Information Overlay now available on ECDIS
Marine electronics manufacturer JRC has issued a software update (V56) which makes the Admiralty Information Overlay available on all of its current ECDIS models.
The Admiralty Information Overlay, a free service to Admiralty Vector Chart Service customers, is a simple way to view the most comprehensive and up to date chart information when navigating with electronic navigational charts (ENCs). The Overlay is the only service available to include worldwide Admiralty Temporary and Preliminary Notices to Mariners and new ENC Preliminary Notices to Mariners, which identify navigationally significant differences between ENCs and Admiralty paper charts.
Mariners the world over rely on Admiralty updates to help them navigate safely, via the weekly ‘Notices to Mariners’ publication, which is used to manually update paper charts. The Overlay does the same job automatically, displaying the same trusted information directly over the ENC, to make passage planning significantly more efficient.
The Overlay is also the only service to include the results of the Admiralty Assurance Programme, the comprehensive review of the world’s ENCs undertaken by Admiralty in order to identify and resolve navigationally significant differences with existing paper charts.
The Overlay has been developed to support Admiralty Vector Chart Service and is available free to Admiralty Vector Chart Service customers. It can be accessed on a PC using Admiralty e-Navigator, as well as via a growing number of ECDIS systems.
JRC’s V56 software update is applicable for B-type ECDIS models: JAN-901B/701B/2000/1186 and NDC-1186-4xx. For further details and download instructions visit http://www.jrceurope.com/pages/ecdis/update/new.
JRC has also made available a software upgrade (V55) for ECDIS models affected by the anomalies identified in the IHO Check Dataset earlier this year. Any ECDIS models affected by the anomalies will need to run software upgrade V55 before attempting to install the Admiralty Information Overlay software update (V56). More information is available here: http://www.jrceurope.com/pages/ecdis/update#v55
