MODULE NO.

2 MODULE TITLE Week 6 – Plot the coordinates derived from AIS

equipment accurately onto WGS-84 charts

A-II/1 F1.C1: Plan and conduct a passage and determine

COMPETENCE/S position

CO1: Operate electronic navigational equipment such as GPS,

AIS, echo-sounder, gyro and magnetic compass
CO2: Determine errors of magnetic and gyro compass
COURSE OUTCOME
CO3: Determine the errors of magnetic and gyro-compasses
and apply corrections in obtaining true course and
bearing
1. A-II/1 F1. C1. KUP4
- Determine the ship’s position by use of electronic navigational aids.
2. A-II/1 F1.C1. KUP5
KNOWLEDGE - Operate the echo-sounder and apply the information correctly.
UNDERSTANDING 3. A-II/1 F1.C1. KUP6
PRIFICIENCY - Explain the principles of magnetic and gyro compasses

LO7: Plot the coordinates derived from AIS equipment

LEARNING OUTCOME
accurately onto WGS-84 charts

TOPIC 6 – WEEK 6 - Plot the coordinates derived from AIS equipment accurately onto
Week 6 WGS-84 charts

LESSON PRESENTATION & ACTIVITIES

Watch a video on how to plot coordinates on WGS84 maps

Video link on you tube:

1.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SKkpGozaNg
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6LGxJhc8Kk

3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALN7gXF1thY

4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHRnpNPnpLE

5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SKkpGozaNg&t=28s

6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFxQ9rGBKcc

7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puZsYhW5yMU

LO7: Plot the coordinates derived from AIS equipment accurately

onto WGS-84 charts

Chart Activity

With the use of plotting instruments and charts, plot the positions
derived from AIS

1. Container vessel in position, 35°- 55’ N / 023°- 25’E

2. Dredging Vessel in position, 36°- 01’ N / 023°- 28’E
3. Heavy-lift vessel in position, 36°- 09’ N / 023°- 23’E
4. Towing Vessel in position, 36°- 15’ N / 023°- 19’E
5. Trawling vessel in position, 36°- 21’ N / 023°- 13’E

Coordinates - A pair of numbers that describe the position of a

point on a coordinate plane by using the horizontal and vertical
distances from the two reference axes. Usually represented by
(x,y) the x-value and y-value.

Coordinates are distances or angles, represented by numbers,

that uniquely identify points on surfaces of two dimensions (2D) or
in space of three dimensions ( 3D ). There are several coordinate
schemes commonly used by mathematicians, scientists, and
engineers.
Latitude - the angular distance of a place north or south of the
earth's equator, or of a celestial object north or south of the
celestial equator, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.

In geography, latitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies

the north–south position of a point on the Earth's surface. Latitude
is an angle which ranges from 0° at the Equator to 90° at the
poles. Lines of constant latitude, or parallels, run east–west as
circles parallel to the equator.

Latitude - is the measurement of distance north or south of the

Equator. It is measured with 180 imaginary lines that form circles
around the Earth east-west, parallel to the Equator. These lines
are known as parallels. A circle of latitude is an imaginary ring
linking all points sharing a parallel.

Longitude - the angular distance of a place east or west of the

meridian at Greenwich, England, or west of the standard meridian
of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.
"at a longitude of 2° W"

Longitude, is a geographic coordinate that specifies the east–

west position of a point on the Earth's surface, or the surface of a
celestial body. It is an angular measurement, usually expressed in
degrees and denoted by the Greek letter lambda. Meridians
connect points with the same longitude.

Longitude is the measurement east or west of the prime meridian.

Longitude is measured by imaginary lines that run around the
Earth vertically (up and down) and meet at the North and South
Poles. These lines are known as meridians.
Videos

Meridian - a circle of constant longitude passing through a given

place on the earth's surface and the terrestrial poles.

A meridian is the half of an imaginary great circle on the Earth's

surface, terminated by the North Pole and the South Pole,
connecting points of equal longitude, as measured in angular
degrees east or west of the Prime Meridian

Equator - an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally

distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and
southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel of latitude 0°.
 Earth's Equator is a specific case of a planetary equator. It is
about 40,075 km long, of which 78.8% lies across water and
21.3% over land. In spatial geometry, as applied in astronomy,
the equator of a rotating spheroid is the parallel at which latitude
is defined to be 0°.

LO7: Plot the coordinates derived from AIS equipment accurately

onto WGS-84 charts

Chart Activity

With the use of plotting instruments and charts, plot the positions
derived from AIS
1. Container vessel in position, 35°- 55’ N / 023°- 25’E
2. Dredging Vessel in position, 36°- 01’ N / 023°- 28’E
3. Heavy-lift vessel in position, 36°- 09’ N / 023°- 23’E
4. Towing Vessel in position, 36°- 15’ N / 023°- 19’E
5. Trawling vessel in position, 36°- 21’ N / 023°- 13’E

1.What have I learn from this topic in plotting the coordinates derived
from AIS equipment accurately onto WGS-84 charts?

Plot the following Vessel’s position derived from AIS on BA chart 1091
part 1 And label each position with respective vessel’s name.

1. Fishing vessel F/V ABO: 36°- 25’ N / 023°- 40’E

2. Tanker vessel M/T LANGIS: 36°- 19’ N / 023°- 32’E
3. Car carrier M/V APAT GULONG: 36°- 11’ N / 023°- 42’E
4. Gen. Cargo vessel M/V HALO: 36°- 00’ N / 023°- 35’E
5. Bulk Carrier M/V PULBOS: 35°- 53’ N / 023°- 31’E

References (APA) https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/equator/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latitude
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/longitude
https://www.britannica.com/science/latitude
Prepared by:
2/Mate Juan M. Bozar Jr.
Email: juanjrbozar@gmail.com