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Aid to Navigation, AtoN, 3-dimensional Forward-looking Sonar, 3D-FLS, Hydrographic Survey, Virtual AtoN
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Virtual Aids To Navigation, R. Glenn Wright
Virtual Aids To Navigation, R. Glenn Wright
World Maritime University Ph.D. Dissertations
There are many examples of master, bridge crew and pilot errors in navigation causing grounding under adverse circumstances that were known and published in official notices and records. Also dangerous are hazards to navigation resulting from dynamic changes within the marine environment, inadequate surveys and charts. This research attempts to reduce grounding and allision incidents and increase safety of navigation by expanding mariner situational awareness at and below the waterline using new technology and developing methods for the creation, implementation and display of Virtual Aids to Navigation (AtoN) and related navigation information. This approach has widespread significance beyond commonly encountered …