OceanViewTM - Jeppesen Commercial Marine
Contents
1. C MAP NORWAY THE ELECTRONS CHART STANDARD OceanView Version 2 0 Copyright OC MAP Norway A S 2000 All rights reserved C MAP Norway A S Hovlandsveien 52 PO Box 212 N 4379 Egersund Norway Phone 47 51 46 47 00 Fax 47 51 46 47 O1 Email technical c map no No part of this document may be copied transmitted transcribed reproduced stored in any retrieval system or translated into any language either in written or electronic form without the written permission of C MAP Norway AS LOTAT H 8 r Bee eRMeRtene Orem nnn Ne er ee ieee a Renee Decor sr es grea RROD ree Ren ane er er ey 2 0 General Pia A ON cece vcsec cspaceatadeeebeeanetcendbecaedestiascsatacehabdionstataatsendancsdehacsatede Electronic charts chart supplementary information and user s Objects ccsscceseceeeeees The combination of seamless coverage and bDOOKMALKS eeeeeceseeeeseceeecceeeceeeceeeeees Electronic documents with associated chart information cccssccsssccssecensccesecesceeeeees Customer s extemal GAtADASES sorsi eair ai inore RN rine E situa N akai WOKE UG e E saawe saat noenee beateseet ccnattatuetenoteee Posl ON cose cane cece acs aseeaateee cat aesdaccencusescanteencetue eecnuccicceses eases es sueeeccmecees Dolby Sle MY REGU SINC MiS sssri inaa Aa EAEE 3 2 Installing OCCA V 16 M ccucdacasscuianssateobiasacssacanccaunsstialsacaactaqoassaesaseeaeceatueoteniecaae 3 3 Registering the CM 93 3 d2. Edition 3 0 standard CM 93 3 is fully compliant with the S57 3 data format and in addition the CM 93 3 distribution conventions allow the mariner to immediately use the required chart coverage including automatic updating while at the same time skipping the time consuming conversion of S 57 3 data on board CM 93 3 World wide database contains over 15000 electronic charts grouped into the following scale levels Background small scale Background medium scale Overview General Coastal Approach Harbour Berthing The OceanView system is designed to display supplementary information as well as the users own information layers in addition to the electronic charts The standard package includes a worldwide database of tidal information Users can create and edit their own objects such as point marks line and area objects Text notes and styles can be applied to the objects and stored in the customer s database The combination of seamless coverage and bookmarks The CM 93 3 database provides seamless cartographic coverage User can navigate in the database setting the necessary scale of the charts and coordinates of the centre of screen In addition to this the user can save the current view as a geo referenced bookmark There are two types of bookmarks implemented in the system Personal bookmarks allow saving views within the current window and providing the fast panning to the point of interest Shared bookmarks can be sa
3. Ship s routing databases maintained by the International Maritime Organization marine environment monitoring information spatial analysis of sea incidents etc In many cases such information should be made available to many persons around the World and should be kept updated Shipping companies also need updated charts for monitoring their fleets check details of the navigation conditions when planning new routes maintaining a database of their agents harbour facilities etc The system can be used for generation and transmission of information to vessels such as storm avoidance recommendations and targeting SAR vessels and helicopters OceanView is primarily aimed at organizations and commercial companies involved with the management of the shipping business and the marine environment protection Many other potential users such as universities public libraries geographic research centres should find it useful for their purposes as well OceanView is a powerful tool for the creation and distribution of geo referenced value added information and as a natural part of CM 93 Edition 3 0 Electronic Chart technology this is CMAP s contribution to the safety of navigation and the sea environment protection 2 0 General Information Electronic charts chart supplementary information and user s objects CM 93 3 is a specially compiled database of electronic charts comprised of objects and their attributes as defined by the IHO S 57
4. check the size of updates before download or simply download a list of updates and choose the required ones When the subscriber receives a new CD ROM from C MAP Norway all updates will be automatically removed from the hard disc 25 The following picture shows the updating dialogue Th s GA loyh Qhtes ee The user can check the updates applied by clicking on the different HO s and then expanding the update and clicking on the various objects The chart will automatically pan and highlight the location of the object as shown above The software keeps a log file of all updates 26 4 15 Importing S 57 3 charts ENC It is possible to compile fully compliant S 57 3 charts ENC into CM 93 3 and view them in OceanView This is achieved by choosing Import S 57 from the Data menu Choose the location of the stored S 57 3 charts in the left hand window and enter the issuing Hydrographic Office at the top of the right hand window Click on Execute to compile the S 57 3 charts to CM 93 3 If the S 57 8 is fully compliant with the IHO specification the charts wil be compiled into CM 93 3 They can then be viewed on the screen by opening the Add Database dialogue and adding the recently imported S 57 3 27 4 16 User Databases Users of OceanView have the possibility to enter their own global information into local or networked databases For example a ship owner might want to plot the positions of his vesse
