEXAMPLES
Some kind of voyage assistance is included in any
navigational systems. If
fact, simple presentation of
ownshippositiononthechartmaybeconsideredas
voyage assistance. For the years however more
sophisticated methods have been developed. This
chapter includes short review of the most popular
approachestothisproblem.
2.1 IMOECDISandINS
BasicIMOapprovedsystemforroutemanagement
is
Electronic Chart and Display System. ECDIS
accordingtoIMOisanavigationinformationsystem
whichdisplaysselectedinformationfromasystemof
electronic navigational chart (SENC) with positional
information from navigation sensors to assist the
marinerinrouteplanningandroutemonitoring,and
if required display additional navigation‐related
information (IMO, 2006). The function of voyage
assistant is reduced here to route monitoring.
Parameters like DTW (Distance to waypoint), ETA
(EstimatedTimeofArrival)orXTE(cross‐trackerror)
arecalculatedinreal‐timeandsuitablealarmscanbe
raised. Additionally Safety Depth Contour is
displayed (Kazimierski and Wawrzyniak, 2013).
The
same functions are also required in Integrated
Navigation System defined by IMO in (IMO, 2007).
Route monitoring is one of key issues and it makes
useof sensor informationaboutown ship to inform
useraboutnavigationalsituation.
2.2 InlandECDISandRIS
Atthebeginningof21
st
centurytheconceptofRiver
InformationServices(RIS)aroseandsincethenithas
beenrapidlydeveloped.Oneofthekeyissueswasto
findappropriate charting systemfor ensuring safety
of navigation. It was decided to implement and
expand ECDIS concept. Thus Inland ECDIS system
was defined, based on
ECDIS. The functional
assumptions were basically the same. Some
additionalissueslikedynamicalpresentationofwater
level were implemented. However in the aspect of
routemonitoringthescopeisthesame.Itcanbethus
said that Inland ECDIS system provides also route
monitoring in real time with some ba sic visual
and
audiblealarms.(Stateczny,2011)
It should be also said that InlandECDIS, as a
standardizedsystemistooexpensiveandoverloaded
for recreational users, which are looking for other,
usuallymobilesolutions.
RISitselfhoweverisawiderconcept.Thescopeof
services provided in the vision is very wide
and it
includesalsosocallednavigationassistanceasoneof
the possible services. This service assumes that the
maneuver for the vessel will be recommended by
shoreside.Thisisusuallyahottopic for discussion
between navigators and that is probably why the
serviceisusuallynotimplementedin
RISCentres.
2.3 NavigationalDecisionSupportSystem
The fact that IMO defined requirements for ECDIS
andINS,doesnotmeanthatscientificandindustrial
society stopped providing solutions for more
sophisticated systems for voyage assistance. An
interestingexampleisNavigationalDecisionSupport
System(NDSS),whichaimsatdynamicaladjustment
of
recommended route, taking into account possible
solutionsof collision situation aroundown ship. An
example might be here NAVDEC, presented in
(Pietrzykowskiet.all,2012).Routeismonitoredasin
ECDIS, but additionally navigator is advised with
recommended maneuver to be undertaken for safe
passage of the vessels. After the recommended
maneuver, optimized trajectory for going back to
previouslyplannedrouteiscalculatedanddisplayed
totheuser.ItcanbethusseenthatNDSSsignificantly
developsroutemonitoringsystemgiveninECDIS.
2.4 E‐Navigation
Interesting concept aiming at introducing more ICT
(Information and Communication Technologies) to
sea is IMO‐
led e‐navigation. It is defined as the
harmonizedcollection, integration, exchange, presentation
andanalysisofmarineinformationonboardandashoreby
electronicmeanstoenhanceberthtoberthnavigationand
relatedservicesforsafetyandsecurityatseaandprotection
ofthemarineenvironment(IMO,2008).
Theinitialwide
concepthasbeennarrowedtothe
proposal of five solutions focusing mainly of
integrating and presentation of navigational data
(Weintrit, 2013). Although voyage assistant is not
directly mentioned in the documents, it can be
expectedthatimprovedproposalsofsolutionstaking
intoaccountthisissuewillappear.
One of the
interesting approaches is maritime
Cloud, which assumes wide exchange of data
between ships and shore services. In main proposal
topicalservices havebeendefinedandvesselscould
make use of them by downloading and integrating
information.Thusroutescanbeprovidedfromshore
side and information about planned routes can be
exchanged. Additional features have to be designed
forECDIStosupporttheseissues.
From the point of view of this paper, interesting
are also attempt of introducing in e‐navigation
concept also so called non‐solas ships. Recreational
users,forwhichMOBINAVisdedicated,areincluded
inthisgroup..
Detaileddescriptionofnavigationand