This report describes the activity and findings of the Vessel Piloting Cooperative's Evaluation Project of Portable Electronic Piloting Aid (PEPA) systems for ship pilots. Technological developments in the field of navigational technology, including electronic charting and Differential Global Positioning Systems (DGPS), have made possible the manufacture of highly accurate, carry-aboard navigational computers designed specifically for use by ship pilots. Over a two year period, the Piloting Cooperative's forum, the APA Navigation and Technology Committee, with the assistance of the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center and the U.S. Maritime Administration, conducted a multi-step project designed to investigate this technology and its utility for the practice of piloting. The study team: solicited participation from all known and interested PEPA manufacturers; encouraged the development of prototype units for a set of test ports throughout the country; monitored the implementation of the most promising systems in the test ports; and conducted trials and evaluation of the equipment through survey and personal assessment by working pilots.


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    Title :

    Vessel Piloting Cooperative Program's Portable Electronic Piloting Aid Project. Summary Report


    Contributors:
    V. Kirby (author)

    Publication date :

    1998


    Size :

    164 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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