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Ece Trans Sc3 156 Rev2e
Ece Trans Sc3 156 Rev2e
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UNITED NATIONS
New York and Geneva, 2013
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5. Invites Governments to keep the secretariat informed of the measures taken with a
view to the introduction of the Inland ECDIS Standard, specifying the inland waterways
concerned,
6. Requests the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Europe to
periodically include the question of application of this resolution in the agenda of the
Working Party on Inland Water Transport.
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Annex
A. Preface
1. Since the late 1990s, reflections and experiments using telematics for the support of
inland navigation have been made in several member States of the United Nations
Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). In different research and development
projects the radar image on the display in the skipper’s wheelhouse was underlaid by an
electronic chart. This is a safer and more efficient approach of inland navigation.
2. The discussions established that only an internationally agreed upon procedure
would be successful, since a skipper could not be expected to employ different equipment
in each country. Thus, the internationally introduced and very mature Electronic Chart
Display and Information System (ECDIS) – originally developed for maritime navigation –
was also considered for inland navigation. The idea was to adopt ECDIS for inland
navigation and to supplement some distinct inland features, but not to change the original
ECDIS standard. In this way, compatibility was possible between the original – Maritime –
ECDIS and Inland ECDIS. This is important for the estuaries of the rivers, where sea
vessels as well as inland vessels navigate.
3. In 1998 the European Union (EU) appointed an Inland ECDIS Expert Group (Expert
Group) for the development of an Inland ECDIS Standard. The Expert Group submitted its
first proposal on 1 January 1999.
4. In the year 2000, the competent committees of the Central Commission for the
Navigation of the Rhine (CCNR) in Strasbourg installed an Ad-hoc Working Group for
Inland ECDIS with the order to draft the Inland ECDIS Standard of CCNR.
5. The Ad-hoc Working Group took the results of the Expert Group as the basis for
their further work and developed edition 1.0 of the Inland ECDIS Standard. The Inland
ECDIS Standard has been adopted not only by CCNR, but also by the Danube
Commission, the UNECE and International Navigation Association (PIANC). The standard
has become the first in inland navigation to have been recognized by all these
organizations.
6. For the UNECE, the Inland ECDIS Standard was adopted by Resolution No. 48,
“Recommendation on Electronic Chart Display and Information System for Inland
Navigation (Inland ECDIS)” (TRANS/SC.3/156), approved by the UNECE Working Party
on Inland Water Transport (SC.3) on 25 October 2001. In this Resolution SC.3
recommended that Governments, intergovernmental organizations, regional economic
integration organizations, river commissions and private entities apply the Inland ECDIS
Standard for producing electronic charts for inland navigation. It also recommended
Governments to bring their national inland waterway navigation legislation in accordance
with the standard.
7. Further development by the Expert Group of the standard into edition 2.0 was driven
by several aspects:
(a) The research and development EU project COMPRIS (Consortium
Operational Management Platform River Information Services) further developed the
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Inland ECDIS Standard its applications. These developments have been focused on the
information side of Inland ECDIS with special regard to voyage planning.
(b) As the Inland ECDIS Standard had not been officially recognized by the
International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) in the beginning, there were some
incompatibilities between edition 3.1 of S-57 and the first Inland ECDIS Standard. In order
to ensure the future compatibility of Inland ECDIS and S-57 and its foreseen successors S-
100 and S-101, it was necessary to obtain recognition by IHO. Therefore an international
harmonization group with the participation of the Russian Federation, the United States of
America (US) and several countries from South America and Asia was set up to get a better
basis for a worldwide recognition of Inland ECDIS. The Inland ENC Harmonization Group
(IEHG) was mandated as a task force of the Expert Group. IEHG developed an Inland ENC
Encoding Guide on the basis of a similar document of the US Army Corps of Engineers
(USACE). This document was amended with the additional features and attributes of the
European approach after a thorough check on which features and attributes to introduce.
Whenever possible, the American approach of using pure S-57 to encode the same real
world entities was applied. All the amendments of COMPRIS and the harmonization
process were introduced in the documents of the Inland ECDIS standard by the Expert
Group. IEHG has been recognized as a Non-Governmental International Organization
(NGIO) by IHO in 2009. An Inland ENC Domain has been implemented by IEHG within
the S-100 registry of IHO.
(c) The European Directive 2005/44/EC of 7 September 2005 “on harmonized
river information services (RIS) on inland waterways in the Community” required the
adoption of a technical specification in the area of Inland ECDIS.
8. The Expert Group had delivered its proposal for edition 2.0 in June 2006 to the
relevant international organizations for adoption. Based on this proposal from the Expert
Group, SC.3, at its fiftieth session, decided to update its Resolution No. 48 accordingly
(ECE/TRANS/SC.3/174, para. 50). The first revised edition of the Resolution was issued
by the UNECE in 2007 (ECE/TRANS/SC.3/156/Rev.1).
9. In February 2011, the Chair of the Expert Group informed SC.3 about an updated
edition of the Inland ECDIS Standard (Edition 2.3). Edition 2.3 was also transmitted by the
Expert Group to the River Information Services (RIS) Committee of the EU, which
approved the proposal to use it for the Commission Regulation on Inland ECDIS within the
framework of the Directive 2005/44/EC. The work on the second revised edition of
Resolution No. 48 was, thus, initiated by UNECE in 2011. During this revision the term
“Inland ECDIS Standard” was replaced by “Technical specifications for Inland ECDIS”.
