The Application of Marine Data Management in Ports using Ocean Database and GIS

摘要

Marine environmental data and information is important to many real world situations, where ideally it is combined with operational data and managed holistically as a central resource. The data and information may then be accessed across a shared or distributed network and utilised in desktop and web based applications as part of a comprehensive 'Maritime Information Infrastructure'. Existing systems are not replaced but engineered to work in unison. An example of where this approach is being implemented and is already realizing tangible benefits is in the ports sector, where users of the 'infrastructure" include Vessel Traffic Services (VTS), maritime operations, hydrographic surveyors, dredging operators and port engineers.