Oceanus: a context-aware low-cost navigation aid for yacht racing

Oceanus is a hardware and software platform designed and developed to provide useful information to the crew of a racing yacht. The key features of the proposed solution are its reliability, the possibility to extend and customise it, and its context-awareness, which simplifies its usage in an intel...

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Published in:Journal of navigation 2021-07, Vol.74 (4), p.738-749
Main Authors: Scagnetto, Ivan, Brajnik, Giorgio, Gus, Peter, Trevisan, Francesco
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Boat racing
Boats
Calibration
Compasses
Context
Crew
Hardware
Low cost
Navigation
Navigational aids
Racing
Sailing
Sailors
Sensors
Software
Usability
Velocity
Yachts
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Summary:Oceanus is a hardware and software platform designed and developed to provide useful information to the crew of a racing yacht. The key features of the proposed solution are its reliability, the possibility to extend and customise it, and its context-awareness, which simplifies its usage in an intelligent way. The target users of the system are both beginners who want a navigation aid, but cannot afford the expensive and often overly complicated commercial systems available on the market, and more experienced sailors who can benefit from an open and customisable instrument to study and fine-tune the setup and performance of their sailing boats. Furthermore, Oceanus strives to be as much as possible a low-cost architecture, both in software and hardware requirements.
ISSN:0373-4633
1469-7785
DOI:10.1017/S0373463321000205