5. pr aa ee wet ae 35g Z BE is steht ie Peal Eeo ten ae aE Insert a waypoint To insert a waypoint to a leg that has already been defined simply move the mouse cursor to a position in between two waypoints and a large cross will appear Click the LEFT mouse button and move the new waypoint to the required position then clicking again with the left mouse button to set the waypoint Delete a waypoint To delete a waypoint that has already been defined simply move the mouse cursor to the waypoint and a black line with 2 arrows will appear Click the RIGHT mouse button to delete the waypoint Move a waypoint To move a waypoint that has already been defined simply move the mouse cursor to the waypoint and a black line with 2 arrows will appear Click the LEFT mouse button to move the waypoint to the required position Save a waypoint Once a route is completed it can be saved by choosing the SAVE ROUTE button To edit a route firstly choose the required route in the left portion of the screen and click the EDIT ROUTE button You can now edit the route using the mouse keys as defined in the section above To delete a route first choose the route to delete in the lefthand window and click the DELETE ROUTE button You are asked to confirm the deletion Routes can also be hidden and displayed by alternating between the HIDE ROUTE and SHOW ROUTE buttons Routes may be either exported to an external file or database fi
6. the boundaries of data sets electronic charts Text important Turns on object information when in S 52 mode of display Lights info Activates displaying of the light parameters as text Overscale indicator Provides vertical hatching when the chart is overscaled and out of its normal accuracy Plain depth contour Removes safety contour depth numbers Quality of data off Removes the special symbol that indicates the quality of electronic chart This is used in S 52 presentation mode only Sometimes when it is necessary to fit a relatively large area in the screen or to print it in one page When zooming in out OceanView will normally try to select the chart scale from the database that will automatically match the current zoom factor To prevent this selected fixed scale level from menu View Scale level 5 2 Creating Chart Templates Once these items are tuned to individual specifications all chart settings can be saved as templates for further use as OceanView bookmarks When opened this bookmark will restore all applied chart settings and the preparation of presentation database maintenance or generation of voyage reports can be continued Settings may be saved for further use as a template for example world overview North Europe Baltic overview vessel routing SAR coordination centres 34 5 3 Manual Chart Updating One of the main features of CM 93 3 technology is the automatic updating of electroni
7. the field in database that is used for metrics of the LINE or AREA objects The field should be of lt binary gt type Microsoft Access OLE Object Microsoft SQL Server image This is not necessary for Point or Note objects Latitude Longitude The fields used to store georeferenced locations for Point and Note objects They can be of lt double gt or lt string gt type If the field has the string type the format of data must be defined The optional formats are as follows lt DD MM mmm gt pr lt DD MM mm gt where DD is degrees MM is minutes mm is decimal minutes is directional N S W E These fields are not necessary for Line and Area Objects Style This field is used to store the Personal Style of the object When a new object is created this field is empty The Style editor of OceanView then allows the application of a personal style for objects The personal style has a higher priority than the legend style If this field is not defined in the database Ocean View will allow the application of a personal style for a maximum of 500 objects In this case the style will be saved in the legend file In the database this field should be lt string gt type not less than 100 symbols Tooltip Select the field of the name of the object The string value will be used as tooltip of object displayed when pointing the corresponding symbol on the chart URL Various references to a world wid
8. which your license has been generated for eg Zone 1 The 16 digit code which has been sent to you may be entered manually or by a cut and past method into the License String window Once these are selected click Add License This will take a few seconds to process and upon completion should result in a message License has been added successfully Choose OK 3 Close down LicenseAdm and open OceanView and your detailed chart database will be visible To un register a database simply choose the required database and click on UNREGISTER DATABASE Please remember to choose another database as the default or you will receive the following error message upon _initialising OceanView Oceanview amp Could not initialize ChM93y3 library Once registration is complete close the database administrator window You will now need to apply licenses to open the required chart coverage Chart licences are obtained from C MAP Norway AS and are available for Worldwide Coverage one or more Zones one or more Areas or single charts Contact C MAP Norway AS for price lists of coverages Licenses can only be used on the system for which they were generated and cannot be transferred to other software or hardw are systems Licenses can be added manually or automatically Licenses can be added automatically by choosing add licenses from file and pointing to the PASSWORD USR file received from C MAP Norway AS All the licenses contain
9. IGHT mouse button on the required object In the example below we have clicked on a beacon and have received the following information H i pi eeM a re a a ele Gm Pe E ee beste prenl ale WELLT bear dae Riiban rata 2 There are always quite a number of objects under the mouse cursor and these can include one or more depth areas caution areas lights etc In the example above 23 24 4 13 Multiple Windows It is possible to open several chart views by clicking on the Open Chart icon see 3 1 These can be arranged by choosing the required option in the Windows menu Below is an example of two vertical tiled charts seat aaa a 4 14 Automatic Chart Updating AUTO UPDATING allows the user to update the charts via any connection to the Internet or GMAP s RAS based distribution centre Updating is only available to subscribers To update charts automatically you must first connect to the Internet or C MAP RAS server number available on request Once connected simply click on the Download All button The software will now connect to the C MAP distribution centre and check the validity of the licenses If the subscriber is entitled to charts updates then the relevant files will be downloaded to the hard disc and the changes automatically applied to the charts An update log of all chart corrections is maintained In addition to downloading updates the user can also
