20 Maritime Data The Maritime Data Collection System In every country there may be Collection (MDCS) is a web‐based system that several authorities that have the System allows coastal agencies and responsibility of updating nautical hydrographic agencies of countries publications of different kinds. Often within the BLAST project to gather it can be difficult for the mariner to new information for use in nautical know to whom he should report a publications and charts for the North detected discrepancy. Reference doc Sea. MDCS will allow members of the Charts and sailing directions are still public, or professionals like pilots, manually updated based on fishermen and seafarers to enter observation reaching the different information through a generic web hydrographic and coastal interface in the whole of the North administrations from mariners and Sea Region and the information will other reporters. These reports are automatically be routed to the proper delivered by radio, telephone or email. authority. Contacts Advantage Disadvantage Recommendation Generic, easy to use text/graphical Need to have internet accesses. interface for all types of nautical discrepancy reporting with automatic addressing.
20 Maritime Data Collection System The Maritime Data Collection System (MDCS) is a web‐based system that allows coastal agencies and hydrographic agencies of countries within the BLAST project to gather new information for use in nautical publications and charts for the North Sea. Charts and sailing directions are still manually updated based on observation reaching the different hydrographic and coastal administrations from mariners and other reporters. These reports are delivered by radio, telephone or email. In every country there may be several authorities that have the responsibility of updating nautical publications of different kinds. Often it can be difficult for the mariner to know to whom he should report a detected discrepancy. MDCS will allow members of the public, or professionals like pilots, fishermen and seafarers to enter information through a generic web interface in the whole of the North Sea Region and the information will automatically be routed to the proper authority. Reference doc Contacts Advantage Disadvantage Recommendation Generic, easy to use text/graphical interface for all types of nautical discrepancy reporting with automatic addressing. Need to have internet accesses.
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