ECDIS Route Monitoring and Alarms
An ECDIS alarm is only as good as the settings behind it. How the safety contour, the look-ahead cone, and cross-track limits keep the watch off the ground.
Anti-Grounding
ECDIS Safety Settings: Contour, Depth, and Height
ECDIS does not know what “safe” means for your ship until you tell it — and its default guess is dangerous. Here is how the safety contour, depth, and height settings really behave.