10. atabase for use in Ocean View ee eeeceeeeeeeeeees 3 4 Licensing charts for use in Ocean View 1 0 ecesscssscseseeseceeeceeccsecceseceeeeeeeees z3 W PC AMA ala DASCS sassnalanessasasiduiawssntaehiauecsencdnestenssgeetsacsactechiascesanceaetsabeaeteniecatc 40 Using Occean sre sanccswcscbucustecunsiy iaiaaeaia E ai 4 1 Starting OceanView and opening a chart c cccccccscssssessecssesesssssscseeseesees 4 2 Moving around the world and changing scales cccccccccccccccctecccecceeceeeeeeees 4 3 Bookmarking views and saving them as graphic fil S ccceececeteeeeeeeees dad Updo TONCO ssie te aca cea E s 4 5 Measuring distances on the Chat ls cccaccd sexes concaewencecsinax caceaetaceenidesanededendehaseivatect AN JE AWM e E alice ct cence cee cne ccceeetacet ce ceteceon oeeceiceectneeweean ceetet ecnceaceanteeeeceneememe tector AT idal Preodi EI ONS ceca a ceneacuseneanccnecd aaenahcaedeecncanceadseemeetaaceactnatenicetnonsonsetemement scare 4 8 Three dimensional view of the seabed ccceeececseccceecccecccecccecececeeeceeeeeeees AI Rome ARB o cate ecacene aeceeteecesemsetas fonts A WO Mariners COW ICCIS nc0 dean acveratesscteccaadtuaheaidicccsanceadscamentanceantantitnkeetanononsctemementacace AAD OD jeCt WAT orma OE i 412 Presentation Parametleri assinei nnr oerein seeddeceseoeaneestennneateese enanedas Zh Ad Maliple Windows seernes erea Ear E AAi 4 14 Automatic Chart Updating ccccccscccccccceccceccce
11. c charts OceanView supports this feature to full extent but manual updating is still important as local reports about navigational dangerousness may not be included in the Notice to Mariners that are used in updating the central CM 93 3 database SOLAS convention requires that all charts must be updated for intended voyages Before planning a new route or prior to updating an existing voyage it is strongly recommended that OceanView has received the latest automatic and manual updating The Charts button in the Route planning window will provide displaying of the frames of all charts and scales that are intersected by the route corridor or the deviation buffer which can also be manually set within this window In addition it opens the database table with a list of all these charts with their properties Source producing agency date of original date of compilation of dataset last check date updating status etc so the user can decide whether automatic updating is sufficient or if there is a need to apply manual updates if the chart is too old The Manual Update option is located in the menu There is a wide variety of navigational objects listed within the Add New Object under the menu Features are sorted in an orderly manner and within each feature object properties may be chosen Ack Mees pja Once the desired object is selected the point may be clicked onto the screen At this time it may be moved modified Peach ma o
12. cceeccceccceccsecceeceseceseeenees 4 15 Impot ne S 5 173 Chiat tS ING sscs ceceascconctcosnunanceranartetannckatateneeaseunneaneeiu eriaedat A MOI GCt Av AW AS CS EEE AE A E ESA ESE EA 4 17 Database W IZ AUG voxccnxdancanconcancqaennsaeaderdneseancateansbasnereneaaenenpaiacaicatencaaeconsnanneccat 5 0 Advanced Procedures and Practical Applications ceecessceseeeteeeneeees 5 1 Display Terminology and Parameters cccccccceccceeceeecceecceecceecceeceseceeeeeees 32 Creatine Chart Template See 5 3 Manual Chart Updating erst nets ote stinsdcede sae daeesatencasianseesaacistdaacet dersaraatiansents 5 4 Sate Route Checking ics cestereeecssta esceccstenatinserieer aes aneensnens Io Oy TN MIN aise eee cancers sate cease ea eteaeetn sees LM EOD erse e a cteeedeen aeece ences TO Users NOIGS scrion eia NE 1 0 Introduction OceanView is the office electronic chart information system developed by C MAP in order to meet the market demand for a global marine information system The main purpose of OceanView is for the maintenance and easy distribution of various types of geo referenced information using global coverage of electronic navigational charts provided by the world wide Electronic Chart Database CM 93 Edition 3 0 from C MAP Numerous organizations and commercial companies need updated navigation charts to maintain their own geo referenced information Such examples are the Global GMDSS plan Global Search and Rescue plan
13. d information is considered as electronic documents or publications This power feature of the system allows the user to easily create and distribute value added products and services on a subscription basis with continuous automatic updating of his documents and publications Customer s external databases OceanView clients can be configured to access external customer databases with defined access rights Examples of such databases are the Global SAR plan database maintained by the IMO or a database of ships operated by a shipping company or an electronic catalogue of paper chart portfolios published by Hydrographic offices An external database can be designed and created by the customer and then linked to the OceanView system by means of a special database configuration module Working groups OceanView is designed as a client server system All OceanView networked Clients can work simultaneously with the CM 93 3 electronic chart database physically stored on the LAN database server The CM 93 3 electronic chart database is automatically updated from the C MAP Distribution Centre ensuring that all clients are working on the current updated electronic charts The Client workstations can be configured to access various working groups provide the ability for users to work on particular projects This also allows the definition of responsibilities for the maintenance of different information in the databases by using diffe
