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Progress in the technology of nautical charting

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Title Progress in the technology of nautical charting
 
Creator Joseph, A.
 
Subject navigational charts
hydrographic surveys
navigational tables
information systems
communication systems
radar
 
Description This article describes the various methodologies used from time to time for portraying the geographical details of the earth's surface pertaining to the seas, coastal areas, and features of the seabed for general marine applications. For a long time the geographical information pertaining to the sea and the coastal water bodies was recorded on paper chart, on a miniature scale, for ready use by the mariners for marine navigational applications, and therefore the chart came to be known as "nautical chart". The article skims through the various aspects of safety of navigation such as nautical charts created by the Arabs in the medieval days of stellar navigation in the Indian Ocean; the contributions by the Chinese, the British, and the Portuguese; hydrographic surveying; chart projection schemes; the role of radio and satellite-based position-fixing systems; the technology of the modern electronic nautical charts; and applications of computers in modern navigation. The article also peeps into possible future developments in electronic nautical charting.
 
Date 2008-08-03T09:42:03Z
2008-08-03T09:42:03Z
2002
 
Type Book Chapter
 
Identifier Encyclopedia of library and information science. eds. by: Kent, A.; Hall, C.M. Vol. 72 (Suppl. 35). 275-314p.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/1337
 
Language en
 
Rights Marcel Dekker
 
Publisher Marcel Dekker; New York; USA