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Inland ECDIS standard 2.3

UNECEJune 16, 2011

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Inland ECDIS expert group and Inland ENC Harmonization Group (IEHG)Overview of editionsWhat’s new in edition 2.3Procedures in different international organizationsQuestions to SC.3/WP.3

Inland ECDIS expert group and IEHG


The Inland ECDIS expert group is an independent European (including the Russian Federation) expert group, working for EC, UNECE, CCNR, DC, Sava Commission, etc.

The Inland ENC Harmonization Group (IEHG) is a worldwide expert group for electronic charts for inland navigation, which is recognized by IHO. Active members: Inland ECDIS expert group, USA, Brazil, Venezuela, China, South Korea

Inland ECDIS expert group and IEHG


The first Inland ECDIS standard was a European project

Now the charts (Inland ENCs) are standardized by IEHG and the Inland ECDIS applications for the display of these charts are standardized by the Inland ECDIS expert group

The Inland ECDIS standard is containing both parts

Overview of editions


Edition 2.0 of the Inland ECDIS Standard:– CCNR: adopted and published in 2006– UNECE: adopted and published as resolution 48 in

2007– Danube Commission: adopted in 2007– EU: adopted in the written procedure by the RIS

Committee in Jannuary 2009, not published– In use in BE, CH, CZ, DE, HR, NL



Edition 2.1 of the Inland ECDIS Standard:– CCNR: adopted, but formally not set into force– UNECE: content accepted, but formally not set into

force– Danube Commission: adopted and published– EU: ---– In use in AT, DE, HR and PL, in preparation in BG,

HU, RO, SK, SR, UA



Edition 2.2 of the Product Specification for Inland ENCs:

– Edition 2.2 has only been adopted as an edition of the Product Specification for Inland ENCs to take into account the requests of South America

– An edition 2.2 of the (European) Inland ECDIS standard has not been produced



Edition 2.3 of the Inland ECDIS standard:– CCNR: accepted by RIS/G in May 2011– UNECE: discussion in June 2011– Danube Commission: accepted in April 2011– EU: presented in the RIS Committee in March

2011, publication planned for summer 2011– EU member states will have to comply with this

edition within 30 months after publication

What’s new in Edition 2.3?


Alignment with the latest versions of the IHO and IEC standardsTherefore compatible with ECDIS carriage requirement of IMOImproved presentation of Inland AIS information based on experiencesImproved presentation of notice marksImproved connection to other RIS via location codesErrors of earlier versions corrected and results of the task force Quality Standards taken into acountFull editorial alignment of all international standards

Improved presentation of Inland AIS


If the heading of a vessel is not available the blue sign may not be displayed on one side of the symbol, because it could be displayed on the wrong side if a vessel is drifting backwards

Improved presentation of notice marks


General symbols in older versions:

No indication if there are several notice marks in this location and no priority rule (a prohibition mark might be hidden behind a recommendation mark)The skipper had to check the pick report for every notice markNew symbolization with priority rule

May also be used for display of older IENCs

Procedures for changes


CCNR has provided a mandate to the expert group for changes of the annexes(with explicit restrictions regarding e.g. changes that cause financial burdens)

The expert group confirmed that such a mandate is necessary to be able to make corrections and clarifications without delay

The EC is not able to provide such a mandate because of formal restrictions

The expert group recommends to keep the mandate (as only difference to the Commission Regulation) in the regulations of CCNR and UNECE

Corrections


Several corrections of the first proposals for the annexes of Edition 2.3 have been distributed by the expert group

The paper parts of the annexes have more than 800 pages, in addition there are the electronic parts (lookup tables, symbol library, test charts). A lot of resources are needed to find errors, most of them were only typing errors. Some are only found during implementation. Therefore a mandate for the expert group is really necessary

Corrections


An omission in the Presentation Library of Editions 2.0, 2.1 and 2.3 has only been detected now (after 5 years)The Conditional Symbology Procedure for underwater rocks has to be modified to ensure the correct display of rocks which are encoded with the inland specific waterlevel referencesThe objects have not been used in official Inland ENCs until now, therefore no immediate dangerThe correction has to applied to all editions

The consequences of adopting 2.3


Inland ECDIS applications will have to be updated, but all application builders have supported the adoption of 2.3 in the expert group

Countries that do not want to use the newly introduced objects or attributes can continue to produce IENCs in accordance with 2.0 or 2.1

2.0 and 2.1 IENCs can be converted to 2.3 automatically, only new objects and attributes have to be added (if needed)

The consequences of not adopting 2.3


Countries who need the new objects (e.g. rescue stations, marine cultures) or attributes (e.g. location codes that provide a link to Notices to Skippers for overhead cables or overhead pipelines) would not be allowed to use themApplication builders would be forced to follow outdated IHO and IEC standardsThe display of AIS information on the blue sign might be misleadingThe display of vessels with Class B AIS might be misleading

Inland ECDIS expert groupwww.ris.eu

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