Title :
Piloting the Panama Canal today
Author_Institution :
Center for Navigation, Volpe Nat. Transp. Syst. Center, Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
The advent of inexpensive and reliable data processing, communications and navigation technologies has presented an opportunity to enhance significantly the safety and efficiency of Panama Canal operations. A traffic management and control system based on the Global Positioning System (GPS) was developed at the Volpe Center. (The US Department of Transportation´s Volpe National Transportation Systems Center is located in Cambridge, MA.) It has been installed and tested with great success. The system utilizes augmented GPS information and a complex two-way data link to direct key traffic management information wherever needed along the 50-mile length of the Canal
Keywords :
Global Positioning System; data communication; land mobile radio; marine communication; ships; traffic control; GPS; Global Positioning System; Panama Canal; Volpe Center; communications; data processing; navigation; traffic management; traffic management and control system; two-way data link; Communication system traffic control; Communications technology; Control systems; Data processing; Global Positioning System; Irrigation; Navigation; Safety; System testing; Transportation;
Journal_Title :
Potentials, IEEE
