A Worldwide Database for Digital Nautical Charts

1995 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam J. Kerr
Keyword(s):  
Electronic System ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Video Display ◽  
Easy Task ◽  
Full Circle ◽  
Paper Chart ◽  
The Future ◽  
Paper Document

It is of historical interest that it was written instructions in the form of periplus, rather than the paper chart, that are recorded as providing the first form of document to guide marine navigators. Therefore perhaps the wheel has turned full circle when it is the digital information rather than the video display that may provide the basic guidance for the navigation of ships in the future. In 1986, when IMO and IHO set out to develop standards and specifications, it was decided that the product to be specified would have to be equivalent to the paper chart. In so doing they were following the guidance of the SOLAS Convention, which requires charts to be carried in Chapter V Regulation 20 and, in Chapter 1 Regulation 5, permits Administrations to substitute equivalents. Regulation V/20 does not state that the charts to be carried be paper but, until recently, it has been assumed that this is what is meant. What is explicit, is that the charts to be carried are to be ‘adequate, up-to-date and necessary for the intended voyage’. Following this guidance, the IMO/IHO Harmonizing Group attempted to specify an electronic system that would be equivalent to a printed paper document. This proved to be no easy task. It was extremely difficult to claim that an electronic system can be as durable and as generally reliable as a sheet of paper. What if the power breaks down? This and many other questions had to be answered before the standards would satisfy the members of IMO.

Chapter 1 Naija: A language of the future

2021 ◽  
pp. 9-38
Author(s):  
Nicholas Faraclas
Keyword(s):  
The Future

The States’ Role in Improving Compensatory Education: Analysis of Current Trends and Suggestions for the Future

1991 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 339-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virginia R. L. Plunkett
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Title I ◽  
Program Improvement ◽  
Compensatory Education ◽  
New Era ◽  
Elementary And Secondary Education ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
The Future ◽  
Education Act

The passage of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act in 1965 set the stage for a new era of state leadership in improving compensatory education. This article traces the development of state leadership in implementing the Title I/Chapter 1 program quality mandate up to 1988, when Congress added procedural and accountability requirements to make “program improvement” the centerpiece of the new legislation. It continues by describing the challenges now facing the states in implementing the program improvement process and how they are being met, and it concludes with suggestions for the future.

Libraries and digital memory

2016 ◽  
Vol 117 (9/10) ◽  
pp. 673-676
Author(s):  
Bruce Massis
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Library Consortia ◽  
Digital Memory ◽  
The Future

Purpose The purpose of this column is to consider the role of libraries in an effort to preserve and protect a collective digital memory. Design/methodology/approach This paper addresses literature review and commentary on this topic that has been addressed by professionals, researchers and practitioners. Findings Libraries and library consortia will help go forward into the future and expand as trusted repositories where digital memory can be preserved and shared. Originality/value The value in exploring this topic is to examine the library environment for collection, storage and dissemination of digital information.

scholarly journals Blockchain Technology in Healthcare Industry

2020 ◽  
pp. 236-240
Author(s):  
Reddy Kumaraswamy ◽  
Advin Manhar
Keyword(s):  
Financial Services ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Sudden Increase ◽  
Healthcare Industry ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Healthcare It ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Future ◽  
Digital Asset

Blockchain is one of the most growing technologies that is playing a vital role in the professional world today. Blockchain is the technology that is going to revolutionize many industries in the future including healthcare. It is simply defined as a decentralized, distributed ledger that records the provenance of a digital asset. Blockchain is used as a backbone for many industries such as cryptocurrencies, bitcoin, and many more. Although its capability and application have to be extended far beyond. The objective of blockchain is to allow digital information to be recorded and distributed, but not edited. In the last couple of years many industries finding new ways to implement blockchain technology with a wide range of domains. And this sudden increase in technology also provided many new application opportunities, including financial services, smart contracts, energy trading, supply chain, healthcare, etc. In this paper, we know briefly about blockchain technologies and some of their applications. We also show how blockchain is going to revolutionize the healthcare industry in the future.

scholarly journals EXPLORING BIM FOR OPERATIONAL INTEGRATED ASSET MANAGEMENT – A PRELIMINARY STUDY UTILISING REAL-WORLD INFRASTRUCTURE DATA

2017 ◽  
Vol IV-4/W5 ◽  
pp. 49-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. A. Boyes ◽  
C. Ellul ◽  
D. Irwin
Keyword(s):  
Asset Management ◽  
Information Management System ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
3D Cad ◽  
Working Environments ◽  
Information Models ◽  
The Future ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Object Relational ◽  
3D Information

The use of 3D information models within collaborative working environments and the practice of Building Information Modelling (BIM) are becoming more commonplace within infrastructure projects. Currently used predominantly during the design and construction phase, the use of BIM is capable in theory of providing the information at handover that will satisfy the Asset Information Requirements (AIRs) of the future Infrastructure Manager (IM). One particular challenge is establishing a link between existing construction-centric information and the asset-centric information needed for future operations. Crossrail, a project to build a new high-frequency railway underneath London, is handling many such challenges as they prepare to handover their digital information to the future operator, in particular the need to provide a two-way link between a federated 3D CAD model and an object-relational Asset Information Management System (AIMS). This paper focusses on the potential for improved Asset Management (AM) by integrating BIM and GIS systems and practices, and makes a preliminary report on how 3D spatial queries can be used to establish a two-way relational link between two information systems (3D geometry and asset lists), as well as the challenges being overcome to transform the data to be suitable for AM.

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