Application of RTK to ships manoeuvre

The paper presents application of RTK methodes for simulation and monitoring ship`s slow speed manoeuvres while manoeuvring in the harbour as well as on approaching to the quay. It describes results of tests, which were performed using manmanned models of Ferry and VLCC in Ship Handling Research and Training Centre in Iława, Poland. Trimble and Ashtech RTK systems were used and compared with kinematic method and DGPS in real time based on mobile telephones for reference data transmission. The paper discusses the successful implementation of RTK method for simylation of ship manoeuvres in virtual post.