Zone of Confidence Impact on Cross Track Limit Determination in ECDIS Passage Planning

The technology breakthrough that Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) has brought to modern navigation has the capability to improve the safety of navigation. This could be achieved only when the capabilities of the system are known by an end-user. Cross Track Limit (XTL) is an EC...

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Published inJournal of marine science and engineering Vol. 8; no. 8; p. 566
Main Authors Kristić, Miho, Žuškin, Srđan, Brčić, David, Valčić, Sanjin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.08.2020
Subjects
Accuracy
Automation
Chart datum
Data
Electronic Chart Display and Information System
Information systems
Nautical charts
Navigation
Navigation systems
Parameters
passage planning
Planning
Polls & surveys
Quality
Reliability
route validation
Safety
safety parameters
Shipping
Surveying
Zone of Confidence
Turkey
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Summary:The technology breakthrough that Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) has brought to modern navigation has the capability to improve the safety of navigation. This could be achieved only when the capabilities of the system are known by an end-user. Cross Track Limit (XTL) is an ECDIS safety parameter, set by the navigator, which enhances the navigational task automation in the function of workload reduction. Determination of factors affecting the value of XTL safety parameter, with special consideration to chart data reliability, is elaborated in this paper. Chart data reliability depends on the quality of chart survey data, which in many cases are outdated and unreliable. Analysis of past research on this subject is used to define the factors affecting XTL. Practices of different shipping companies with regards to XTL are analyzed and compared in order to confirm if there is a uniform practice between them. Nevertheless, shipping companies have a different or no practice of obtaining XTL, which allows the navigator to define safety parameters by a subjective opinion. In this paper, method of XTL determination for a specific vessel is suggested, considering previously defined factors. Finally, crucial influence of survey data to the safety of navigation is presented in this study.
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ISSN:2077-1312
2077-1312
DOI:10.3390/jmse8080566