Digital Nautical Chart

Abstract

As the Navy's lead laboratory in Mapping, Charting and Geodesy, the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) was tasked by the Defense Mapping Agency (DMA) to develop a draft product specification for a Digital Nautical Chart (DNC) database. This paper describes the DNC database design, intended use, and prototype production schedule as of mid 1992. The DNC database is intended to be used in the Navigation Sensor System Interface (NAVSSI) aboard U.S. Navy ships. The NAVSSI project is a new system being designed with two primary objectives; processing/distribution of navigation data and the display/operation of electronic charts. NAVSSI will be the Navy's Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS). The goal of NAVSSI is to replace paper charts as a legal means of ownship navigation plotting.... Navigation, Electronic chart

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA268546

Entities

People

  • James A. Hammack

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Automatic
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Databases
  • Directories
  • Engineering
  • Information Systems
  • Marine Navigation
  • Military Research
  • Military Standards
  • Nautical
  • Navigation
  • Navy
  • Production
  • Prototypes
  • Security
  • Specifications
  • Standards

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Geodesy
  • Military History

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems