AIO Included for K-Bridge ECDIS and K-Nav ECDIS Software

The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has worked closely with Kongsberg Maritime to ensure the latest K-Bridge ECDIS and K-Nav ECDIS software includes Admiralty Information Overlay (AIO), making additional chart information available to the mariner when using its Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) models. The overlay contains worldwide ADMIRALTY Temporary and Preliminary Notices to Mariners (T&P NMs) to be used in conjunction with ENCs.

In the past, navigators have relied on the ADMIRALTY T&P NMs to manually update their paper charts. AIO is a free service included with the ADMIRALTY Vector Chart Service (AVCS). AIO is also the only service to include ENC Preliminary Notices to Mariners (EPNMs), the result of the ADMIRALTY Assurance Programme, a review of the world’s Electronic Navigational Charts (ENCs) undertaken by the UKHO to identify and resolve significant differences between ENCs and existing ADMIRALTY paper charts.