| The IBS (Integrated Bridge System) plays a vital role as a navigational aid. The electronic sea chart performs a central function within this system and is attracting a lot of attention.
Maintaining a constant watch of the ship's surroundings is essential to insuring safety. However, the duties on the bridge include supervising such matters as navigational lookout, planning navigational routes, and handling communications as well as managing the ship's engines, hull, and load while at the same time being on constant alert to avoid collisions or running aground. This is extremely stressful work. This situation has created an urgent need for developing a new bridge system that can rationally concentrate this necessary information for supervision. The concept of the IBS sprang from this need.
The IBS is composed of navigational equipment required for operating the ship, such as the GPS, gyrocompass, autopilot, radar, and electronic sea charts. The IBS integrates and processes information from throughout the bridge, and as such, interfacing with the various instruments and information processing technology is critical in IBS. |
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