AIS Test British Columbia Summer
1999
Table of Contents
I. Summary
II. Introduction
III. AIS
Test
A. Participating
Vessels
B. Test
Plan
C. Technology
IV. Findings
A. Range
B. Encounters
with other AIS equipped ships
C. Labeling
AIS Targets
D. Rate
of Turn information
E. Display
a target's route & destination
F. Target
Particulars and Voyage Data
G. Dead-reckoning
AIS targets
H. Target
Consolidation
I. Inter
Ship E-mail
J. Display
Navigational Aids
K. Transmit
current environmental conditions via AIS
L. Relaying
target information
M. Use
AIS to receive Differential GPS corrections
N. AIS
versus VTS
V. Conclusion
VI. Particulars
of AIS Equipped Ships
VII. Acknowledgements