Democratizing Maritime Simulation

Professional Simulator.
Right in your browser.

An offline-first, browser-based simulation platform for ECDIS and Radar familiarization. Designed to help maritime cadets master ship kinematics, radar plotting, and COLREGs decision-making anywhere, anytime.

Web-ECDIS & Radar Simulator Screenshot
The Challenge

Simulators are locked behind physical, expensive labs.

Maritime education is capital and infrastructure-heavy. Student cadets suffer from extremely limited hands-on time with physical radar and ECDIS consoles. This leads to a severe gap between theory and practical sea proficiency.

Lack of Practical Familiarization

Cadets learn COLREGs and radar mechanics from books. But without immediate feedback on how ship coordinates, true headings, and relative bearings change in real-time, errors can translate into major safety risks at sea.

The Browser-Based Bridge

Web-ECDIS bridges the access gap by offering a fully featured, lightweight, offline-capable simulator. It requires no installation, is accessible on any browser, and mirrors real marine interface operations.

Core Capabilities

Focusing on fundamental competency.

Replicating key maritime navigation systems and COLREGs logic to deliver maximum educational value directly to student screens.

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ECDIS Simulation

Offline-First

Browser-based Electronic Chart Display and Information System that runs completely offline.

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Heading vs. Bearing

Fundamental

Interactive training to grasp true heading vs. relative bearing and vessel orientation.

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Radar Plotting (ARPA)

Interactive

Simulated radar display with Electronic Bearing Line (EBL) and Variable Range Marker (VRM).

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COLREGs Training

Scenario-Based

Test decision-making under randomized scenarios (head-on, crossing, overtaking).

Academic Scope

Educational & familiarization purposes.

This project is strictly scoped for educational familiarization and classroom training. By simulating ship kinematics, gyro headings, radar ebl/vrm, and specific COLREG rules (head-on, crossing, overtaking), it introduces cadets to decision-making under stress. It is not intended for actual vessel navigation.

Adaptability: PWA / Offline Capable
Tech Stack: Svelte 5 / Vite / TS / Cloudflare Pages