NAVIGATING THE NORTH SEA 1 BLAST Conference Hirtshals 16 September 2010 Karin Vaksdal, NHS

12/18/09 WP3 Developing the Marine and Coastal Reference Base WP4 Navigating the North Sea WP5 Regional monitoring, Information integration and Distribution functionalities WP6 Climate change and Integrated Coastal Zone Management WP1 Project Management WP2 Publicity and communication

WP4 – Main Objectives Develop a regional basis for harmonisation of maritime information products, give input to IHO Demonstrate and evaluate the use of satellite data and 3D visualization/models in navigational aid displays Automatic change detection of topographic ENC features in harbours Demonstrate a web-based port and coastal data collection system Demonstrate digital Mariners’ Routing Guide for the North Sea 3

WP4 - Activities 1. Survey/describe state of art 2. Develop an automated tool for ENC 3. Harmonise maritime information 4. Build a 3D port model 5. Demonstrate a port data collection system 6. Online demonstration of Mariners’ Routing Guide 4

WP4 Time Line 5 Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4 Phase 5 Phase | | | Survey/state of the art 2. Develop automated tool for ENCs 3. Harmonise maritime information 5. Demonstrate a port data collection system 4. Build a 3D port model and demonstrate automated change detection 6. Online demonstration of mariners routing guide

ACTIVITY 1: Survey/Describe State of the Art 12/18/09

Conduct user needs to the activities: Act.5. Port Data Collection System Act 3. Harmonisation of Nautical Information Act 6. Digital Mariners’ Routing Guide Activity leader: Jeppesen GmbH 7

Act 1 – Survey/Describe State of the Art Research performed in Norway, Denmark and Germany Conducted interviews with Hydrographic Offices, Coastal and Port Authorities and others Stavanger Hirtshals Wilhelmshaven Flow for discrepancy reporting in the different countries 8

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Result: State of the art report Completed within time and on budget before 31 March /18/09

ACTIVITY 2: Develop an Automated Tool for ENCs 12/18/09

Act 2 – Develop an Automated Tool for ENCs HOs produce valid ENCs according to S57 Product Specification Inconsistencies in the encoding practices for ENCs exist between Hydrographic Offices This leads to differences in displayed information when used in ECDIS This happens particularly where ENCs from different producers are adjacent in the display. Inconsistent display makes the mariner mistrust the data. 12

Inconsistent ENC Coding PRIMAR Stavanger and IC-ENC Expert working group recommendations has been included in IHO S65 Baltic Sea Hydrographic Commission working group (BSHEWG) presented a report in June 2008 on the findings of an analysis of the situation in the Baltic Sea BSHEWG recommendations has contributed to the recent revision of S65 13

Inconsistent ENC encoding 14

Contour Intervals 15

Contour Intervals 16

Inconsistencies at Cell Boundaries 17

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Act 2 – Develop an Automated Tool for ENCs 25 Determine the object classes – work shop T-Kartor developed a tool to check adjacent ENCs Tested at hydrographic offices: Norway Denmark UK Belgium Completed within time and on budget before 31 March

ACTIVITY 5: Demonstrate a port data collection system 16/09/10

Act 5 – Demonstrate Maritime Data Collection System 27 Objectives: ”Demonstration of a secure online system for North Sea governments to collect maritime information”

15 Sept 2010 Scope of MDCS Display of transnational maritime data Nautical publications Nautical charts Planned event notifications Reference information in MDCS: ENCs and nautical publications for the 3 test areas Information collected by MDCS: Chart Defects Publications Defects Notice of Planned Activities Safety Information

Use the Research from Act 1 29

15 Sept 2010 WP4 Phase 2 Deliverable Demonstrate a port data collection system (MDCS) Design and develop portal prototype Obtain base data Prototype review Planned

15 Sept 2010 Start Page User’s “home” after login - first screen seen after login. Varies slightly by user

15 Sept 2010 Home page (current) Opening screen for BLAST Login, MDCS news, links to partner sites, link to information about BLAST (“Help”)

15 Sept 2010 Nautical Publications

15 Sept 2010 Nautical Charts

15 Sept 2010 Planned Event Notifications

15 Sept 2010 Chart Defect Selection

15 Sept 2010 Chart Defect Report Scrolling down will display sections for attaching Information and for submitting form via web

15 Sept 2010 Every report is routed to someone – an administrator as last resort. MDCS is not intended to replace workflow systems used by partners Switchboard

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