The revised Resolution was approved by the fifty-sixth session of SC.3 on 12 October 2012
as resolution No. 77.
10. The following diagram and table show the structure of the Inland ECDIS and the
mapping between (maritime) ECDIS and the technical specifications for Inland ECDIS,
Edition 2.3.
11. Technical appendixes established by the Expert Group can be consulted in English
at the website of SC.3: www.unece.org/trans/main/sc3/sc3res.html.
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B. Structure of the technical specifications for Inland ECDIS
Inland ENC
Section 4a: Feature Catalogue
Measures to (to Section 2)
Ensure Software
Quality
Inland ENC Encoding
Guide
(to Section 2)
Section 4b:
International
System
configurations
Presentation Library
(to Section 3)
Conditional Symbology
Procedures
(to Section 3)
Symbols
(to Section 3)
Look-up Tables
(to Section 3)
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1. Introduction
(a) Inland ECDIS contributes to safety and efficiency of inland shipping and
thereby to the protection of the environment.
(b) Inland ECDIS reduces the navigational workload as compared to traditional
navigation and information methods.
(c) Inland ECDIS can be designed for both information mode and navigation
mode or for information mode only.
(d) For the navigation mode as specified in Section 4 of these technical
specifications, Inland ECDIS (Operating System Software, Application Software and
Hardware) must have a high level of reliability and availability; at least of the same level as
other means of navigation.
(e) Inland ECDIS must use chart information as specified in Sections 2 and 3 of
these technical specifications.
(f) Inland ECDIS must facilitate simple and reliable updating of the Inland
Electronic Navigational Chart.
(g) Inland ECDIS must provide appropriate alarms or indications with respect to
the information displayed or malfunction of the equipment.
(h) Inland ECDIS must meet the requirements of this performance standard.
2. Definitions
2.1 Terms1
For the Inland ECDIS performance standard, the following definitions apply:
(a) “Inland ECDIS” means an electronic chart display and information system
for inland navigation, displaying selected information from an Inland System Electronic
Navigational Chart and, optionally, information from other navigation sensors.
(b) “Inland Electronic Navigational Chart (Inland ENC)” means a database,
standardised as to content, structure and format, issued for use with inland electronic chart
display and/or information systems operated on-board of vessels transiting inland
waterways. An Inland ENC is issued by or on the authority of a competent government
agency, and conforms to standards initially developed by the International Hydrographic
Organization (IHO) and refined by the Inland ENC Harmonization Group. An Inland ENC
contains all the chart information necessary for safe navigation on inland waterways and
may contain supplementary information in addition to that contained in the paper chart (e.g.
sailing directions, machine-readable operating schedules, etc.) which may be considered
necessary for safe navigation and voyage planning.
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These terms and others are also explained in Section 5: Glossary of Terms.
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2.2 References
(a) IHO Special Publication S-57, “IHO Transfer Standard for Digital
Hydrographic Data”, Edition 3.1, including Supplement No. 2, June 2009.
(b) IHO Special Publication S-62, “ENC Producer Codes”, Edition 2.5,
December 2009.
(c) IHO Special Publication S-52, “Specifications for Chart Content and Display
Aspects of ECDIS”, Edition 6, March 2010, including S-52 Appendix 1 “Guidance on
Updating the Electronic Navigational Chart”, Edition 3.0, December 1996.
(d) IMO Resolution MSC.232(82) “Revised Performance Standards for
Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS)”, December 2006.
(e) International Standard IEC 61174, edition 3.0 “Maritime navigation and
radiocommunication equipment and systems – Electronic chart display and information
system (ECDIS) – Operational and performance requirements, methods of testing and
required test results”, 2008.
2
On wide inland waterways, Basin Administration may allow the true motion and north-up orientation
of the picture.
3
On wide inland waterways, Basin Administration may waive the requirement concerning the
differentiation between the “navigation mode” and “information mode” of usage of Inland ECDIS,
just as it is the case in the IHO Standard S-52.
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See Chapter 5.2 of this Section.
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3.2 Updates
(a) Inland ECDIS must be capable of accepting updates to the Inland ENC data
provided in conformity with the agreed standards. These updates must be applied to the
Inland SENC automatically. The implementation procedure must not interfere with the
display in use.
(b) Inland ECDIS must allow display of updates, so that the skipper may review
their contents and ascertain that they have been included in the Inland SENC.
(c) Inland ECDIS must be capable of revoking automatically applied updates of
the Inland ENC data.
(d) Original Inland ENC editions and later updates must never be merged.
(e) The Inland ENC and all updates to it must be displayed without any
degradation of their information content.
(f) The Inland ENC data and updates to it must be clearly distinguishable from
other information.
(g) Inland ECDIS must ensure that the Inland ENC and all updates to it have
been correctly loaded into the Inland SENC.
(h) Inland ECDIS must keep a record of updates, including the time of
application to the Inland SENC.
(i) The contents of the Inland SENC to be used must be adequate and up-to-date
for the intended voyage.
4. Presentation of Information
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For further details see Section 2a of these technical specifications.
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See Chapter 5.1 of this Section.
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See footnote to subparagraph 2.1 (h) above.
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(e) When invoking the Inland ECDIS, it must come up with the Standard
Information Density at an appropriate range available in the Inland SENC for the displayed
area.
