Vessel Map Synchronization Using DynamicVessel Map Synchronization Using Dynamic Remotely Operated Navigation Systems

Edwin M. Howard, John D. Robideaux

Abstract:	This paper details the creation of the Dynamic Remotely Operated Navigation Equipment (DRONE) system by a team of employees at John E. Chance and Associates, Inc. As an introduction, the description of an offshore oil rig-move shows some of the challenges facing the surveyor when coordinating the positioning of multiple vessels. This description leads into the design goals for the DRONE system, including lessons learned from pre-DRONE systems. Next, the specific design choices made by the DRONE team reflect those lessons learned. Taking advantage of existing hardware and software improvements, the DRONE team creates new software and hardware to fulfill design requirements. A general description of the operation of a DRONE unit follows, along with an example of a more complicated offshore positioning event that used the DRONE technology.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 12th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1999) September 14 - 17, 1999 Nashville, TN
Pages:	1331 - 1338
Cite this article:	Howard, Edwin M., Robideaux, John D., "Vessel Map Synchronization Using DynamicVessel Map Synchronization Using Dynamic Remotely Operated Navigation Systems," Proceedings of the 12th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1999), Nashville, TN, September 1999, pp. 1331-1338.
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