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AUTOMATIC RADAR POSITIONING AUTOMATIC RADAR POSITIONING BACKUP TO GNSS BACKUP TO GNSS HELMUT LANZINER C.M. HELMUT LANZINER C.M. & & HARVEY RUSSELL CD, BSc, MSc, MBA HARVEY RUSSELL CD, BSc, MSc, MBA RUSSELL TECHNOLOGIES INC. RUSSELL TECHNOLOGIES INC. North Vancouver, BC, Canada North Vancouver, BC, Canada PROVIDING SAFE NAVIGATION PROVIDING SAFE NAVIGATION

CONVOY OF ICEBREAKING SUPPLY BOATS CONVOY OF ICEBREAKING SUPPLY BOATS TUKTOYAKTUK - CANADIAN ARCTIC TUKTOYAKTUK - CANADIAN ARCTIC PNS - PRECISE NAVIGATION SYSTEM 1979 PNS - PRECISE NAVIGATION SYSTEM 1979

WORLD’S FIRST WORLD’S FIRST ELECTRONIC ELECTRONIC CHART, CHART, BUILT FOR OIL BUILT FOR OIL TANKERS ON THE TANKERS ON THE BEAUFORT SEA IN BEAUFORT SEA IN THE CANADIAN THE CANADIAN ARCTIC: ARCTIC: OFFSHORE OFFSHORE SYSTEMS PRECISE SYSTEMS PRECISE NAVIGATION NAVIGATION SYSTEM SYSTEM PNS - PRECISE NAVIGATION SYSTEM 1979 PNS - PRECISE NAVIGATION SYSTEM 1979

ONLY OPTION FOR ACCURATE ONLY OPTION FOR ACCURATE POSITIONING: POSITIONING: MICROWAVE TRANSPONDERS MICROWAVE TRANSPONDERS 2-4 m drms 2-4 m drms - MINIRANGER - MINIRANGER - MICROFIX - MICROFIX - TRISPONDER - TRISPONDER = EXPENSIVE ACQUISITION = EXPENSIVE ACQUISITION = NEED POWER = NEED POWER = EXPENSIVE TO MAINTAIN = EXPENSIVE TO MAINTAIN PNS - PRECISE NAVIGATION SYSTEM 1979 PNS - PRECISE NAVIGATION SYSTEM 1979

PRECISE INTEGRATED NAVIGATION SYSTEM (PINS) PRECISE INTEGRATED NAVIGATION SYSTEM (PINS) INTEGRATES ALL AVAILABLE NAVIGATION SENSORS INTEGRATES ALL AVAILABLE NAVIGATION SENSORS DOCKING AT PORT AUX BASQUES, NFLD DOCKING AT PORT AUX BASQUES, NFLD

ELECTRONIC CHART ELECTRONIC CHART PRECISE INTEGRATED NAVIGATION SYSTEM (ECPINS) PRECISE INTEGRATED NAVIGATION SYSTEM (ECPINS) ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY OPERATIONS ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY OPERATIONS

BOTH NEW CLASSES BOTH NEW CLASSES U.S. COAST GUARD BUOY TENDERS U.S. COAST GUARD BUOY TENDERS • SPECIALIZED BUOY TENDER SUPPORT • SPECIALIZED BUOY TENDER SUPPORT BACKGROUND BACKGROUND

RADAR RADAR IMAGE IMAGE POSITION DETERMINATION BY SHOWING TRANS- POSITION DETERMINATION BY SHOWING TRANS- OVERLAY OVERLAY PARENT RADAR IMAGE (GREEN) OVER CHART PARENT RADAR IMAGE (GREEN) OVER CHART MANUAL RADAR POSITIONING MANUAL RADAR POSITIONING

THIS FEATURE’S MOST SIGNIFICANT THIS FEATURE’S MOST SIGNIFICANT ATTRIBUTES ARE: ATTRIBUTES ARE: 1. INDEPENDENT POSITION VERIFICATION AT A 1. INDEPENDENT POSITION VERIFICATION AT A GLANCE GLANCE 2. GREATLY IMPROVED RADAR IMAGE 2. GREATLY IMPROVED RADAR IMAGE INTERPRETATION. INTERPRETATION. RADAR IMAGE OVERLAY RADAR IMAGE OVERLAY

RADAR / CHART MATCHING RADAR / CHART MATCHING BUOY POSITION CHECKING BUOY POSITION CHECKING OFFSET ERROR DETECTION AT A GLANCE OFFSET ERROR DETECTION AT A GLANCE

