AT-SEA DATA COLLECTION FOR THE VALIDATION OF PILOTING SIMULATION
The report describes a U.S. Coast Guard project to track piloted commercial vessels for the purpose of developing simulator validation criteria. The recording of precise ship's position was conducted on the upper Chesapeake Bay using the Raydist tracking system. At the same time all pilot activities were recorded and correlated with ship position. Variables included whether or not traffic was present, direction of travel in the waterway, ship design and response characteristics, and environmental conditions. The effects of these variables in shiphandling performance are presented as statistical plots of the ship tracks. Data will be used for validating the U.S. Coast Guard ship simulator at Eclectech Associates, and more specifically the results of all aids to navigation research conducted on this simulator. (Author)
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Corporate Authors:
Eclectech Associates, Incorporated
Post Office Box 178, Route 2, Technology Park
North Stonington, CT United States 06359United States Coast Guard
2100 Second Street, SW
Washington, DC United States 20593 -
Authors:
- Cooper, R B
- Cook, R C
- Marino, K L
- Publication Date: 1981-12
Media Info
- Pagination: 146 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Air pilots; Bridges (Ships); Cargo ships; Channels (Waterways); Data collection; Handling characteristics; Harbors; Location; Merchant vessels; Navigation; Navigational aids; Position fixing; Recording; Ships; Simulation; Tracking systems; Training simulators; Validation; Water traffic
- Uncontrolled Terms: Handling; Shipboard; Tracking
- Geographic Terms: Chesapeake Bay
- Old TRIS Terms: Plotting; Recording systems
- Subject Areas: Aviation; Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00364973
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
- Report/Paper Numbers: EA-81-U-078, USCG-D-60-81
- Contract Numbers: DOT-CG-835285-A
- Files: NTIS
- Created Date: May 28 2002 12:00AM