Ice in ECDIS Workshop June 5-6, 2000 St. John’s Canada Summary Report for International Ice Chart Working Group October 3-5, 2000

Workshop Objective to review and discuss the vision, methodology, benefits, and process in providing and integrating ice information into Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS).

36 Participants Representing Government Departments –Canadian Ice Service; Canadian Coast Guard; Canadian Hydrographic Service; Transport Canada; US Coast Guard ENC Experts / Researchers –J.D. Pace; IDON; universities ECDIS Manufacturers –SevenCs; Offshore Systems Ltd., ICAN Private Sector Data Providers –Nautical Data International; Oceans Ltd.; CORETEC, Provincial Airlines Canada Centre for Marine Communications

Agenda Background & Vision - Ice in ECDIS Navigating Through Ice –View from the Mariners Delivering the Information - View from the Data Producers ECDIS - View from Manufacturers: Breakout Sessions: –Provision and Integration of Ice Data –Information Overload – Integrating Mio’s –Ice and Related Data and the Marine Information Highway Conclusions and Next Steps

Key Observations Should not be limited to ECDIS but should consider all Electronic Chart Systems ECS manufacturers are keen to incorporate ice information –lack of regulations for ECDIS (ECS) is hindering implementation and use in commercial shipping –should not wait for formal approval of ice specifications

Key Observations (cont) IHO S-57 standard currently “frozen” and may not accept changes in near future –alternative proposal to ask IHO to adopt a new standard dealing specifically with ice information: object-linked format for both raster and vector ECS IHO is not the sole standards organization –IMO acceptance is key –Baltic organization has strong idea of what should be done and wants to move forward

Standards Roadmap MIO Classification ECDIS non ECDIS HO Chart Information non-HO Navigation Info Display Data IEC61174/ Annex E other eg DIGEST or VRF S-57 S-52 Appropriate Organization/ Interest Group Four questions to be considered: 1. Source? 2. Responsibility? 3. Distribution? 4. Display?

Key Observations (cont) Display of ice information on electronic charts must be uncluttered, intuitive and simple: –recommendation is to use colours or hatching to delineate ice areas with egg codes only displayed if an area is “clicked” (SevenCs approach); more client testing needed –“Summarized” symbology that interprets data based on the ship’s characteristics: no problem - caution - no-go –simple look ahead capability - ability to add/remove ice information with a single operator operation

Key Observations (cont) two modes of use: –route planning where full information should be available –route monitoring where less information is required too much information could result in Mariners turning off other “critical information” –need to assess MIO/information overload issues during a pilot project; should be able to display ice information with both raster and vector data formats; need for training, tools and procedures for the use of ice information

Next Steps - Pilot Project winter 2000 Gulf of St. Lawrence Participants: –CIS, CHS, NDI, CCMC, CCG committed –TRANSAS, SevenCs, ASPO, Kelvin Hughes, OSL, ICAN, Canstar probably committed –shipping companies TBD currently seeking funding - $220K CDN