GOOD CHART-TO- GOOD CHART-TO- RADAR MATCH RADAR MATCH CHART-TO-RADAR CHART-TO-RADAR MISMATCH INDICATES MISMATCH INDICATES POSITION OR CHART POSITION OR CHART DATUM ERROR DATUM ERROR POSITION VERIFICATION AT A GLANCE POSITION VERIFICATION AT A GLANCE

RADARFIX POSITIONING WITH REFLECTORS RADARFIX POSITIONING WITH REFLECTORS • PATENTED REFLECTOR DEVELOPMENT • PATENTED REFLECTOR DEVELOPMENT • DESIGN HAS HIGHER RADAR CROSS SECTION AND YIELDS WIDER • DESIGN HAS HIGHER RADAR CROSS SECTION AND YIELDS WIDER HORIZONTAL RESPONSE HORIZONTAL RESPONSE INITIAL APPROACH WITH INITIAL APPROACH WITH MODIFIED CORNER REFLECTOR MODIFIED CORNER REFLECTOR CORNER REFLECTOR CORNER REFLECTOR AS USED WITH RADARFIX AS USED WITH RADARFIX SPECIALIZED REFLECTOR DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIZED REFLECTOR DEVELOPMENT

REFLECTOR INSTALLATIONS REFLECTOR INSTALLATIONS AUTOMATIC RADAR-POSITION INTEGRATION WITH GPS AUTOMATIC RADAR-POSITION INTEGRATION WITH GPS

RADAR CROSS SECTION EXAMPLES RADAR CROSS SECTION EXAMPLES Radar Cross Section Radar Cross Section Description: Type of Vessel / Reflector Description: Type of Vessel / Reflector m 2 Small Pleasure Boat 20-30 ft long Small Pleasure Boat 20 30 ft long 2 2 Boat 40 to 50 ft long Boat 40 to 50 ft long 10 10 Fishing Boat Fishing Boat 200 200 Ship 65 m (213 ft) long, 1,100 ton displacement Ship 65 m (213 ft) long, 1,100 ton displacement 1,000 1,000 587ft Ship = 16,203 m 2 587ft Ship = 16,203 m 2 Ship 83 m (272 ft) long, 2,300 ton displacement Ship 83 m (272 ft) long, 2,300 ton displacement 2,200 2,200 MV Atlantic Freighter 154 m (505 ft) long, 8,661 tons Deadweight MV Atlantic Freighter 154 m (505 ft) long, 8,661 tons Deadweight 8,500 8,500 MV Caribou MV Caribou 179 m (587 ft) long, 16,203 tons displacement 179 m (587 ft) long, 16,203 tons displacement 16,203 16,203 Conventional Corner Reflector Conventional Corner Reflector-Trihedral, 0.66 m Corner Length Trihedral, 0.66 m Corner Length 835 835 RADARFIX RADARFIX Corner Reflector, 0.66 m Corner Length Corner Reflector, 0.66 m Corner Length 3,339 3,339 Conventional Corner Reflector Conventional Corner Reflector-Trihedral, 1.00 m Corner Length Trihedral, 1.00 m Corner Length 4,142 4,142 RADARFIX Corner Reflector, 1.00 m Corner Length RADARFIX Corner Reflector, 1.00 m Corner Length 16,571 16,571 1 Reflector = 16,571 m 2 1 Reflector = 16,571 m 2 AS A ROUGH MEASURE, THE RADAR CROSS SECTION (RCS) OF A AS A ROUGH MEASURE, THE RADAR CROSS SECTION (RCS) OF A SHIP CAN BE APPROXIMATED BY THE SHIP’S DISPLACEMENT IN TONS. SHIP CAN BE APPROXIMATED BY THE SHIP’S DISPLACEMENT IN TONS.

