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Ice in ECDIS WorkshopJune 5-6, 2000
St. John’s Canada
Summary Report forInternational Ice Chart Working Group
October 3-5, 2000
Workshop Objective
to review and discuss the vision, methodology, benefits, and process in providing and integrating ice information into Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS).
36 Participants Representing
Government Departments– Canadian Ice Service; Canadian Coast Guard; Canadian Hydrographic
Service; Transport Canada; US Coast Guard
ENC Experts / Researchers– J.D. Pace; IDON; universities
ECDIS Manufacturers– SevenCs; Offshore Systems Ltd., ICAN
Private Sector Data Providers– Nautical Data International; Oceans Ltd.; CORETEC, Provincial Airlines
Canada Centre for Marine Communications
Agenda Background & Vision - Ice in ECDIS Navigating Through Ice –View from the Mariners Delivering the Information - View from the Data
Producers ECDIS - View from Manufacturers: Breakout Sessions:
– Provision and Integration of Ice Data– Information Overload – Integrating Mio’s– Ice and Related Data and the Marine Information Highway
Conclusions and Next Steps
Key Observations
Should not be limited to ECDIS but should consider all Electronic Chart Systems
ECS manufacturers are keen to incorporate ice information– lack of regulations for ECDIS (ECS) is hindering
implementation and use in commercial shipping– should not wait for formal approval of ice
specifications
Key Observations (cont)
IHO S-57 standard currently “frozen” and may not accept changes in near future– alternative proposal to ask IHO to adopt a new
standard dealing specifically with ice information:• object-linked format for both raster and vector ECS
IHO is not the sole standards organization– IMO acceptance is key– Baltic organization has strong idea of what should
be done and wants to move forward
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Four questions to beconsidered:1. Source?2. Responsibility?3. Distribution?4. Display?
Key Observations (cont)
Display of ice information on electronic charts must be uncluttered, intuitive and simple:– recommendation is to use colours or hatching to delineate
ice areas with egg codes only displayed if an area is “clicked” (SevenCs approach); more client testing needed
– “Summarized” symbology that interprets data based on the ship’s characteristics:
• no problem - caution - no-go
– simple look ahead capability - ability to add/remove ice information with a single operator operation
Key Observations (cont)
two modes of use:– route planning where full information should be available
– route monitoring where less information is required too much information could result in Mariners turning off
other “critical information”– need to assess MIO/information overload issues during a pilot
project; should be able to display ice information with both raster
and vector data formats; need for training, tools and procedures for the use of ice
information
Next Steps - Pilot Project
winter 2000 Gulf of St. Lawrence Participants:
– CIS, CHS, NDI, CCMC, CCG committed– TRANSAS, SevenCs, ASPO, Kelvin Hughes,
OSL, ICAN, Canstar probably committed– shipping companies TBD
currently seeking funding - $220K CDN