(f) Inland ECDIS must be switchable to the Standard Information Density at any
time by a single operator action.
(g) Inland ECDIS must clearly indicate the information density currently in use
at all times.
(h) Time variable depth information in the Inland ENC must be displayed
independently of the above named three display categories.
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5. Operation
Nominal reporting Maximum time out Nominal reporting Maximum time out
interval value interval value
Category of vessel class A class A class B class B
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Values taken from IEC 62388.
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Nominal reporting Maximum time out Nominal reporting Maximum time out
interval value interval value
Category of vessel class A class A class B class B
The AIS targets must be marked as outdated if the position information of moving
vessels is older than 30 seconds.
Information on the intention (blue sign) or the number of blue cones of other
vessels, the status of signals, weather warnings (EMMA) and the water level received via
Inland AIS may be displayed. The information on the intention (blue sign) must only be
displayed on the right side of the symbol, if the heading of the vessel is available. If no
heading information is available the information must only be displayed in a direction
independent form. The following table is providing an example for the display:
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(b) The Integrated Display must be in accordance with the requirements for radar
on inland waterways as specified in Section 4, Chapter 4.14 of these technical
specifications.
(c) The chart and the radar image must match in size, position and orientation
within the limits as specified in Section 4, Chapter 3.4 and 8.3.2 of these technical
specifications.
(d) The Integrated Display must only be presented in the head-up orientation.
Other orientations are permitted in systems with an additional maritime ECDIS type
approval. If such a system is used in true motion and/or north-up mode on European inland
waterways, it is considered to be working in information mode.9
(e) It must be possible for the operator to adjust the off-set values between the
positions of the position sensor and the radar antenna of the vessel so that the SENC display
matches the radar image.
(f) It must be possible to remove either the ECDIS or the radar information by a
single operator action temporarily.
(g) The vessel’s position must be derived from a continuous positioning system
of which the accuracy is consistent with the requirements of safe navigation.
(h) Navigation mode must provide an indication when the input from the
position-fixing system is lost. Navigation Mode must also repeat, but only as an indication,
any alarm or indication passed to it from a position fixing system.
(i) The positioning system and the SENC must be based on the same geodetic
datum.
(j) In navigation mode, the data according to Chapter 3.1 (c) of this Section must
always be visible and must not be obscured by other objects.
(k) Information regarding the position and orientation of other vessels, gathered
by other communication links than the ship's own radar, are permitted to be displayed only
if they are up-to-date (nearly real-time) and meet the accuracy that is required for the
support of tactical and operational navigation. Position information of the own vessel that is
received from a repeater station must not be displayed.
(l) As tracking and tracing information (for example AIS) of other vessels is
useful for the planning of the passing, but of no use during passing itself, tracking and
tracing (AIS) symbols must not disturb the radar image during passing and must be faded
out therefore. Preferably the application must allow the skipper to define the area where the
symbol is faded out.
(m) The presentation of the position and the orientation of other vessels by:
• a directed triangle, or
• a true outline (to scale)
are permitted only if the heading of these other vessels is available. In all other cases a
generic symbol must be used (an octagon is recommended, a circle must not be used for
applications which are certified according to maritime standards).
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See footnote to subparagraph 2.1 (h).
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(n) Information that another vessel is carrying blue cones or lights may be
displayed by a different colour of the vessel symbol. The number of the blue cones/lights
must only be displayed in the pick report.
(o) Information on the intention of another vessel to pass on starboard (blue sign)
may only be displayed on the right side of the directed triangle symbol or of the scaled
shape if the heading of this vessel is available. If no heading information is available, the
information must only be displayed in a direction independent form.
(p) Information regarding the position of AIS base stations, AIS Aids to
Navigation (ATON) and AIS Search and Rescue Transmitters (SART) may be displayed, if
the symbols can be distinguished from other symbols (e.g. symbols 2.10 and 2.11 of IEC
62288 Ed. 1, Table A.1).
(a) Inland ECDIS must not affect the performance of any connected equipment
adversely. Similarly the connection of optional equipment must not degrade the
performance of Inland ECDIS.
(b) Inland ECDIS must be capable of generating information to other systems,
e.g. for the purpose of electronic reporting.
(c) The relevant requirements of controls and indicators to connected equipment
must be fulfilled.
7.2 Malfunctions
Inland ECDIS must provide a suitable alarm or indication of system malfunctions.10
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See Section 4, Chapter 9 of these technical specifications.
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8. Fallback Arrangements
8.2 Defects
(a) If the Inland ECDIS system has an evident defect, it must provide a suitable
alarm.12
(b) Facilities enabling a safe take-over of the Inland ECDIS functions must be
provided in order to ensure that an Inland ECDIS failure does not result in a critical
situation.
11
On wide inland waterways, Basin Administration may prescribe that Inland ECDIS must provide a
suitable alarm and/or indication, if the SENC positioning does not match the radar picture within the
limits of Section 4, Chapter 5.1 and 5.2.
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See Section 4, Chapter 4.16 and 9 of these technical specifications.
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1. Introduction
(a) This “Data Standard for Inland ENCs” describes the technical specifications
to be used:
• for the exchange of digital hydrographic data between national inland
waterway authorities, and
• for its distribution to manufacturers, skippers and other users.
