ARIADNA: A Volumetric Navigation System implementation for maritime applications

Underpinned by the accuracy of GNSS technologies the Volumetric Navigation System (VNS) concept introduces the opportunity of working not only with positions for identifying the location of any moving vehicle, but also with the capacity to manage the geo- referenced volume associated to the vehicle. This issue allows a safer navigation and traffic interaction especially in scenarios involving large vehicles in narrow sections. Based on this concept ARIADNA encompasses a new maritime navigation support system in order to allow optimization of the infrastructures, the navigation on dense traffic in ports, rivers, channels, lock and their access areas; developing a system which leads to efficient and environmentally-friendly maritime and inland operations.