THE U.S. NAVY'S INTEGRATED BRIDGE SYSTEM

The Defense Mapping Agency's role in supporting the development of the U.S. Navy's Integrated Bridge System has been a unique experience, in that a completely new charting product has evolved which could revolutionize traditional navigation techniques. The development of the first digital nautical charts to be used successfully on a U.S. Navy FF-1052 Class Destroyer required a close working relationship between the Defense Mapping Agency, the David W. Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Center, the Naval Air Development Center and the Sperry Corporation-Sperry Systems Management Division. The procedures required to produce the digital nautical charts, how they are utilized and the anticipated future of this effort are discussed.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the National Marine Navigation Meeting, Maritine Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies, Linthicum Heights, Maryland, October 31-November 1, 1977.
• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Navigation

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  Washington, DC  United States  20005
• Authors:
  • Lohr Jr, M J
  • Puckett, L
• Publication Date: 1977

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 65-71
• Serial:
  • Publication of: American Concrete Institute
  • Publisher: American Concrete Institute (ACI)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Digital computers; Information display systems; Nautical charts; Navigation
• Old TRIS Terms: Digital systems; Integrated bridge design; Navigation techniques
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00170496
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute of Navigation
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 14 1978 12:00AM