Application schema for radar information on ship

Maritime radar is one of the main sensors used on board of the vessel. Managing radar information is currently a task of separate radar systems or integrated navigational systems. However ICT systems used on board and in marine environment have become more and more sophisticated and navigational radar on board is definitely a part of them. The idea presented in this paper is to use object modelling techniques, known from ICT and GIS, for modelling of radar information on board of the ship. Radar information is presented in the form of UML class diagram and the model itself takes into account many aspect of radar information management like raster images, tracked targets, trial maneuver or integration with AIS.