DETECTING TARGETS IN SHORE CLUTTER DETECTING TARGETS IN SHORE CLUTTER DEEP COVE AREA IN NORTH VANCOUVER WITH DEEP COVE AREA IN NORTH VANCOUVER WITH HIGHLY RADAR-CONSPICUOUS SHORELINE HIGHLY RADAR-CONSPICUOUS SHORELINE RADAR POSITIONING - RADARFIX RADAR POSITIONING - RADARFIX

RADARFIX TARGET DETECTION RADARFIX TARGET DETECTION • TRIHEDRALS ARE A KNOWN QUANTITY – ALWAYS A POINT SOURCE LATER DEVELOPMENTS LATER DEVELOPMENTS

RADARFIX TARGET DETECTION RADARFIX TARGET DETECTION LATER DEVELOPMENTS LATER DEVELOPMENTS

RADAR CROSS SECTION RADAR CROSS SECTION

RADAR POSITIONING RADAR POSITIONING • 1988: TRIALS ON FERRY MV ATLANTIC FREIGHTER , THEN OPERATIONAL ON • 1988: TRIALS ON FERRY MV ATLANTIC FREIGHTER , THEN OPERATIONAL ON 179 M (587 FT) MV JOSEPH AND CLARA SMALLWOOD AND MV CARIBOU 179 M (587 FT) MV JOSEPH AND CLARA SMALLWOOD AND MV CARIBOU • CONTINUOUS USE OVER SIX YEARS AT PORT AUX BASQUES AND ARGENTIA • CONTINUOUS USE OVER SIX YEARS AT PORT AUX BASQUES AND ARGENTIA • 1991: ACCURACY AND SUITABILITY TRIALS BY CANADIAN COAST GUARD • 1991: ACCURACY AND SUITABILITY TRIALS BY CANADIAN COAST GUARD MV ATLANTIC FREIGHTER IN MV ATLANTIC FREIGHTER IN RADARFIX TRIALS ON BOARD RADARFIX TRIALS ON BOARD DOCKING MANEUVER DOCKING MANEUVER MV ATLANTIC FREIGHTER MV ATLANTIC FREIGHTER POSITION INPUT - RADARFIX POSITION INPUT - RADARFIX

RADARFIX - REFLECTOR COMBINATION RADARFIX - REFLECTOR COMBINATION • OPERATIONAL SYSTEM INSTALLATIONS ON • OPERATIONAL SYSTEM INSTALLATIONS ON MV CARIBOU AND MV CARIBOU AND MV JOSEPH AND CLARA SMALLWOOD MV JOSEPH AND CLARA SMALLWOOD • PRIMARY USE: HARBOUR APPROACH AND DOCKING • PRIMARY USE: HARBOUR APPROACH AND DOCKING (BERTHING) IN REDUCED VISIBILITY CONDITIONS (BERTHING) IN REDUCED VISIBILITY CONDITIONS • DIFFERENTIAL LORAN-C INTEGRATION FOR OPEN WATER • DIFFERENTIAL LORAN-C INTEGRATION FOR OPEN WATER • SYSTEM STARTS TRACKING AT 22 km WHEN IN SIGHT OF • SYSTEM STARTS TRACKING AT 22 km WHEN IN SIGHT OF TARGETS AND “LOCK - ON” AT 13 -15 km TARGETS AND “LOCK - ON” AT 13 -15 km PORT AUX BASQUES INSTALLATION PORT AUX BASQUES INSTALLATION

FERRY OPERATIONS FERRY OPERATIONS • NOTORIOUS FOR HAZARDOUS APPROACH, FOG, HIGH • NOTORIOUS FOR HAZARDOUS APPROACH, FOG, HIGH WINDS AND SNOW STORMS WINDS AND SNOW STORMS M.V. CARIBOU: M.V. CARIBOU: M.V. JOSEPH AND CLARA SMALLWOOD: M.V. JOSEPH AND CLARA SMALLWOOD: DOCKING MANEUVER IN DOCKING MANEUVER IN HEAVY FOG HEAVY FOG PORT AUX BASQUES INSTALLATION PORT AUX BASQUES INSTALLATION

MV JOSEPH AND CLARA SMALLWOOD ARRIVING AT PORT AUX BASQUES MV JOSEPH AND CLARA SMALLWOOD ARRIVING AT PORT AUX BASQUES AUTOMATIC RADAR-POSITION INTEGRATION WITH DGPS AUTOMATIC RADAR-POSITION INTEGRATION WITH DGPS

MV CARIBOU DEPARTING P.A.B . MV CARIBOU DEPARTING P.A.B . ECPINS - PORT AUX BASQUES INSTALLATION ECPINS - PORT AUX BASQUES INSTALLATION

MV JOSEPH AND CLARA SMALLWOOD DEPARTING PORT AUX BASQUES MV JOSEPH AND CLARA SMALLWOOD DEPARTING PORT AUX BASQUES PORT AUX BASQUES INSTALLATION PORT AUX BASQUES INSTALLATION