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Revision as of 18:57, 8 July 2016
- AIS
- Automatic Identification System
- AtoN
- Aid to Navigation
- CAIM
- Craft Autonomous Integrity Monitoring
- Chayka
- A radionavigation system, similar to LORAN-C, operated by the Government of the Russian Federation
- Decca
- DECCA
- DECCA Navigator
- A low-frequency hyperbolic radionavigation system based on phase comparison techniques
- DGPS
- Differential GPS
- DTOA
- The Difference in Time Of Arrival of events in two signals
- EGNOS
- European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service
- EU
- European Union
- FOC
- Full Operational Capability
- GLONASS
- Global Navigation Satellite System, operated by the Government of the Russian Federation
- GMDSS
- Global Maritime Distress and Safety System
- GNSS
- Global Navigation Satellite System
- GNSS-1
- Global Navigation Satellite System, based on augmentation of GPS and GLONASS in development by the EU
- GNSS-2
- Future Global Navigation Satellite System in development by the EU
- GPS
- Global Positioning System operated by the Government of the United States
- HSC
- High-Speed Craft
- IALA
- International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities
- ICAO
- International Civil Aviation Organization
- IHO
- International Hydrographic Organization
- IMO
- International Maritime Organization
- IOC
- Initial Operational Capability
- ITU
- International Telecommunication Union
- LAAS
- Local Area Augmentation System
- LADGNSS
- Local Area Differential GNSS
- LORAN-C
- A low-frequency hyperbolic radionavigation system based on measurements of TOA or DTOA of events in pulsed signals
- MSAS
- Multi-purpose Satellite Augmentation System developed by the Government of Japan
- MSC
- Maritime Safety Committee of IMO
- NAV
- Sub-Committee on Safety of Navigation of IMO
- NSE
- Navigation System Error
- RAIM
- Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring
- SAR
- Search and Rescue
- SIS
- Signal In Space
- TOA
- Time Of Arrival of an event in a signal
- TSE
- Total System Error
- VDR
- Voyage Data Recorder
- VTE
- Vessel Technical Error
- VTS
- Vessel Traffic Services
- WAAS
- Wide Area Augmentation System developed by the Government of the United States
- WRC
- World Radio Conference of the ITU
- WWRNS
- World-Wide Radio Navigation System