Advantages of ECDIS over Conventional paper Chart

What are the Advantages of ECDIS over Conventional paper Chart ?

• Position fixing at required interval can be done without the indulgence of an officer of the watch.

• Continuous monitoring of ship’s position with respect to its planned track and available sea room.

• When RADAR/ARPA is overlaid on ECDIS, target acquired by ARPA can also be similarly monitored.

• If two position fixing system are available, the discrepancy between the two positions taken by two different systems can be identified.

• Charts can be corrected and updated directly with the help of floppy/CD.

• Passage planning can be done on ECDIS, it without referring to other publications.

• Various alarms can be set and if any parameter is impeded the alarm will activate.

• Progress of the passage can be monitored in a more disciplined manner, since other navigational data are also available on ECDIS.

• Alarms can be activated to attract the attention of the OOW in case of ship drift beyond certain limits of the planned track.

• Anchoring can be planned more precisely with the ARPA information being interfaced with ECDIS.