14. e at 100 7 Please enter unique company name This will be printed on the back cover of the software box as well as on the back of the User s Manual Please take care to enter this as printed 8 Please enter system ID number This will be printed on the back cover of the software box as well as on the back of the User s Manual Please take care to enter this as indicated 9 A message will appear Now the setup will install the DCOM This is the re distributable product of Microsoft enclosed in OceanView setup This is necessary for the proper functioning of your software Choose OK If an error message appears A newer version of DCOM98 had been installed To override you must uninstall the current version first This means that you have a more recent copy of the DCOM and the software will continue to use the newest unless you manually update this which is not recommended Choose OK Error 4 newer version of OCOM9S had been installed To override you must uninstall the current version first 10 A message will appear Now the setup will install the MDAC This is a re distributable product of Microsoft enclosed with OceanView setup This is necessary for proper database functioning Choose OK 11 The computer will process information and bring up a screen with registration To obtain access to the charts and updates you have to register in C MAP Distribution Center a Save
15. e same as above but in addition hold down the left shift key To cancel this action you may press the Esc key while the box is on screen In addition the F5 zoom out and the F6 zoom in keys are activated It is also possible to manually type in the desired scale to the top right corner of the map display or through the View Set Scale menu 13 4 3 Bookmarking views and saving them as graphic files OceanView contains a function for bookmarking current views These bookmarks can be sent to other users or can be stored on the local hard disc for future reference The two icons related to bookmarking are a This button will open a previously saved bookmark for future use Your version of OceanView is preloaded with various bookmarks stored as ovb and ovd files within OceanView bookmarks folder in your CM93v3 directory structure Ovb files will save a graphical view and ovd files will save the view maintaining database structure a _ This button will save a bookmark You must give a name and location for this information to be stored You may then retrieve this information by opening it as explained above Fide sore Ham raa 1 Sonso prr OO O O OO o e cre It is also possible to SAVE a view in the form of a graphic file Supported formats are omp and jpg To save the view as a graphics file choose Map Save As and then choose the required name location and format These files can now be imported into most
16. e web address or a LAN file can be stored in a dedicated field of the database This field can be associated with URL This means that a value of this field is the reference to Website or name of file with a full path When such an object is displayed on the chart click on the left mouse button activates the corresponding program Internet browser for www and Microsoft Word files Email When the dedicated field of database is associated with this OceanView makes available the function of automatic generation of e mail addressed to the recipient according to the value of this field 31 When options have been selected and chosen click next to bring up the following dialogue In this stage definitions of database fields will be chosen The left side of the window displays the list of all the available fields of the database The right window presents the fields that are selected to dsplay Left and right buttons allow for changing the contents of displayed fields Up and down buttons change the order of fields in the OceanView table The last stage is to define a group a ay style This gives objects that will have particular values of attributes a specific group style This is not a mandatory operation and may be skipped if there is no need to have a group Criteria for this is defined by Field associates a field of database that will contain the descriptor Value defines the value of Field to sor
17. ead Faan aie PO lo te a E It is also possible to edit presentation parameters and change colours vertical exaggeration method of portrayal grid wireframe solid points as well as to print and export any graphics file created IS 4 9 Route Planning an he Route planning icon is found on the toolbar Route planning can be used to plan and check routes Routes can also be exported to other programs such as Electronic Charting systems Clicking on the Route button will bring up the following dialogue box Des m w E hima Hosame hainas Heaam mmes kemme qhamats Kesame 7 Saree re The Route planning window is shown above To start a new route click on the CREATE NEW ROUTE button and enter the required name You can now define your route on the chart by using the left mouse button to enter a waypoint and by holding down the Ctrl button and left mouse buttons simultaneously to pan the chart As you enter waypoints the following information is automatically entered Waypoint Number Lat Lon Radius Deviation Speed Distance DTA Time WP Name 19 When entering a route you may wish to insert delete or move waypoints il ri L ee ee ee ee ee ee a ctl eel Total deene 1800156 nn Total duration 10h mdee i i Ue Fat oe FF remih I mimiti r w imme cris ee im f F E H E IE pi 13 iH DE i 0 elif Pj 12 p 5 iC KE I at