(b) This Data Standard must be used for the production of Inland ENCs. The
transfer and distribution must take place in such a way that none of the information is lost.
(c) This Data Standard is based on the “IHO Transfer Standard for Digital
Hydrographic Data”, Special Publication No. 57, Edition 3.1, Supplement 2, with all
Appendices and Annexes (see comparison table in the preface of these technical
specifications), hereafter S-57.
(d) This Data Standard describes the necessary additions and clarifications to S-
57 and the application of S-57 for the purpose of use in Inland ECDIS applications.
(e) This Data Standard comprises:
• this Section 2
• Appendix 1, “Product Specification for Inland ENCs”, Appendix 1.1, “Inland
ENC Feature Catalogue”, and Appendix 1.2, “Inland ENC Encoding Guide”.
The description of the theoretical data model in S-57 Part 2 must apply to the
theoretical data model of Inland ENCs.
3. Data Structure
The description of the data structure in S-57 Part 3 must apply to the data structure
of Inland ENCs.
4. Product Specification
13
See Appendix 1 to these technical specifications.
14
See Section 1 of these technical specifications.
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5. Definitions
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BA Balaton
BK Boudewijn Kanaal
BZ Beneden Zeeschelde
DB Dunarea Barcea
DE Dortmund-Ems Kanal
DD Desna
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The codes provided in this section are in addition to those listed in the IHO S-62 ENC Producer
Codes.
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DN Dnipro
DNP Prypiat
DNS Sula
DNV Vorskla
DR Drava
DUK Rackevei-Duna
DUM Mosoni-Duna
DUS Szenterei-Duna
DV Dunarea Veche
EL Elbe
EH Elbe-Havel-Kanal
EMS Ems
ES Elbe-Seiten-Kanal
GA St. Gheorghe-Arm
MA Main
MD Main-Donau-Kanal
ME Müritz-Elde-Wasserstraße
ML Mittelland-Kanal
MO Mosel
NE Neckar
NOK Nord-Ostsee-Kanal
OD Oder
OL Olt
PK Plassendale Kanaal
RH Rhine
RHK Rhein-Herne-Kanal
RL Nederrijn/Lek
RU Ruhr
SA Sava
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SE Schelde
SI Sio-chatorna
SL Saale
SO Spree-Oder-Wasserstraße
TI Tisza
UH Untere Havel-Wasserstraße
WA Waal
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1. Introduction
(a) This “Presentation Standard for Inland ECDIS” describes the technical
specifications to be used for presenting Inland ECDIS data. The presentation must take
place in such a way that none of the information is lost.
(b) This Presentation Standard is based on the IHO document S-52
“Specification for Chart Content and Display Aspects of ECDIS”, Edition 6 of March 2010,
with all Appendices and Annexes (see “Comparison of the structures of the standard for
(Maritime) ECDIS and of the technical specifications for Inland ECDIS” in the preface of
these technical specifications).
(c) This Presentation Standard describes the necessary additions and
clarifications to S-52 and the application of S-52 for the purpose of use in Inland ECDIS
applications.
(d) This Presentation Standard comprises:
• this Section 3,
• Appendix 2, Presentation Library for Inland ECDIS, with additions and
clarifications to be applied to S-52, Annex A.
(e) Definitions of terms may be found in:
• IHO-S-57, Part 1, clause 5
• the “Glossary of ECDIS-Related Terms” in S-32 Appendix 1
• the “Glossary for Inland ECDIS” in Section 5 of these technical
specifications.
S-57 data sets do not contain any information about how the data will be presented.
The chart presentation is generated online in the Inland ECDIS application. For that
purpose, the Inland ECDIS application uses machine-readable symbolization instructions
for each feature, which is drawn on the screen. For the presentation of ENCs, the IHO S-52
standard is mandatory. The S-52 standard contains all rules which are necessary for the
symbolization and presentation of ENCs on the screen.
Since the features, attributes and attribute values for ENCs were extended for Inland
ENCs, an extension of the S-52 standard is necessary in order to also display the features
specific to inland navigation. All extensions apply to Edition 3.4 of the IHO ECDIS
Presentation Library (Annex A of S-52).
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• A set of symbology command words from which machine readable instructions can
be assembled. The result is a symbology instruction, which is processed to
symbolise ENC features in turn.
• A set of conditional symbology procedures to decide the appropriate symbolisation
in cases determined by the mariner’s selection (e.g. safety contour) or for complex
symbols (e. g. top marks on buoys and beacons).
• A set of look-up tables that link feature descriptions from the SENC database to the
appropriate symbology instructions depending on whether:
(a) the link is straight forward, i.e. a direct relationship between a
feature’s description and its presentation such as a buoy or a land area. In this case,
the look-up table provides the symbology instruction to show a symbol, an area fill,
or a line style.
(b) the link is conditional, i.e. depending on circumstances, for example a
depth area, whose colour fill depends on the choice of the safety contour. In this
case, the look-up table refers the decision to a conditional symbology procedure that
selects the appropriate symbology instructions later.
Inland ECDIS must use all S-52 components plus extensions in:
• Lookup tables,
• Symbol library,
• Conditional symbology procedures.
Only the extensions are described in Appendix 2 of the Presentation Library for
Inland ECDIS.
