The Canadian Coast Guard DGPS Project

Fred Forbes, Sam Ryan, and Sun Wee

Abstract:	The Canadian Coast Guard has plans to implement a marine DGPS service in Canadian waters. This service will be based on MF (radiobeacon) transmitters. It is expected to serve the needs of commercial navigation, Coast Guard Fleet operations and other Government operations. Its availability is expected to promote the widespread use of electronic chart navigation and thereby enhance the safety and efftciency of marine commerce. As a lead-up, the Coast Guard has established a number of DGPS test bed transmissions in most maritime regions. The test beds are intended to evaluate DGPS technology and performance, and position the Coast Guard to implement a properly engineered system. They include various configurations of DGPS reference stations, integrity monitors and control stations. Level of service aspects such as coverage, accuracy and availability will be evaluated as well as technical aspects such as equipment reliability, station and system design and monitoring/control communications requirements. This paper focusses on the DGPS service requinmef~ts, implementation plans and the current test bed activities and results.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 7th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1994) September 20 - 23, 1994 Salt Palace Convention Center Salt Lake City, UT
Pages:	1451 - 1460
Cite this article:	Forbes, Fred, Ryan, Sam, Wee, Sun, "The Canadian Coast Guard DGPS Project," Proceedings of the 7th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1994), Salt Lake City, UT, September 1994, pp. 1451-1460.
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