18. ed within this file will be automatically registered In addition to adding licenses licenses can be renewed and the status of the current license list reviewed 3 5 Updating Databases If you are a subscription customer who is entitled to CM 93 3 chart database updates it wil be necessary to update this dataset via the CD which will be automatically sent to you three times per year Replacing Data on Hard Disk Option 1 requires 1 2GB hard disk space Copy the contents of the CM93v3 CD directory to a unique newly created directory on the hard drive for example World 48 Do not rewrite existing database files Start GDBAdmin and register the new Database from the newly created source When the system asks if you wish to update choose YES You are now free to delete the previously installed Database Database already exist update it ES H Option 2 Note the License string by entering LicenseAdm gt License List Exit LicenseAdm Open GDBAdmin and unregister the existing database Delete this DB from Windows Explorer Copy update of Database to the hard drive within a newly created directory Open OceanView and register the new Database and enter the license string 10 Replacing Data from CD ROM Insert the newly received database CD into the CD ROM drive Open GDBAdmin Locate the new database and choose Register and Set As Default Replacing Data through a Network Have the Systems Admin
19. is the link between an external database and OceanView itself It can decide what is to be displayed on screen from which database and how Points Lines Areas and Notes can be generated and displayed or altered from existing databases First to access the Wizard chose Database Database Wizard displaying a welcome screen as Woltome othe DATABASE WIZARD This Vero heip pn nese oF eS se ng Bink oiea for user in Cette Tres SEPA Be heed ol Speke Cad aides a A eed reas Pies refer by lie leery se ine iima Tp ue oe ld shown at the left Choosing Next will bring you to this screen where you must make your choice of Creating a new database or opening an existing one for 4 oS ee Oe Eb a editing Clicking Browse will open a browser for selecting the file that ARIRE you wish to edit Choose the file and then Open to select In the event of generating a new database am le ees VIVITIVUIIY IUI aA TUG ANU aA YVOoUIIPVPLUVUI WIT UULUT Enia ra hi ma Dypp Bs rams Foe pies H y E x Smi ied ince defines the access rights of a particular user to Enter the desired field names and then chose Next to continue with database selections The next step is to select appropriate object definitions Chose style point line area or note colour type and size Once satisfied with the dialogue box choices click next to continue This page defines the type of connection to da
20. istrator add the new Database to a commonly accessible directory on the network Open GDBAdmin and locate the new World Database Register and Set As Default Il 4 0 Using OceanView 4 1 Starting OceanView and opening a chart OceanView is started by clicking on the icon generated by the installation Ed The default startup ovb will appear not necessarily as shown From this point on the startup view will continue from the point of leaving off from the previous session EJ To reopen the default chart simply click on the world icon at the top left of the screen See information about ovb in section 4 3 for more about bookmarks and views 12 4 2 Moving around the world and changing scales You can navigate around the world by clicking on the LEFT mouse button The point where you click on the chart will always become the new centre position panning There are different methods of changing chart scales he first is by using the zoom in and the zoom out icons on the toolbar By pressing these icons you can zoom in and out to any position on the chart As you zoom in OceanView will always automatically load the best scale chart available The second method of zooming in and out is to draw a marquee box around the area you wish to zoom This is achieved by holding the left mouse button down and then drawing a box around the required area with the pointer To zoom out do exactly th
21. les may be imported to view on the screen as routes More on this function see the section relating to Advanced Procedures and Practical Applications Section 5 0 20 4 10 Mariners Objects S The Mariners Objects icon is found on the toolbar The Mariners Objects function is used to draw your own symbols or areas on the screen To create a new object click on Create New Object The screen display has been changed to day blackback under View Display in the menu Mina gi AAs tiki ona E You can now choose several categories of Mariners Objects Choosing Mariners Feature for example will give you the following dialogue Here it is possible to choose the object type point line or area the name the scale levels for which the object will be visible and various other levels of information You can now click on the chart to place the object 21 Se ear pe It is also possible to edit the entry coordinates of the objects entered Simply hold the mouse button over the point that you wish to move and do exactly the same as you would for editing a waypoint Remember by entering a point and setting your Scale Minimum to 50000 if the zoom level exceeds that say for instance 60000 or any smaller scale than your input the object will not be visible If all scale fields are left empty the object will be visible at all scales Objects may be imported and exported for use between OceanView users under the Tool
22. ls into the system on a daily basis and see the positions shown graphically on the chart There are a number of pre defined databases included with OceanView and in addition users can define their own using the Database Wizard To open a local database choose Database Open Database and choose one of the available leg files System Manufacturers was chosen in this case The screen will now look as follows Cee Ge Ten ites in Le Reales sce BAR SytenMomtcbrers Oe ee a ly ass 28 Objects companies in this case can be entered and edited by using the buttons on the toolbar These are defined as follows le eal oe i These functions may also be accessed through the menu Database Record Anew object is added by clicking the Add New Object button and clicking the position of the object onto the screen All other relevant information can now be added in the database window as An existing object may be deleted using the Delete Object button ii Objects can be moved and edited by using the Edit object button H Objects may have their appearance changed by using the Style editor function Ea Existing object and field information updates and edits must be saved utilizing the Save button To cancel changes made the Cancel button is used 4 17 Database Wizard This section is intended for system administrators or advanced users and describes how to connect OceanView to external client databases The Wizard
