A demonstration and analysis of requirements for maritime navigation planning

Restricted water transits by U. S. Navy ships require detailed planning by Commanding Officers, Navigators and the entire ship control watch team. The methodical maritime navigation planning process currently used has not changed appreciably since World War Two. The process remains a manual one, relying primarily on hard copy data (which is distributed via the U. S. Postal system or other Governmental shipping means) for updates to the navigation picture. The explosion of information sources and technology provides an opportunity to revolutionize the entire maritime navigation planning process. The thesis contains an overview of the current manual navigation planning process used by the U.S. Navy. Alternatives for migrating the current method to an automated process are explored. A requirements analysis is conducted to capture fleet navigator feedback for a prototype automated navigation planning tool. Conclusions drawn from this study are implemented in the prototype on-line navigation planning tool that has been dubbed "GatorNet." Additionally, a requirements document is developed with the objective of shifting the maritime navigation planning and debriefing paradigm from a manual mindset to an automated one.

Department dc:contributor.department

Department of Systems Management

Grantor dc:publisher

Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School

Year dc:date.issued

1998

Authors dc:creator

• Thomas, Karl O.
• Lobree, Shawn W.

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Sridhar, Suresh
• McEachen, John

Statement dc:rights

• This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/10945/8206

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:calhoun.nps.edu:10945/8206