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Virtual Automatic Identification System (BC006)
DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.
RDF: bc006.ttl
- Name
VirtualAutomaticIdentSys- Kind
- FeatureType
- Definition
- An Automatic Identification System (AIS) message 21 transmitted from an AIS station to simulate on navigation systems an Aid to Navigation which does not physically exist.
- Description
- A Virtual Automatic Identification System does not physically exist (at sea). It is a virtual digital object promulgated by an authorized service provider, such as AIS, that can be portrayed on a navigation system.
- Accepted
- 2025-04-23
- Defined by
- S-101
- Geometry
- point, curve, surface
- Subtype of
- ZI028 Feature Entity
- Attributes
- RNG Range of Signal — multiplicity 0..1; datatype RealMeta
- NSC Hydrographic NAVAID System — multiplicity 0..1; datatype VirtualAutomaticIdentSys_hydrographicNavaidSystemMeta; values: NSC_10 No System, NSC_2 IALA Region A, NSC_3 IALA Region B, NSC_6 SIGNI, NSC_7 US Intracoastal Waterway, NSC_8 US Uniform State, NSC_9 US Western Rivers
- MSO Maritime Service Operational Status — multiplicity 0..1; datatype VirtualAutomaticIdentSys_maritimeServiceOperStatusMeta; values: MSO_1 Permanent, MSO_5 Periodic Intermittent, MSO_7 Temporary
- VAN Virtual Automated Identification System Aid To Navigation Type — multiplicity 0..1; datatype VirtualAutomaticIdentSys_virtualAISAidToNavigationTypeMeta; values: VAN_1 North Cardinal, VAN_10 Safe Water, VAN_11 Special Purpose, VAN_12 Emergency Wreck Marking, VAN_2 East Cardinal, VAN_3 South Cardinal, VAN_4 West Cardinal, VAN_5 Port Latera lIALA A, VAN_6 Starboard Lateral IALA A, VAN_7 Port Latera lIALA B, VAN_8 Starboard Lateral IALA B, VAN_9 Isolated Danger
- MMS Maritime Mobile Service Identity Code — multiplicity 0..1; datatype IntegerMeta
Source: DGIF 2026-1 QEA model, DGIWG. Standard: DGIWG 206-3. Licence: CC BY 4.0, © DGIWG.