2022-09-29, 01:47 PM
The UKHO is finishing supply of paper charts which is an issue for commercial vessels (which are "coded" by the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency). This includes all small vessels used for fishing, sail and powerboat training and boats used for tourist trips. Quite a large number of vessels.
Part of the coding is that the vessel either carries paper charts or, for vessels under 24m, a miniECDIS electronic chart system.
mini-ECDIS is a subset of the ECDIS requirements initially written by the Sea Fishing industry: https://www.mini-ecdis.org.uk/Mini_ECDIS_Final_v1.1.pdf
There are other suppliers of paper charts, such as Imray, SHOM and NV Verlag, but these don't provide the in-depth coverage of the entire coastline.
There is a chance that the MCA will reduce the requirements slightly, but most are expecting the need for a mini-ECDIS like system.
Would it be possible to create a miniECDIS setting like the inlandECDIS system? Hopefully, if this would help mitigate the problem, then there would be some developers interested in giving time to help.
Part of the coding is that the vessel either carries paper charts or, for vessels under 24m, a miniECDIS electronic chart system.
mini-ECDIS is a subset of the ECDIS requirements initially written by the Sea Fishing industry: https://www.mini-ecdis.org.uk/Mini_ECDIS_Final_v1.1.pdf
There are other suppliers of paper charts, such as Imray, SHOM and NV Verlag, but these don't provide the in-depth coverage of the entire coastline.
There is a chance that the MCA will reduce the requirements slightly, but most are expecting the need for a mini-ECDIS like system.
Would it be possible to create a miniECDIS setting like the inlandECDIS system? Hopefully, if this would help mitigate the problem, then there would be some developers interested in giving time to help.