Simulated Navigation Performance with Marine Electronic Chart and Information Display Systems (ECDIS)The first study was carried out for the Canadian Hydrographic Service and reported to them by Mercer and Hong (1994). The second study was carried out under PWGSC contract no. W7711-9-7561A between Human Factors North Inc and the Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine (now Defence Research and Development – Toronto) and reported to them by Donderi (2001). Sharon McFadden was the contract manager, and we thank her for her help and encouragement.
Donderi, Don C.; Mercer, Robert; Blair Hong, M.; Skinner, Douglas; Donderi Don C.; Toronto and McGill University; Mercer Robert; Centre for Marine Simulation; Blair Hong M.; Centre for Marine Simulation; Skinner Douglas; Centre for Marine Simulation
Журнал:
The Journal of Navigation
Дата:
2004
Аннотация:
Licensed mariners carried out two simulated navigation studies testing electronic chart and information display systems (ECDIS) against paper chart navigation. In the first study, six mariners each completed approaches to Halifax, Nova Scotia, harbour with good and bad visibility and a range of wind and currents. Conditions included chart with radar, ECDIS with radar overlay and ECDIS with separate radar. ECDIS produced better performance and a smaller workload than paper charts and the radar overlay was slightly better than the separate radar display. In the second study, six new mariners completed exercises with low visibility and heavy or light radar traffic using ECDIS with radar overlay, ECDIS without overlay and ECDIS with optional overlay. Mariners preferred the optional overlay but all three conditions produced about equal performance. Based on marinersʼ performance and expressed preference, we recommend that ECDIS systems provide optional radar overlays.
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