Although it is uncertain who first came up with the idea for Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) or who began to produce the system, it is certain that...

After a gap of five years, the 2nd ECDIS Conference took place in Singapore in October 2003. At first glance everything was as before: the venue of the conference, its...

Shipowners, managers, superintendents and navigators meet in Singapore from 19-21 October 2009 for the third International ECDIS Conference and Exhibition, less than six months since the International Maritime Organisation (IMO)...

The International Maritime Organisation's (IMO) decision to introduce a carriage requirement for Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS) beginning in 2012 will promote efficient voyage planning and safer conduct...

From the quality perspective, an electronic navigational chart (ENC) as a product is more demanding than its paper predecessor. Quality control and quality assurance of an ENC is a complex...

As far back as 1989 a provisional performance standard for Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) was published and a final standard adopted by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO)...

The first ECDIS Stakeholders meeting that took place in Rostock (Germany) in September 2005 in conjunction with the seventeenth meeting of the Committee on Hydrographic Requirements for Information Systems (CHRIS)...

Greece is a country with a considerable naval tradition going back 3,500 years, and still today shipping remains an important factor in the Greek economy. So given the large number...

Producing official Electronic Navigational Charts (ENCs) is a responsibility of every coastal state. Making ENCs work together flawlessly and seamlessly on an ECDIS display requires close co-operation between Hydrographic Offices....

The Head Department of Navigation and Oceanography of the Russian Federation (HDNO) and the Norwegian Hydrographic Service (NHS) have signed Annex 10 on quality assurance and validation of official electronic...