Automation of the DMA List of Lights and Radio Navigational Aids,
Abstract
The Defense Mapping Agency (DMA) has completed the software development required to automate the compilation, publication and maintenance of seven volumes of the DMA List of Lights and two volumes of the DMA Radio Navigational Aids. The List of Lights has been published by the United States Government since 1871 and the Radio Aids since 1925. Presently, both of these publications are completely produced by use of manual methods and files. Each of these publications has a long history of service to the fleet and are considered important navigational aids for all mariners. This paper provides a detailed overview of the software subsystem necessary to load, process and publish the List of Lights and Radio Aid data on the Automated Notice to Mariners System (ANMS) computer. The List of Lights software will share all of the ANMS hardware and communications capabilities. It will provide remote query capabilities for mariners at sea, digital data transmission potential for computer applications and, most important, the potential to produce an up-to-date edition of any annual volume at any time. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 05, 1983
- Accession Number
- ADA124199
Entities
People
- Morris F. Glenn