«LNDMRK»,«CATLMK17|»,«SY(TOWERS01)»,«7»,«O»,«OTHER»,«32250»
In this case the feature LNDMRK is shown by the symbol TOWERS01 with priority
7, if the attribute CATLMK equals 17. The feature lies over the radar.
The presentation of features in a specific area that are contained in different cells of
the same usage follows the entries in the look-up tables.
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2.4 Colours
Colours used in an ECDIS are defined in an absolute, monitor independent way
(coordinates of the International Commission on Illumination (CIE)). This ensures that
ECDIS charts look similar on monitors of different suppliers. CIE values are converted into
RGB values by means of a colour calibration software which must be used by the
manufacturer.
Commercial displays usual in the trade are seen as matching these requirements.
Because of the different lighting conditions on the bridge of a ship, it is necessary to
offer presentations with different brightness. For each level, a separate colour table exists.
The represented colour scheme must be chosen on the basis of ergonomic and
physiological factors and the representation of indications in different colours must not
result in mixed colours by overlaying.
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1. Introduction
CCNR Decision 2008-II-11 Amendments to the Police Regulations for the Navigation of the
Rhine and to the Rhine Vessel Inspection Regulations concerning the
minimum requirements and test conditions for navigation radar
equipment and to the rate-of-turn indicators to be used for navigation
on the Rhine and for their installation, with a view to adaptation to
the European Directives concerning the electromagnetic
compatibility and to international standards as well as the
reorganization of the CCNR regulations, together with annexes 1 and
2 to its resolution of 1 December 2009.
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(c) For Inland ECDIS equipment designed for information mode only, the
requirements of this Section 4 are to be understood as a recommendation.
2.2.3 Inland ECDIS equipment, monitor shared with connected radar equipment
In this case, the monitor of the radar equipment is shared with the Inland ECDIS
equipment. Prerequisite for this mode are matching graphic parameters for both video
signals and a video switch, which allows a fast switchover of the video sources (see Section
4b, Fig. 3).
This configuration allows operation in information mode as well as in navigation
mode.
3. Performance Requirements
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4. Operational Functions
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(b) The heading line, which runs from the display centre to the top and which
must always be visible, must represent the heading of the mariner’s own ship.
500 m 100 m
800 m 200 m
1 200 m 200 m
1 600 m 400 m
2 000 m 400 m
4 000 m 800 m
(b) Smaller and larger ranges with a minimum of four and a maximum of six
range rings are permitted.
(c) Inland ECDIS equipment in navigation mode must have fixed range rings
with the above-mentioned intervals and at least one variable range marker (VRM).
(d) Switching on/off of fixed and variable range markers must be independent of
each other and their display must be clearly distinguishable.
(e) The position of the VRM and the corresponding displayed distance must use
the same increments and resolution.
(f) The functions of the VRM and the electronic bearing line (EBL) may
additionally be realised by a cursor and by a corresponding numerical display, showing the
range and bearing of the cursor position.
(g) For information mode, the same ranges are recommended.
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On wide inland waterways, Basin Administration may, where appropriate, consider this mandatory
requirement as a recommendation.
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(e) The overlay of information regarding the position and orientation of other
vessels is only allowed when:
• The information is up-to-date (nearly real-time) and
• The age of information does not exceed the maximum time out values
provided in table in 5.1 (e) of Section 1, Performance Standard for Inland
ECDIS. For moving vessels the symbols must be marked as outdated if the
age of information exceeds 30 seconds. The vessel's own position
information must not be displayed if it is received from a repeater station.
(f) The overlaid information derived from tracking and tracing devices regarding
the position and orientation of other vessels must be faded out at a user-definable range.
(g) The presentation of the position and the orientation of other vessels by
• a directed triangle, or
• a true outline (to scale)
are permitted only if the heading of these other vessels is available. In all other cases a
generic symbol must be used (an octagon is recommended, a circle must be used for inland
applications only).
(h) It must be possible to switch off the chart and any other information layer and
to display only the radar picture by one easily accessible control element or menu area.
(i) If the quality and plausibility monitoring of the Inland ECDIS equipment
detects that the chart cannot be oriented and/or positioned with the accuracy required by
these technical specifications, an alarm must be presented on the display and the chart must
be switched off automatically.
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5. Service Functions
(a) The test must consist of a comparison between the equipment under test
(EUT) and the requirements of these technical specifications.
(b) Proved equivalent tests, and proved and documented test results must be
accepted without renewed tests.
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An actor transforms an electrical quantity into another physical quantity (e.g. optical). An actor is the
opposite of a sensor.
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6.3 Interfaces
(a) All interfaces must be correctly and completely documented.
(b) Electronic circuits must be of failsafe design, mechanically and
electronically, and must not have degrading repercussions on connected equipment.
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(b) For this test, the range at which the feature is visible according to its
SCAMIN enumeration (refer to Appendix 1.1, the Inland ENC Feature Catalogue and S-52,
Annex A, IHO ECDIS Presentation Library, Appendix 2, Part I, Users' Manual, Section
8.4) must be used.
7.9 Test of Displayed Features in More than One Cell for the Same Area
(a) All features included in the test SENC and in the additional overlay test
SENC must be tested for visibility and correct display. For this test, the information density
will be switched to “all display”.
(b) The possibility to select one or more specific cells for presentation if there are
several cells from different producers for the same area with the same usage must be tested.
