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Why is there no Wave Direction as part of the route response?

Waves always travel in the same direction that the wind is blowing. The elements used by the API with “Wave” in their naming pertain to wind waves, so you can infer that wind direction = wave direction as well with no further calculation required.

How do I know when the vessel is going too close towards land?

At shallow waters a route network is being used to navigate safely towards the harbor and berth. At open ocean (depending on the calculation type) weather optimization is applied. Based on the weather conditions, this could mean that the route will take advantage of more near-shore routes to avoid e.g. heavy waves.

How do I set a restriction for high risk (piracy) areas?

Make sure that the “conditionalAreas“ are set within the “restrictions“ when providing a route request towards DTN. With the “conditionalAreas” you can control if specific high risk (piracy) areas needs to be avoided. This custom area has to go in an array under restrictions.conditionalAreas.customAreas.

8. Where can I find the Entire SPOS User Manual?

There are two ways of finding the Entire SPOS User Guide Either of the following two options will open the SPOS User Guide .pdf From the Menu Bar, click on the Question Mark Icon Or, click the F1 key to open the information  

7. How can I report a problem?

If you have a question or need to report an issue, please add the Problem Report. This way our support team can see the settings and work more efficiently towards resolving the issue. Default settings for how to send a Problem Report In the SPOS System Settings , click on the Import/Export Settings tab Under

1. How can I subscribe to a Forecast?

Configure the weather update method and subscription If not yet done, you should now open the System Settings menu, the Weather Update tab will open, here you should choose a weather update method for the receipt of forecast data for use in SPOS, Folder will allow you to choose an import folder where forecast data

4. How can I create, update and complete a voyage?

Voyage Planning The advantage of onboard weather data is that it can be used directly for voyage planning. SPOS has 2 screens to do this: INPUT of ship and waypoint data and ROUTING for calculation and evaluation and saving & updating your voyage plan. In the INPUT screen, you can create a new route or

6. How can I use ice information in SPOS?

SPOS features improved ice information in 10 ice concentration levels and iceberg information. The information can be used to set restrictions on each level. Ice concentration Ice concentration is featured in SPOS in 10 different levels. Each level is displayed in a different color and can be set as Restriction in the Input screen. For