DEVELOPMENT OF AN ALL-WEATHER HIGH PRECISION NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR RIVERS AND HARBORS

Two parallel efforts aimed at the development of an all-weather high precision navigation system (PNS) for rivers, harbors, and their entrances have been undertaken by the Coast Guard's Office of Research and Development. The first, RIHANS (River and Harbor Aid to Navigation System), is a program to design and implement a new highly accurate navigation system from several competing concepts through four well-defined development phases. The second effort is to examine the accuracy potential of LORAN-C, particularly in the differential mode, to determine if LORAN-C is a viable candidate for the precision navigation system. The selection of finalists for PNS is scheduled for fiscal year 1975.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the National Radio Navigation Symposium, Washington, D.C., November 13-15, 1973.
• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Navigation

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• Authors:
  • Millan Jr, H E
• Conference:
  • Presented at the National Radio Navigation Symposium, Washington, D.C., November 13-15, 1973.
• Publication Date: 1973

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 210-215

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Loran; Marine transit; Navigation; Navigational aids; Rivers; Ship pilotage
• Old TRIS Terms: All weather navigation; Loran navigation; River navigation
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00084565
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proc Paper
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 19 1978 12:00AM