A Study on Implementation of Safety Navigation Mobile Application Converging Marine Environment Information and Location-Based Service

In this paper, we implemented a safety navigation mobile application that converged AtoN information and location-based services. When application user uses the smartphone’s GPS sensor to transmit the user’s vessel location data to the data server, the user receives information of which its providing range is considered, such as stored AtoN data, neighboring vessels information, danger area, and weather information in the server. Providing information is sorted based on the smartphone’s direction and inclination and it will be also delivered via wireless network (5G, LTE, 3G, WiFi). Additionally the application is available to implement other functions such as information provision through voice and text alarming service when the user’s vessel is either approaching or entering the danger area, and an expanded information provision service that is available in shadow area linking with data-storing methods; other linkable data such as weather and other neighboring vessels will be applied based on the lasted-saved data perceived from the non-shadow area.