The Prince William Sound automated dependent surveillance system

Author

Radice, J.T. ; Cairns, W.R.

Author_Institution

USCG Headquarters, Office of Navigation Safety & Waterway Services

fYear

1994

fDate

11-15 Apr 1994

Firstpage

823

Lastpage

832

Abstract

The US Coast Guard is presently conducting a project in order to implement an automated dependent surveillance system (ADSS) in Prince William Sound (PWS), Alaska. The ADSS will expand the coverage area of the present vessel traffic service (VTS) by over 3000 square miles, provide all weather surveillance, and maintain well defined tracks for all participants. The ADSS will utilize differential GPS (DGPS), digital selective calling (DSC), and an electronic chart based geographic information system (GIS) in order to track participating vessels. Additionally, the PWS ADSS can integrate radar and dependent surveillance data where radar coverage is provided. This paper describes the impact of the PWS ADSS on current VTS systems, the forces behind ADS implementation, the ADS concept and design, along with suggested directions for ADS systems in the United States

Keywords

geographic information systems; marine systems; radar applications; radionavigation; satellite relay systems; ADSS; DGPS; Prince William Sound; USA; United States; all weather surveillance; automated dependent surveillance system; coverage area; differential GPS; digital selective calling; electronic chart; geographic information system; radar coverage; surveillance data; vessel traffic service; Business; Computer displays; Geographic Information Systems; Global Positioning System; Grounding; Navigation; Protection; Radar tracking; Safety; Surveillance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Position Location and Navigation Symposium, 1994., IEEE

Conference_Location

Las Vegas, NV

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1435-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PLANS.1994.303397

Filename

303397