A virtual globe-based visualization and interactive framework for a small craft navigation assistance system in the near sea

作     者：xinzhu liu shigeaki shiotani Xinzhu Liu;Shigeaki Shiotani

作者机构：faculty of international economics and tradejilin huaqiao university of foreign languagesChangchun 130217China graduate school of maritime scienceskobe universityKobe 658-0022Japan organization of advanced science and technologyfaculty of maritime scienceskobe universityKobe 658-0022Japa 

出 版 物：《Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering(English Edition)》 (交通运输工程学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2017年第4卷第6期

页      面：564-575页

学科分类：1201[管理学-管理科学与工程(可授管理学、工学学位)] 08[工学] 081105[工学-导航、制导与控制] 0813[工学-建筑学] 0814[工学-土木工程] 0811[工学-控制科学与工程] 0823[工学-交通运输工程] 

主　　题：Small craftNavigation assistanceGISVirtual globe basedKeyhole markup language 

摘      要：With the growing popularization of small crafts, the accidents that happen among such crafts are also drawing increasing attention, according to the marine accident data released by the Japan Coast Guard. In order to prevent possible navigation accidents, the authors considered that besides sharing information from land by the coast office broadly, man- agers on land can also watch out and give appropriate advice for operators in crafts one-to- one. This paper discusses the technical issues of developing virtual globe-based （Google Maps/Earth geographic information system （GIS）） 3D visualization stand-alone software for small craft navigation assistance in the aim to facilitate the safety and sufficiency of small crafts in the near sea. The system was developed using web services and object-oriented programming disciplines to support the integration of a virtual global framework, GPS, and real-time imaging data. The authors have also developed data processing programs that are glued together with C# language, JavaScript language, National Marine Electronics Association （NMEA） instance data, and keyhole markup language （KML） data. Experiments for evaluating the framework have been made around the near coastal area. The perfor- mances and deficiencies are discussed in this paper. In order to evaluate the validity of the performance and the functionality of the system, authors conducted a questionnairesurvey among third year students of the Voyage Course at Kobe University. The evaluation of the system suggests valuable potential for the small craft navigation assistance system.