COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED MANAGEMENT OF AIDS TO NAVIGATION

摘要

The present invention provides computer-implemented methods and systems for managing aids to navigation (AtoNs). In one embodiment, the method comprises maintaining an AtoN database, recording, in the AtoN database, an identifier for each AtoN asset, and associating, with each identifier, lifecycle information relating to the corresponding AtoN asset. The method may be performed by a mobile device, and functions of the mobile device can be utilised to provide additional advantages at the time of deployment or servicing of an AtoN—in particular, to record the current location of an AtoN, its colour or flash rate, or the tilt of one or more parts of the AtoN.