23. moving selected objects For various vessels these display parameters may be of great help with regards to safety contour shallow contour deep contour and safe depth When applied they can completely change the presentation of the chart giving useful information that will match individual needs Two shadows only Normally presentation of electronic charts use four colours of different depth areas When this is activated only two colours are used one within safety contour and another for safe area out of safety contour Text other Selects unimportant object text information Lights leg off This control activates displaying of light sectors in accordance with visibility of corresponding light in scale of charts Safety contour off This deactivates the displaying of the safety contours 33 Odlcly CUIMUUT UIHY VVIISIT ILID OWILUIICU UIL UIG OINY SAICLY GUILVUI I gt Uloplayou The remaining depth contours are not drawn on the chart Generic text off This removes generic texts such as place names etc This is useful to remove cluttering when the chart is zoomed out too much Shallow pattern used When this is activated the transparent pattern is added to the area within the safety contour Plain borders Danger symbols Highlights dangerous objects in a safety contour Not danger depth off Removes all spot soundings deeper than the value of safe depth Central symbol off Coverage off Removes
24. on the arrival time or with departure times Ocean View calculates the total route time based upon many factors such as speed of the vessel at individual legs duration of stop at ports of call turning radius of the vessel etc Individual field parameters may be set within the Fhute planning options and individual items may be set and not necessarily route wide 36 6 0 CM 93 Edition 3 OceanView is designed to function with C MAP s latest worldwide chart database format CM 93 3 Information can be found at www c map no or directly from C MAP Norway C MAP Norway AS Hovlandsveien 52 4379 Egersund Norway Tel 47 51464700 Fax 47 51464701 Email market c map no 37 7 0 Users Notes 38 39 C MAP Norway AS Hovlandsveien 52 P O Box 212 4379 Egersund Norway Tel 47 51464700 Fax 47 51464701 email market c map no C MAP France S a r l Route de Coray BP 658 Erque Gaberic 29552 Quimper Cedex 9 France Tel 33 9852 1215 Fax 33 9852 1419 email c map wanadoo fr C MAP Australia Pty Ltd 259B Victoria Road Gladesville Australia NSW 2111 Tel 61 298 790277 Fax 61 298 790322 email c mapinfo c map com au C MAP Japan 1518 430 Koyata lrumaCity 358 Saitama Japan Tel 81 429 659887 Fax 81 429 659916 email cmapjons maple ocn ne jp C MAP Italy S r l Via Caboto 9 Marina Di Carrara Italy Tel 390 585 772444 Fax 390 585 631282 email info c map it C MAP Sou
25. other programs top right hand corner of the page Use the GOTO button to return to that position in the future As well there is a delete bookmark button and it may be used while the appropriate bookmark is visible for deletion GF It is also possible to store positions by entering the name of the position in the E 4 4 Undo function As in most Windows programs OceanView contains and UNDO function This allows you to backtrack in previous views This will not undo functions that you 14 HaVvG PICVIUUDSIY YSG ALCU do INUSL CULTTNNANUS FOYUNSG YUU LU SAVE UNIANYSS Hauge as a precaution 4 5 Measuring distances on the chart 4 6 Printing a chart ss This icon on the toolbar is used for measuring distances on the chart Click on a OceanView has the ability to print high detail charts in colour or black and the chart with the LEFT mouse button and move the mouse cursor to the next point white The print icon is located on the toolbar A black line will be drawn between the two points with the bearing from point one to point two given in a small box The distance between the points is given at the top The print dialogue can be used to change such things as printer paper type and left of the screen The line can be extended to as many points as you wish by simply paper orientation continuing to add new points Points may be moved by positioning the cursor over the anchor point and dragging to the new position Points may be rem
26. oved by RIGHT clicking the mouse button Sarasin ee 15 16 4 7 Tidal Predictions La The tide prediction icon is found on the toolbar Once this icon is pressed small blue diamonds will appear on the chart there are some 4000 tidal prediction points around the world Click with the RIGHT mouse button inside any of these diamonds to see the tidal prediction for today Dhow iii See ea saajaa aa ulead a a T T i T i i ea bain l a i a a ee La Sktobe FO ima om to fr ike ef dO cf 20 24 a E 2345 7 9 i011 ei feito See ee You can also receive a tidal prediction for another day by choosing the required date in the pull down chart at the bottom of the graph To turn tidal predictions off click on the icon again as it is a toggle key 17 4 8 Three dimensional view of the seabed The 3D button is found on the toolbar The 3D model is generated using depth contours and soundings and therefore the model is only as detailed as the charts from which it is being generated The model can be rotated and zoomed by holding down the mouse buttons and moving the mouse Ikrima Sea Heo ol i TE fa Ce ae hrs rd by r Te ea gates am are ee J Sis J i ER EPE PP a aha dbidk is H Agee Cy EPAR ee MET T EE R PP ETETE I ETEEN O EEEE e l 1 a E Pulp See ar ol ee el ad pe piw ae ihn de ee Tan H a AN Pie Fiir Dee Meriter Hio eo r