8.1 Preparations
(a) For the test purposes, the manufacturer or provider must provide a serial
interface at the system to be approved (equipment under test – EUT) which delivers the
same actual values (i.e. NMEA 01/83 strings) of position and heading that are used to
position and orient the chart.
(b) During the test, a reference system must be used of which position and
heading values are compared with those of the EUT.
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(c) The EUT must be connected to any type approved radar equipment
(provider's choice).
(d) The radar picture must be adjusted in range and bearing with reference to the
heading line.
8.3 Test of the Radar Picture, Overlaid Information from Other Vessels and the
Underlying Chart
The Inland ECDIS equipment must be installed in a reference environment. This can
be real (on a ship) or simulated. Position and orientation information of other vessels
(according to the Inland AIS technical specifications) must be applied with several
information ages.
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(a) The alarms generated from Inland ECDIS equipment itself as well as the
passed alarms delivered by the connected sensors to the ECDIS must be tested.
(b) The test procedure must comprise the following situations:
• any error in the Inland ECDIS equipment (built-in test equipment – BITE);
• missing positioning signal;
• missing radar signal;
• missing rate of turn signal;
• missing heading signal;
• radar map matching not possible.
(a) This test must demonstrate the reaction of Inland ECDIS equipment to a
failure of any internal or external component and the possible and required actions by the
operator.
(b) In addition, the operating manual must be checked to determine whether the
measures required by the operator are described adequately and appropriately.
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1. General Requirements
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1.6 Language
National versions of a type-approved Inland ECDIS must reapply for type approval
which will check for the translation of the user interface.
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2.1.1.1 Position
The navigation system must estimate and display the position of the ship. The
following minimal requirements must be fulfilled under normal operation conditions:
(a) The average position estimation must not deviate more than 5 metres from
the true position and must cover all systematic errors.
(b) The standard deviation must be less than 5 metres and must be based on
random errors only.
(c) The system must be capable to detect deviations of more than 3 within 30
seconds.
These results must be verified by a realistic test of at least 60 minutes.
2.1.1.2 Heading
The navigation system must estimate and display the heading of the ship. The
following minimal requirements must be fulfilled:
(a) The average heading angle estimation must not deviate more than 1 degree
from the radar heading direction and must cover all systematic errors. The offset between
ship heading direction and radar heading must be less than 1 degree.
(b) The standard deviation must be less than 2 degrees and must be only based
on random errors.
These results must be verified by a realistic test of at least 60 minutes.
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• service manual.
The following documents and files must be provided during the admittance
procedure and are not required for end users:
• design specification,
• software style guide,
• certificates of third party software components or test and simulation protocols.
The documents and files provided must allow for a complete verification of
compliance with these technical specifications.
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Position Sensor
Inland ENC
Display
Processor
Inland ECDIS
Operation panel
Fig. 2
Inland ECDIS equipment, self-sufficient system with connection to radar
Display
Inland ENC
with overlaid Radar
radar picture Display
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Fig. 3
Inland ECDIS equipment with connection to radar and shared monitor
Display
ECDIS-Processor Radar-Processor
Fig. 4
Navigational radar equipment with integrated Inland ECDIS functionality
Display
Processor
Operation panel
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1. Sources
Definitions of features and attributes can be derived from the Feature Catalogue for
Inland ENCs (Appendix 1.1 to these technical specifications).
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Term or
Abbreviation Definition Source
AIS Automatic Identification System: An automatic communication and identification system intended 2
to improve the safety of navigation by assisting in the efficient operation of vessel traffic services
(VTS), ship reporting, ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore operations.
All information All information density (All Display) means the maximum amount of SENC information. Here, in 4.1
density addition to the standard display, all other objects are also displayed, individually on demand.
Attribute A defined characteristic of an entity (e.g. the category of a light, the sector limits, the light 3
characteristics, etc.).
Attribute copied S-57/S-100 attributes (with their complete list of attribute values) which were extended according 7
to the requirements of Inland ECDIS. All new attributes have the same name as their source, but
written in small case letters.
CCNR Central Commission for Navigation of the Rhine; international commission based on the
Mannheim Convention. Current Member States are Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands
and Switzerland. The most important and permanent objectives of CCNR are:
• Prosperity of inland navigation on the Rhine and in Europe
• Maintenance of a high level of safety in inland navigation and its surroundings
CIE colour calibration Procedure to confirm that the colour specified in IHO S-52 is correctly reproduced on the ECDIS 2
display.
Collection feature Type of feature containing information about the relationships between other features. 3
Compilation scale The scale with which the chart information meets the IHO requirements for chart accuracy. It is 6
established by the producing hydrographic office and encoded in the ENC.
Datum A set of parameters specifying the reference surface or the reference coordinate system used for 2
geodetic control in the calculation of coordinates of points on the earth. Commonly, datum are
defined as separate horizontal and vertical datums. For the practical use of datum, it is necessary to
have one or more well distinctive points with coordinates given in that datum.
Datum, horizontal A set of parameters specifying the reference for horizontal geodetic control, commonly the 6
dimensions and the location of a reference ellipsoid. (The horizontal datum must be WGS 84.)
Datum, vertical A surface to which elevations and/or depths (soundings and tide heights) are referred. For 6
elevations commonly a level (equipotential) surface, approximately the mean sea level is used, for
depths in many cases, low water.
