SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS FOR ROUTE MONITORING

The 'ECDIS Performance Standard' requires not only that the planned route is checked prior to the start of the voyage but also that the vessel's position is checked during the voyage in relation to the planned route and the surrounding dangers. In order to safeguard against the risk of grounding, a position-monitoring system shall enable detection of cross-track error in relation to the pre-planned route and release an alarm at a time to danger of grounding which allows for proper and effective action to be taken by the back-up officer.
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The guard zone of the anti-grounding system.

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The warnings of the anti-grounding system.

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ECDIS motion prediction facility allows the mariner to see the position of his vessel within the next few minutes. This prediction is not a simulation! It is simply an extrapolation of the actual motion parameters and therefore applicable for all types of vessels - from the smallest pilot launch to the largest super tanker!

AIS Information in ECDIS

Size and colour of the symbols are still under discussion. The following images show a first draft of DGON symbols for AIS information in ECDIS.

An activated AIS target with pasttrack and course vector. 7

Display of different types of AIS targets on ECDIS data.

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First Weather Chart in ECDIS

Surface Analysis

METEOSAT Image

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