Travelling
through the oceans without knowing where you’re headed, what situations await
you can be dangerous. Having a guide to let you know where you’re going, what
weather conditions you’re going to have to deal with on the oceans that too in
advance is a huge plus for nautical navigation.
Electronic
Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) is a
system that helps in charting and planning routes that helps Marine Corps to
precisely plan their journeys out on the sea. ECDIS offer many benefits to
Marine operations. Let’s take a look at a few of them.
- Updated Information
ECDIS is
hugely helpful in avoiding safety risks by providing alternative routes that
are secured. It provides real time current trajectory to the navigators,
enabling them to avoid any potential threat along the way.
- Simple Interface
Even
though Marine Corps personnel are sufficiently trained to handle any sort of
complex system, it is still required that the interface of a system is easy to
understand and operate. This is hugely required in emergency situations where
ease of operation will greatly help the personnel avoid dangers.
- Signals
Whenever
the personnel are headed in an unsafe direction, ECDIS lets the crew members
know of this through warning signals and loud alarms along with visual
indications. This enables the navigator to focus on the new route and not spend
critical time notifying crew members about the potential threat. The crew
begins to do their duties while the navigator does his as soon as the alarm
goes off.