DC Danube Commission; international river commission based on the Belgrade Convention of 1948,
currently under revision. Current member States: Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Hungary,
Republic of Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Russian Federation and Ukraine. The most
important objectives of DC are:
• Prosperity of the Danube navigation and its full integration into the
European system of transport by inland waterway; and
• Maintenance of a high level of safety of navigation on the Danube.
Differential GPS A form of GPS in which the reliability and accuracy are enhanced by broadcasting a time-varying 4
(DGPS) correction message from a GPS monitoring receiver (differential mode) at a known position on
shore. The corrections are fed automatically into the GPS receiver on-board and used to compute
an improved position.
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Term or
Abbreviation Definition Source
Display base Minimum information density (Display Base); means the minimum amount of SENC information 1
that is presented and which cannot be reduced by the operator. Here, information that is required at
all times in all geographic areas and under all circumstances is displayed.
Display scale The ratio between a distance on the display and a distance on the ground, normalized and 2
expressed as a ratio, e.g. 1:10 000.
ECDIS Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) means a navigation information 1
system which, with adequate back-up arrangements, can be accepted as complying with the up-to-
date chart required by regulation V/19 and V/27 of the 1974 SOLAS Convention, as amended, by
displaying selected information from a system electronic navigational chart (SENC) with
positional information from navigation sensors to assist the mariner in route planning and route
monitoring, and, if required, display additional navigation-related information.
Edge A one-dimensional spatial object, located by two or more coordinate pairs (or two connected 3
nodes) and optional interpolation parameters.
Electronic chart Very broad term to describe the data, the software, and the electronic system, capable of 2
displaying chart information. An electronic chart may or may not be equivalent to the paper chart
required by SOLAS.
ENC Electronic Navigational Chart means a data base, standardized as to content, structure and format, 1
issued for use with ECDIS on the authority of government authorized hydrographic offices. The
ENC contains all the chart information necessary for safe navigation and may contain
supplementary information in addition to that contained in the paper chart (e.g. sailing directions)
which may be considered necessary for safe navigation.
ENC cell The geographic division of ENC data for distributing purposes. 8
Enumeration A specific quality or quantity assigned to an attribute (e.g. “leading light”, the limiting angles, the 7
code specifying the light’s colour – see attribute).
Exchange format A specification for the structure and organization of data to facilitate exchange between computer 2
systems.
Exchange set Set of files representing a complete, single purpose (i.e. product specific) data transfer. For 2
example, the ENC product specification defines an exchange set which contains one catalogue file
and at least one data set file.
Feature An identifiable set of information. A feature may have attributes and may be related to other 2
features.
A digital representation of all or a part of an entity by its characteristics (attributes), its geometry,
and (optionally) its relationships to other features (e.g., the digital description of a light sector
specifying, in particular, sector limits, the colour of the light, the visibility range, etc., and a link to
a light tower, if any).
Feature catalogue The comprehensive list of currently identified features, attributes and enumerations which are 7
allowed for the use in Inland ENCs.
Feature S-57 features (with their complete set of attributes) which were extended according to the 7
copied requirements of Inland ECDIS. All new features have the same name as their source, but are
written in small case letters.
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Term or
Abbreviation Definition Source
Feature Data A feature data dictionary specifies independent sets of features and attributes that may be used to
Dictionary describe geographic information in a particular context.
A feature data dictionary may be used to develop a feature catalogue.
File An identified set of S-57 records collected together for a specific purpose. The file content and 2
structure must be defined by a product specification.
Geo Feature Type of feature containing the descriptive characteristics of a real world entity. 2
Geometric One of three basic geometric units of representation: point, line and area. 2
Primitive
Heading The direction in which the longitudinal axis of a craft is pointed, usually expressed as an angular 2
distance from north clockwise through 360 degrees (true, magnetic or compass).
Head-up display Information presented on the display (radar or ECDIS) is directed so that the vessel’s heading is 2
always pointing upward. This orientation corresponds to the view from the bridge in the direction
of the ship’s heading. This orientation may require frequent rotations of the display contents.
Changing the ship’s course, or yawing of the vessel may render this unstabilized orientation mode
unreadable.
IHO registry IHO Geospatial Information Infrastructure Registry. A registry is an information system on which
a register is maintained. In the case of S-100 IHO hosts a registry that provides a facility to store
various registers of hydrographic-related information.
(IHO-) S-52 Specifications for Chart Content and Display Aspects of ECDIS 2
IMO International Maritime Organization: Formerly called IMCO, IMO is a specialized agency of the 2
United Nations responsible for maritime safety, efficiency of navigation and prevention of marine
pollution from ships.
Information Mode means the use of the Inland ECDIS for information purposes only without overlaid radar image. 4.1
Inland AIS AIS for the use in inland navigation and interoperable with (maritime) AIS – technically enabled
by amendments and extensions to the (maritime) AIS
Inland ECDIS An Electronic Chart Display and Information System for inland navigation, displaying selected 4.1
information from an Inland System Electronic Navigational Chart (Inland SENC) and optionally,
information from other navigation sensors.
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Term or
Abbreviation Definition Source
Inland ENC Inland Electronic Navigational Chart (Inland ENC) means a database, standardized as to content, 4.1
structure and format, for use with inland electronic chart display and/or information systems
operated on-board of vessels transiting inland waterways. An Inland ENC is issued by or on the
authority of a competent government agency, and conforms to standards initially developed by the
International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) and refined by the Inland ENC Harmonization
Group. An Inland ENC contains all the chart information necessary for safe navigation on inland
waterways and may contain supplementary information in addition to that contained in the paper
chart (e.g. sailing directions, machine-readable operating schedules, etc.) which may be considered
necessary for safe navigation and voyage planning.
