Ice in ECDIS Workshop June 5-6, 2000 St. John’s Canada

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

2. 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).

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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