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IMO PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR ELECTRONIC CHART
DISPLAY AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS (ECDIS)
(For MMD Phase II Examination Purposes)

DEFINITIONS:

For the purpose of these performance standards:

Electronic chart display and information system (ECDIS) means a navigation
information system which, with adequate back-up arrangements, can be accepted
as complying with the up-to-date chart required by regulation V/20 of the 1974
SOLAS Convention, by displaying selected information from a system electronic
navigational chart (SENC) with positional information from navigation sensors to
assist the mariner in route planning and route monitoring, and by displaying
additional navigation-related information if required.

Electronic navigational chart (ENC) means the database, standardized as to
content, structure and format, issued for use with ECDIS on the authority of
government-authorized hydrographic offices. The ENC contains all the chart
information necessary for safe navigation, and may contain supplementary
information in addition to that contained in the paper chart (e.g. sailing directions)
which may be considered necessary for safe navigation.

System electronic navigational chart (SENC) means a database resulting from the
transformation of the ENC by ECDIS for appropriate use, updates to the ENC by
appropriate means, and other data added by the mariner. It is this database that is
actually accessed by ECDIS for the display generation and other navigational
functions, and is the equivalent to an up-to-date paper chart. The SENC may also
contain information from other sources.

Standard display means the SENC information that should be shown when a chart
is first displayed on ECDIS. The level of the information it provides for route
planning or route monitoring may be modified by the mariner according to the
mariner's needs.

Display base means the level of SENC information which cannot be removed
from the display, consisting of information which is required at all times in all
geographical areas and all circumstances. It is not intended to be sufficient for safe
navigation.

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Alarm: An alarm or alarm system which announces by audible means, or audible
and visual means, a condition requiring attention.

Indicator: Visual indication giving information about the condition of a system or
equipment.


AREAS FOR WHICH SPECIAL CONDITIONS EXIST:

The following are the areas which ECDIS should detect and for which it should
provide an alarm or indication:
a. Traffic separation zone
b. Traffic routeing scheme crossing or roundabout
c. Traffic routeing scheme precautionary area
d. Two-way traffic route
e. Deepwater route
f. Recommended traffic lane
g. Inshore traffic zone
h. Fairway
i. Restricted area
j. Caution area
k. Offshore production area

AREAS TO BE AVOIDED:
a. Military practice area
b. Seaplane landing area
c. Submarine transit lane
d. Ice area
e. Channel
f. Fishing ground
g. Fishing prohibited
h. Pipeline area
i. Cable area
j. Anchorage area
k. Anchorage prohibited
l. Dumping ground
m. Spoil ground
n. Dredged area
o. Cargo transshipment area.


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ALARMS AND INDICATORS:

a. Alarm for Exceeding off-track limits
b. Alarm for Crossing safety contour
c. Alarm or Indication for Area with special conditions
d. Alarm for Deviation from route
e. Alarm for approach to critical point
f. Alarm for Different geodetic datum
g. Alarm or Indication for Malfunction of ECDIS
h. Indication for Information overscale
i. Indication for Larger scale ENC available
j. Indication for Different reference system
k. Indication for Route planning across safety contour
l. Indication for Route planning across specified area
m. Indication for Positioning system failure
n. Indication for System test failure