Inland ENC Domain within the IHO Geospatial Information Infrastructure Registry dedicated for Inland ENC
domain – related entries.
Inland SENC Inland System Electronic Navigational Chart (Inland SENC) means a database resulting from the 4.1
transformation of the Inland ENC by Inland ECDIS for appropriate use, updates to the Inland ENC
by appropriate means and other data added by the mariner. It is this database that is actually
accessed by the Inland ECDIS for the display generation and other navigational functions. The
Inland SENC may also contain information from other sources.
INT 1 International chart 1 (INT 1) means a specification of symbols, abbreviations and terms to be used 2
in the International Chart Series of IHO. It provides the chart user with a key to symbols,
abbreviations and terms used on charts compiled in accordance with the “Chart Specifications of
the IHO”.
INT 1 contains description entries for features and attributes. It can be seen as the reference to the
legend of paper charts.
Integrated Display Integrated Display means a head-up, relative-motion picture consisting of the Inland SENC 4.1
overlaid with the radar-image with matching scale, offset and orientation.
Look-up table A table giving symbology instructions to link SENC objects to point, line or area symbolization 2
and providing display priority, radar priority, IMO category and optional viewing group.
M-4 Chart specifications of the IHO (M-4) gives chart specifications for compiling nautical charts, 3
together with agreed symbols and abbreviations adopted for general use by Member States. M-4
also provides regulations for INT Charts.
M-4 contains description entries for features and attributes.
Navigation Mode means the use of the Inland ECDIS for conning the vessel with overlaid radar image. 4.1
North-up display Information shown on the display (radar or ECDIS) with the north direction upward. 2
Other navigational Navigational Information not contained in the SENC that may be displayed by an ECDIS, such as 2
information radar information.
Own-ship The term which identifies the vessel upon which an ECDIS is operating. 2
Own ship’s safety The contour related to the own ship selected by the mariner from the contours provided for in the 2
contour SENC, to be used by ECDIS to distinguish on the display between the safe and the unsafe water,
and for generating anti-grounding alarms.
Performance standard Standard developed under the authority of IMO to describe the minimum performance 2
for ECDIS requirements for navigational devices and other fittings required by the SOLAS Convention.
Adopted by IMO on 5 December 2006 and published as MSC.232(82).
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Term or
Abbreviation Definition Source
Pick report (feature The result of querying a displayed point-symbol, line or area for further information from the data 2
report) base which is not represented by the symbol.
Presentation library for A set of mostly digital specifications, composed of symbol libraries, colour schemes, look-up 2
ECDIS tables and rules, linking every feature and attribute of the SENC to the appropriate presentation of
the ECDIS display. Published by IHO as Annex A of its Special Publication No. 52 (S-52).
Product specification A defined subset of the entire specification combined with rules, tailored to the intended usage of 2
the transfer data. (The ENC Product specification provides the content, structure and other
mandatory aspects of an ENC)
(Radar) range Distance from the radar antenna. For inland navigation the radar range has to be sequential 9
switchable according to the CCNR Radar Regulations.
Relative motion A relative motion display shows the chart information, and radar targets, moving relative to the 2
display vessel position fixed on the screen.
Route planning An ECDIS function in which the area is displayed which is needed to study the intended route, to 1
select the intended track, and to mark the track, its way points and navigational notes.
SCAMIN The minimum scale at which the feature may be used e.g. for ECDIS presentation. 3
SENC System Electronic Navigational Chart: A data base resulting from the transformation of the ENC 2
by ECDIS for appropriate use, updates to the ENC by appropriate means and other data added by
the mariner. It is this data base that is actually accessed by the ECDIS for the display generation
and other navigational functions. The SENC may also contain information from other sources.
Spatial object An object which contains location information about real world entities. 2
Standard display Standard Information Density means the default amount of SENC information that must be visible 4.1
when the chart is first displayed on ECDIS.
UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe organizes cooperation on economic and
sectoral issues between its 56 member countries including all EU and non EU European States,
Commonwealth of Independent States and North America. In the transport area, UNECE promotes
the facilitation of international road, rail, inland waterway and combined transport, particularly
through the improvement of transport infrastructure, simplification and harmonization of
administrative border crossing procedures and through the harmonization of technical
requirements.
Vessel Tracking and The function of maintaining status information of the vessel and – if needed – combined with 10
Tracing information on cargo and consignments [tracking] and retrieving of information concerning the
whereabouts of the vessel and – if needed – combined with information on cargo, consignments
and equipment [tracing].
True motion display A display in which the own vessel and each radar target moves with its own true motion, while the 2
position of all charted information remains fixed.
User-defined settings Means the possibility to use and store a profile of display and operation controls/settings. 4.1
WGS 84 World Geodetic System: The geodetic basis for the “Navigational Satellite Timing and Ranging – 6
Global Positioning System” (NAVSTAR-GPS), which enables the surveying of the earth and its
entities and was developed by the United States Department of Defense. This global geodetic
reference system is recommended by IHO for hydrographic and cartographic use.
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