{"id":1518,"date":"2019-10-18T13:10:44","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T13:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hansenpeter.nl\/?page_id=1518"},"modified":"2023-04-20T14:22:10","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T14:22:10","slug":"british-and-irish-waterways","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hansenpeter.nl\/en\/british-and-irish-waterways\/","title":{"rendered":"British and Irish Waterways"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We<\/span> have<\/span> maintained<\/span> our<\/span> knowledge<\/span> and<\/span> expertise<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> waterways<\/span> after<\/span> the<\/span> sale<\/span> of<\/span> our<\/span> company<\/span> NoorderSoft<\/span> and<\/span> our<\/span> program<\/span> PC<\/span>–<\/span>Navigo<\/span>.<\/span> <\/span>Just<\/span> in<\/span> case<\/span>\u00a0there<\/span> would<\/span> appear<\/span> to<\/span> be<\/span> a<\/span> need<\/span> for<\/span> it<\/span> again\u00a0 (for the new owners and\/or for others)<\/span>.<\/span> <\/span>That<\/span> knowledge<\/span> sometimes<\/span> provided<\/span> nice<\/span> insights<\/span> into<\/span> the<\/span> possibilities<\/span> of<\/span> modern<\/span> computing<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n

For<\/span> example<\/span>,<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> context<\/span> of<\/span> some<\/span> studies<\/span> on<\/span> “<\/span>Open<\/span> Source<\/span>“<\/span> artificial<\/span> intelligence<\/span> and<\/span> autonomous<\/span> navigating<\/span>,<\/span> a<\/span> new<\/span> method<\/span> for<\/span> geodata<\/span> display<\/span> emerged<\/span>,<\/span> which<\/span> we<\/span> used<\/span> in<\/span> a pilot<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> waterways<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> UK<\/span> and<\/span> in<\/span> Ireland<\/span>,<\/span> to<\/span> see<\/span> if<\/span> it<\/span> would<\/span> provide<\/span> useful<\/span> information<\/span>.<\/span> <\/span>We<\/span> also<\/span> developed<\/span>,<\/span> as<\/span> we<\/span> went<\/span> along<\/span>,<\/span> new<\/span> methods<\/span> to<\/span> collect<\/span>,<\/span> track<\/span> and<\/span> make<\/span> applicable<\/span> the<\/span> necessary<\/span> data<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n

All<\/span> relevant<\/span> waterway<\/span> features<\/span> (<\/span>including<\/span> those<\/span> of<\/span> bridges<\/span>,<\/span> locks<\/span>,<\/span> tunnels<\/span>,<\/span> aqueducts<\/span>,<\/span> etc<\/span>.<\/span>)<\/span> have<\/span> been<\/span> digitized<\/span>,<\/span> made<\/span> uniform<\/span> and<\/span> entered<\/span> into<\/span> a<\/span> very<\/span> detailed<\/span> database<\/span>,<\/span> which<\/span> has<\/span> a<\/span> geographical<\/span> accuracy<\/span> of<\/span> one<\/span> meter<\/span>;<\/span> accurate<\/span> enough<\/span> to<\/span> be<\/span> used<\/span> in<\/span> future<\/span> self<\/span>–<\/span>steering<\/span> vessels<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n

All<\/span> data<\/span> comes<\/span> from<\/span> public<\/span> sources<\/span> such<\/span> as<\/span> Google<\/span> Maps<\/span>,<\/span> Google<\/span> Earth<\/span>,<\/span> Wikipedia<\/span> Commons<\/span>,<\/span> etc<\/span>.<\/span> and<\/span> all<\/span> data<\/span> is<\/span> public<\/span> data<\/span> (<\/span>as<\/span> made<\/span> available<\/span> by<\/span> the<\/span> CRT<\/span>,<\/span> Waterways<\/span> Ireland<\/span> and<\/span> Scottish<\/span> Canals<\/span>)<\/span>.<\/span> <\/span>Unfortunately<\/span>,<\/span> not<\/span> ALL<\/span> data<\/span> were<\/span> made<\/span> available<\/span>:<\/span> for<\/span> unclear<\/span> reasons<\/span>,<\/span> the<\/span> relevant<\/span> administrators<\/span> sometimes<\/span> withhold<\/span> data<\/span>.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\r\n

In<\/span> the<\/span> second<\/span> quarter<\/span> of<\/span> 2023<\/span>,<\/span> a<\/span> web<\/span> service<\/span> will<\/span> become<\/span> active<\/span> in<\/span> which<\/span> waterway<\/span> users<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> UK<\/span> can<\/span> become<\/span> test<\/span> users<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> new<\/span> fairway<\/span> data<\/span>.<\/span> <\/span>The<\/span> feedback<\/span> from<\/span> that<\/span> test<\/span> use<\/span> will<\/span> in<\/span> turn<\/span> lead<\/span> to<\/span> improved<\/span> software<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n

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