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Paper-chart-sized touch display

Netherlands-headquartered JRC and Alphatron Marine have announced a new digital AlphaChartTable. It includes a phenomenal 46-inch touch display, well known from the premium bridge design, where routes can be planned on a more realistic ‘paper chart’ scale.

Now that ECDIS has become a standard product on the bridge JRC/Alphatron began to ask why the good old sea chart was always of a certain dimension? The company came to the conclusion that this was due to the superior overview and route planning ability provided by a physically larger chart, which could only be provided in a similar package in the ECDIS age by a dramatically increased (electronic) display size.

By use of the digital chart table, navigators are now given an intuitive and user friendly interface to plan optimal routes by touch operation. The software gathers and overlays the data, including ENC’s, weather data, tidal information, digital publications, and other services like piracy updates – all on a single 46-inch display.

The display can be electronically tilted to a 35-degree angle, allowing optimal routing in the most ergonomic position. In addition to the AlphaChartTable powered by NAVTOR, the console has a built-in Navtex and GPS navigator, while at the same time leaving room for the paper chart for back up purposes.

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  • Netherlands
  • JRC

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