27. ra rae br ji H4 Waiki ia FECES Dbstankone avd kedawan CEST AN deleted cancelled or saved from within Sena the Manual Update menu Once the E ae object has been saved a graphical j dicu representation of the point will be A a aie visible upon the screen As with other g foul wen objects the updated object may be ee queried in the same manner Right eerie clicking on the object will bring up such rf m E information as object properties date of modification and name of person who a cored performed the update 35 5 4 Safe Route Checking After setting up the desired route it is possible to check for safety within this planned voyage Route limits define the maximum XTE variation that is considered safe for the vessel when moving through a route Route limits and radius of turn can be changed later for individual legs and waypoints Planned speed of the vessel is not of importance at this stage When all editing is completed save and activate Route Check This will prompt OceanView to check the safety of the voyage leg by leg based on available cartographic information on the BEST SCALE charts and parameters of the individual vessel Unsafe legs will be marked in a wide red line and this will require more editing to this leg to avoid a danger for navigation This may be as simple as moving the leg slightly to remain in safe depth areas 5 5 Voyage Scheduling Voyage Scheduling depends upon the task it may be based
28. rent access rights Configuration of the working groups can be done on two levels definitions of access rights and configuration of the routing recipients 3 0 Installation 3 1 System Requirements OceanView is a PC based Windows application The program will run on almost any IBM compatible PC with an Intel Pentium processor The system must also contain a 1 44MB diskette station and a CD ROM drive For printing purposes almost any printer can be used including LaserJet printers as well as colour printers Please note that OceanView is designed to run under Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition NT or Windows 2000 only If the PC does not have either of these it must be upgraded before installation of OceanView 3 2 Installing OceanView 1 Close down all windows programs currently running on your computer 2 Insert the CD marked OceanView Edition 2 0 in the CD ROM drive 3 Either from My Computer or Windows Explorer locate the CD drive and double click on Setup This will initialise the installation procedures for the software 4 A message will appear asking Do you want to install OceanView Choose Yes 5 Please enter the diagonal of your screen in inches This will depend on your individual computer monitor Common sizes are 13 15 17 19 21 If in doubt please see your documentation on the monitor 6 The system will then commence copying executive files and should complet
29. s menu Import Export Mariner Objects E ipai Mine Dhpecta 22 WC HAVE CHUNGCU UII UIG DEALUIT OVOUIAl FUIS di die YIVEI all UIG UGAULUII characteristics in the right hand window Files created through the Export option are in the form of dat files and contain all of the associated geographical coordinates along with any descriptions entered during the original creation Once files have been imported to another user they may then be reedited or added to This feature is ideal for the sharing and maintenance of predefined points lines or areas among users or for the transmission between 4 12 Presentation Parameters users of more than a graphical image stored as a jpg or omp It is possible to set a number of parameters to customize the display of the chart These include The object when imported are visible within the standard Mariners Objects window 2 presentation methods IHO S 52 and C MAP INT 1 l and can be individually selected for editing by double clicking on the particular Base Standard Full or Custom display These allow various objects to be object taking the OceanView window to the correct location on the chart turned on or off Presentation parameters such as light lengths danger symbols etc Scales Levels automatic or defined chart scales Chart Grid or Map Margin 4 11 Object Information It is possible to interrogate the properties of any object on the chart This is done by clicking the R
30. t out the The objects that match to defined criteria are displayed on the chart in accordance with style defined in the group Style Add will create a new style and add to the list Delete removes the style from the list lt Up gt lt Down gt allow changing the priority of styles the highest priority placed on the top When group styles are created click Next to complete generation of the legend The full path may be entered Hidadiiudaly Ul a DIUWSG VULLUIT I gt PIUVIUGU 5 0 Advanced Procedures and Practical Applications Vector electronic charts can be viewed with various settings depending on your current needs OceanView supports two main presentation models S52 developed for Electronic Chart Display Information System ECDIS and INT1 which is used for modern paper charts produced by Hydrographic Offices In addition viewing properties may be tuned to suit the user s needs by applying individual Display Mode and Chart Settings 5 1 Display Terminology and Parameters Base Display The minimum set of the chart information allowed by the IMO Performance Standard for ECDIS Standard Display A reduced set of information sufficient for safe navigation of a ship along the planned route Full Display All of the encoded chart s objects Custom Display Chart visuals set by the user This can be generated based on Base Standard or Full Displays adding and or re
