Guest Information Display System

Guest Information Display System (GIDS), CDR 9050

A powerful Multi-Media Information and Advertising System

GIDS, CDR 9050

GIDS is a powerful and flexible Multimedia PC based presentation system designed to enhance the relationship Guests have with the Yacht they are either chartering or visiting. Information is displayed over the Yachts TV system.

Most importantly, safety videos can be shown, and the Guests can use the system to discover all the facilities and enjoyment the Yacht can offer. The Yachts position can be displayed via GPS link and passage making progress can be easily viewed.

GIDS is designed to run on a standard PC interfaced with the Yachts existing TV systems or to a stand- alone monitor such as a large plasma/LCD screen.

Key Features:

• Show the Yachts real-time position on digital charts (GPS input)
• Show a planned route
• Show voyage progress and estimated arrival information
• Run safety presentations
• Show advertisements & product promotions
• Make custom ‘on-route’ presentations by combining any text, video and graphics
• Trigger presentations slides automatically depending on the vessels position
• Show forward view camera
• Helps meets your commitment to your hearing impaired customers

GIDS utilises easy-to-use “slide show” technology where slides can be created which include active charts, video, text, navigation, video camera or image panels. All configurable in size and content.

Display in key locations

• Guests Cabins
• Lounge areas
• On general presentation TV’s

Navigation and chart panel

• Show current location and heading as a Yacht icon
• Planned route
• Progress on route
• ETA to next destination / anchorage
• Speed of Yacht
• Slide ‘Panel’ utilities

Text Display

Add any text. Provides full control of font type.

Image panel

Display most common image formats - JPEG, BMP, TIFF & PCX etc.

Video panel

• Show AVI or MPEG videos for safety or other presentations
• Live Video Camera Feed
• Display live videos from Yacht camera’s (note: this option requires additional HW and interfacing)

Slide order control

Geographical location (definable areas) for example:

• Arrival & Departure
• En-route
• Arrival

Other features

• Add third party products such as a Power point presentations or flash as part of slide show.
• Ticker scrolling line text overlay display - for displaying urgent or temporary messages without changing the slide show/presentation.
• Can be used with twin display graphic cards, one for the passenger display other for the control screen.
• Information and Revenue Generation
• Create custom presentations where sequences can be either time based or set for specific geographic regions, so they can be displayed, for example, on departure, en-route, arrival and disembarkation.

Monitor Voyage Progress

Shows the Yachts planned route and current position overlaid on paper quality digital charts, which automatically scroll as the vessel moves. As an alternative, atlas style relief contour maps can be displayed to give a 3D impression of the area. Text and graphics may be added, for example, to show port of call information.

A separate panel can show textual information including current speed, heading, "time to go to" destination, estimated time of arrival etc.

Main uses include:

• Safety Presentations
• Information on next Destination
• Announcements
• Advertisements and Special Offers
• Information on other Yachts in Fleet
• Weather
• Daily Events
• Shore Attractions
• Videos
• DVD Library
• Live views from the Yachts Cameras
• GIDS provides a high quality way of both informing Guests and communicating specific information economically through existing TV systems.
• The play on position feature is used by many Yachts to enable automatic display of safety and port information without any extra workload on the crew.
• Easy to install & Use
• Runs unattended
• Reduces crew workload by answering common passenger questions
• Helps generate revenue through advertising & promotions
• Can be customised to each Yachts exact requirements
• Charting, Worldwide vector charts or Raster charts
• Land & sea relief chart database (option)
• Create and display routes

Technical

Interfaces to ships GPS and heading information using NMEA 0183 via serial port or Local area network

PC Requirements

• Windows 7 recommended - will work with XP or Vista
• PC specifications should be suitable for the type of media to be displayed and required resolution. Normally this means a mid to high end machine and graphics card. Contact Euronav if more information required as PC specifications change
• Video input (for camera input) - USB/card with suitable driver to support Video for Windows (VFW)

Options

• Eurodems land & sea relief chart rendering CD