Putting the IS into ECDIS

摘要

If you buy a PC and only use half its power, "you have undershot on your investment", remarked Ian Moncrieff, chief executive of the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO), to Fairplay last week. And what is an ECDIS, apart from a specialised PC? Based on that analogy, if it used simply as a charting tool, "all we are doing is selling half a scissor", Moncrieff said as he outlined the scope of the information that he believes could be incorporated into ECDIS services.