ECDIS Test and Demonstration on the Mississippi River
Abstract
Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) activities currently being conducted address a variety of issues pertaining to navigation at sea, coastal areas, and various ports and harbors. An area that has received little attention has been inland waterways, such as the Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio rivers. This may be because of fewer high profile incidents, such as collisions or groundings. However, the most probable reason is the lack of availability of nautical charts for inland waterways. Beginning in 1992, the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers' (USACE) Lower Mississippi Valley Division (LMVD) began to examine the use of ECDIS for support of their river engineering and construction mission on the Lower Mississippi River. LMVD envisions the use of ECDIS for navigation aboard all Division floating plants. The Division has joined a coordinated testbed project and has implemented an experimental system aboard the USACE Motor Vessel Mississippi. Although USACE has no charting mission, survey data collected in support of engineering, construction, and maintenance activities can and has been used to produce electronic chart databases for ECDIS. Through LMVD's ECDIS and database development efforts, the use of ECDIS or less complex Electronic Chart Systems (ECS) for other users could be possible.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 08, 1994
- Accession Number
- ADA283072
Entities
People
- Anthony R. Niles
Organizations
- Army Geospatial Center