31. tabase and when necessary the initialisation parameters Currently OceanView supports ODBC protocol and native Microsoft Access link When connecting to database via ODBC you must select the Data Source from the list of available data sources and input the user name and password This information the database or particular tables or fields A system administrator should set the appropriate parameters for this function When connecting to Microsoft Access file mdb the full path must be defined The Custom connection string allows the manual input of this information ay EA ey p This page will present the available tables of connected databases and allow the selection that will be associated with the created database linked to Ocean View Select a table from the options and click Next Definitions of required and a aE Tra ape TEP PAE RCE HE additional fields are prompted in this manta screen Required fields are used for a 1 p 1 1 oe So ood initialisation of the legend additional fields are used for correct presentation of the data and activation of communication features This page allows for the association of names of fields as they are used in OceanView with the corresponding fields even if they are a different name The following list will help to clarify the selection process ID Select the field in the database that is used for the unique identifier of records Metrics Select
32. th Africa Pty Ltd Box 30760 7966 Tokai South Africa Tel 27 21 701 2930 Fax 27 21 701 2945 email law c map co za C MAP Baltic Ltd Akadeemia tee 21G EE0026 Tallin Estonia Tel 372 6397 96 6 Fax 372 6397 968 email baltic c map estnet ee C MAP UK Ltd System House Delta Business Park Salterns Lane Fareham PO16 0QM England Tel 44 1329 517777 Fax 44 1329 517778 email sales c map co uk C MAP Russia Ltd 21 Line 8 block H Office 19 199026 St Petersburg Russia Tel 7 812 325 9894 Fax 7 812 325 1234 email office c map ru C MAP Poland S p z o o Bldg of Oceanotechnichs Technical University of Gdansk ul G Narutowicza 11 12 Poland Tel 48 58 347 2949 Fax 48 58 347 2148 email c map c map pl C MAP Hellas Ltd 147 Sygrou avenue 17121 Athens Hellas Tel 30 1937 3588 Fax 30 1937 3598 email c map_hellas internet gr C MAP Commercial Inc 133 Falmouth Rd Building II Mashpee MA 02649 USA Tel 1 508 477 7537 Fax 1 508 477 7549 email Gmapinfo c map com
33. the chart database is located If you would like to copy the database to your harddrive quicker processing for the World database you will need over 600MB free space run straight from the CD or from a network only if license agreement permits Choose the directory where the database is located 3 Once the correct directory is found the database name eg World will be vis ide under Available Database You may notice on the left side of the screen databases and which is set currently as the default 4 Click Register Database In some instances if reinstallation is necessary the following will appear Database already exists update it World Choose YES This may take between 15 20 seconds depending upon the size of the database and the computers processing speed 5 OK World Click OK to continue 6 Choose Set as Default Do you really want to set as default Database World Choose YES 7 Close GDBAdmin 3 4 Licensing charts for use in OceanView a LicenseAdm License string Data Set or Area Name Add License Add License manualy Renew alllicenses x Zone O E fone 1 H Zone 2 E Zone 3 H Zone 4 E fone 5 H Zone 6 E Zone T H fone amp E Zone 9 Cartrige Get expired licenses Licenses list Add Licenses from file License order System information 1 Open LicenseAdm 2 In the right hand side of the LicenseAdm window choose the Zone or Areas
34. to file for sending by email or mail b Via Internet c Register later It is recommended to choose the first option Click Next 12 Setup will copy registration file user usr in the following folder To copy to this folder click Next To copy to different folder click Browse and select another folder You can choose not to install OceanView at this time by clicking Cancel to exit Setup It is recommended to keep the User usr file stored for your own records and therefore you may wish to copy it to the harddrive for sending to C MAP 13 The setup will create a folder directory for start menu items comprised of shortcuts that you may like to add to your desktop for easy access To add to desktop right click on icon for example OceanView Choose Create Shortcut This may now be dragged onto the desktop Please send GMAP Norway AS the USER usr file at this time to compile your license string at license c map no 3 3 Registering the CM 93 3 database for use in OceanView 1 Once the license string has been sent to you by CMAP Norway AS click on GDBAdmin which is found in the same location as OceanView CM 93 3 Database Administrator E4 gistered Cm 93 3 Gi D OS 3 Pau c TestBase I ARCHIVE AUTHCODE CD RS2800 KEY World Register Database CHIPS C3 CLIPPERS Cc Datab to HBB i CJ CM93_3DATABASES Make as default CMS3ENG Unregister Database CI C MAP DOCUMENTS 2 Find the location where
35. ved as a file with the user own defined name and contains all current chart settings such as database version data set name coordinates of screen presentation model display mode scale zoom factor and references to all user objects that were displayed on the screen The bookmark files can be managed as any standard Windows files placed in the chosen directory saved on diskette forwarded to another computer of the office network or sent as the binary attachment to e mail Such a unique combination of seamless coverage combined with the bookmark feature gives the user both freedom of easy navigation in the worldwide electronic chart database and quick restoration of all chart settings that were made during the previous working session This feature allows a fast and easy way of exchanging geo referenced information between the members of a working group within the office network or by Internet and even via direct communication channels such as GSM or Inmarsat Electronic documents with associated chart information The geo referenced bookmarks relate to a particular theme that can be organized in the database assembled together with CM 93 3 Electronic chart database and made into a specially compiled customer database Text files formatted in MS Word and scanned pictures can be linked to this database as well When organized in this way with the viewer that provides the navigation and search functions in the database such structure
Download Pdf Manuals
Related Search