How Does Digital Navigation on Sailboats Affect Spatial Abilities at Sea?

Although SOLAS still requires nautical paper charts on pleasure crafts, more and more sailors prefer navigating digitally. What are the impacts on their spatial abilities? We conducted a field experiment at the Baltic coast and two simulator experiments with altogether 40 sailors. Participants plott...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gisela Múller-Plath
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Gdynia Maritime University 2019-06-01
Series:TransNav: International Journal on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation
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Online Access:http://www.transnav.eu/files/How Does Digital Navigation on Sailboats Affect Spatial Abilities at Sea,900.pdf